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CRISPR Specialist Pairwise Renews Partnership With Bayer to Focus on Gene-Edited Corn
Today, Pairwise announced a new five-year partnership with ag giant Bayer after touting milestones resulting from the two companies’ initial collaboration. According to the gene-editing specialist, the initial partnership – which concluded in June of this year – had seen Pairwise help develop 27 novel traits that were transferred into Bayer’s testing programs. These included…
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EU Moves Towards Relaxing Rules Over Gene-Edited Food
According to a new document leaked by the Genetic Literacy Project, the European Union is moving towards relaxing its current regulations overseeing gene-edited food. The draft regulation of the European Commission, the body responsible for drafting new regulations for the EU, recommends that food developed using tools such as CRISPR be approved as conventional rather…
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Heinz Freestyles Condiments, Cana Shuts Down
Cana Shuts Down Cana, the company which was building an appliance that they claimed could create and customize virtually any beverage, shut down last week, The Spoon has learned. According to numerous Linkedin posts from previous employees, the company could not secure funding and laid off all of its employees last week. Cana, which had…
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Pairwise Rolls Out First CRISPR-Edited Produce to U.S. Restaurants
Pairwise, a startup specializing in developing gene-edited produce, today announced the launch of its first product, a CRISPR-developed mustard green. The new product will launch into the restaurant/food service channel under Conscious Greens Purple Power Baby Greens Blend in partnership with the food service specialist Performance Food Group. The launch of gene-edited produce by Pairwise…
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Washington State University Receives First-Ever FDA Approval for Gene-Edited Pigs for Human Consumption
Earlier this month, Washington State University (WSU) received the first-ever approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for gene-edited pigs for human consumption. That consumption will be delivered in the form of German-style sausage, which will be used in on-campus catering services that raise funds for the WSU meat judging team. The pigs were…
