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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Abolfazl Baghbani-Arani, Mona Poureisa, Hossein Alekajbaf, Rezvan Karami Borz-Abad, Khodadad Khodadadi-Dashtaki
Summary: The study explores the economic effects and political scopes of GM foods in production sector, as well as the policies made by different countries in the world and Iran. However, due to lack of scientific and legal infrastructures, the growing and production process of GM crops in Iran does not follow the global trend.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)
Review
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
H. M. Mamrutha, Wadhwa Zeenat, Deswal Kapil, Nagaveni Budhagatapalli, Divya Tikaniya, Kumar Rakesh, Gopalareddy Krishnappa, Gyanendra Singh, G. P. Singh
Summary: The innovations in genome editing have opened up new possibilities for crop improvement, but the regulation and social acceptance of genome-edited crops remain major barriers. This review provides information on the use of SDN1 in crop genome editing and lists potential genes and regulatory landscapes, serving as a valuable resource for researchers and policymakers.
CRITICAL REVIEWS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY
(2023)
Review
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Udita Basu, Swarup K. Parida
Summary: Plants have adapted to different environments by regulating developmental factors, resulting in variations in traits that contributed to their survival. Key developmental pathways, such as CLAVATA-WUSCHEL, GID1-DELLA, LAZY1-TAC1, and TFL1-FT, play significant roles in plant architecture. Allelic variants of these regulators shaped crops during domestication. With genome-editing techniques, it is possible to manipulate these developmental pathways to customize crops for specific environments and increase yield stability.
PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Business, Finance
Jiafu An, Tinghua Duan, Wenxuan Hou, Xianda Liu
Summary: The study shows that cyber risks have a negative impact on the success of ICOs for startups, but institutional quality, such as investor rights protection and legal system function, can mitigate this relationship.
FINANCE RESEARCH LETTERS
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
Vadthya Lokya, Sejal Parmar, Arun K. Pandey, Hari K. Sudini, Dongxin Huai, Peggy Ozias-Akins, Christine H. Foyer, Chogozie Victor Nwosu, Barbara Karpinska, Alison Baker, Pei Xu, Boshou Liao, Reyazul Rouf Mir, Xiaoping Chen, Baozhu Guo, Henry T. Nguyen, Rakesh Kumar, Sandeep K. Bera, Prashant Singam, Anirudh Kumar, Rajeev K. Varshney, Manish K. Pandey
Summary: In addition to the challenge of meeting global food production demand, there is increasing concern about food safety and protecting consumer health from the negative effects of allergens in food. The prevalence of food allergies has risen significantly in recent years, but the standards of detection, diagnosis, and treatment have not kept pace. This review focuses on the prevalence of allergies associated with peanuts, tree nuts, wheat, soybeans, and kidney beans and discusses potential methods for developing low allergen food crops using advancements in molecular breeding, genetic engineering, and genome editing.
Review
Plant Sciences
Vadthya Lokya, Sejal Parmar, Arun K. Pandey, Hari K. Sudini, Dongxin Huai, Peggy Ozias-Akins, Christine H. Foyer, Chogozie Victor Nwosu, Barbara Karpinska, Alison Baker, Pei Xu, Boshou Liao, Reyazul Rouf Mir, Xiaoping Chen, Baozhu Guo, Henry T. Nguyen, Rakesh Kumar, Sandeep K. Bera, Prashant Singam, Anirudh Kumar, Rajeev K. Varshney, Manish K. Pandey
Summary: In addition to the challenge of meeting global demand for food production, there are increasing concerns about food safety and protecting consumers from the negative effects of foodborne allergies. Food allergies have become more prevalent in recent years, but the standards for detection, diagnosis, and treatment have not kept up. This article focuses on the prevalence of allergies associated with peanuts, tree nuts, wheat, soybeans, and kidney beans, and discusses the potential of molecular breeding, genetic engineering, and genome editing to develop low allergen food crops that protect consumer health.
Review
Engineering, Environmental
Jie Wang, Xiaokai Zhang, Xiaona Li, Zhenyu Wang
Summary: Micro/nanoplastics (MPs/NPs) pollution can have adverse effects on agricultural ecosystems, posing a threat to the sustainability and security of agricultural production. Therefore, it is essential to comprehensively understand the environmental behavior and effects of MPs/NPs in soil and atmosphere in agricultural regions, and to seek relevant pollution prevention strategies.
JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
(2023)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Robert S. Wildin, Diana L. Gerrard, Debra G. B. Leonard
Summary: This study presents a new method for genomic population screening using a combined 432-gene test, which includes large carrier and health risk gene sequencing panels. The report summarizes the demographic data and analyses the patterns of genetic findings for the first 300 individuals tested in a primary care setting. The results show that 16% to 34% of the tested individuals have identified genetic health risks, and 86% are carriers for one or more recessive diseases. This research is an important step towards using exome or genome sequencing as a multi-purpose clinical screening tool.
JOURNAL OF PERSONALIZED MEDICINE
(2022)
Review
Plant Sciences
Nardana Esmaeili, Guoxin Shen, Hong Zhang
Summary: Abiotic stresses are a major challenge for agricultural production, and traditional breeding methods have limitations. Biotechnological approaches, such as genetic engineering, offer new opportunities to enhance plant tolerance to abiotic stresses.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Economics
Rajabrata Banerjee, Vinod Mishra, Admasu Asfaw Maruta
Summary: This study examines the impact of energy poverty on health and education outcomes in 50 developing countries from 1990-2017. Lower energy poverty is associated with better health and education outcomes, with access to electricity showing a stronger positive effect on development outcomes. Threshold regression estimates show varying effects of energy development index on life expectancy and infant mortality rates based on poverty levels and income per capita.
Review
Biology
Saurabh Chaudhary, Atul Grover, Prakash Chand Sharma
Summary: miRNAs have emerged as powerful molecules that can serve as expression markers in regulating plant responses to abiotic and biotic stresses. They function by specifically pairing with target mRNAs to mediate post-transcriptional gene silencing and fine-tune the regulation of stress-responsive genes in plants. The functional role of miRNAs in stress responses suggests their potential as novel targets for engineering stress-tolerant crop varieties.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Shanshan Di, Tao Cang, Zhenzhen Liu, Yunye Xie, Huiyu Zhao, Peipei Qi, Zhiwei Wang, Hao Xu, Xinquan Wang
Summary: The spatial structures of chiral pesticide enantiomers can affect their activity, toxicity, and behavior. This study found that the chiral pesticide S-(+)-pydiflumetofen had much higher activity than the R-(-)-pydiflumetofen on various phytopathogens, and the coexistence of R-(-)-pydiflumetofen enhanced the toxicity of S-(+)-pydiflumetofen on zebrafish. Additionally, the degradation of R-(-)-pydiflumetofen in crops was opposite to that in soil. Therefore, developing enantiopure S-(+)-pydiflumetofen products may be an efficient and low-risk strategy.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Ran Yan, Xiwang Xiang, Weiguang Cai, Minda Ma
Summary: This study reveals that operational carbon emissions from residential buildings in China increased from 2000 to 2018, with provinces in northern China reaching peak decarbonization before 2008, while central and eastern provinces peaked around 2014. Southern provinces continued to show growth in decarbonization efforts. High levels of decarbonization and efficiency were observed in northern and southwestern provinces.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Hematology
Marta Sobas, Jean-Jacques Kiladjian, Yan Beauverd, Natalia Curto-Garcia, Parvis Sadjadian, Lee Yung Shih, Timothy Devos, Dorota Krochmalczyk, Serena Galli, Maria Bieniaszewska, Ilona Seferynska, Mary Frances McMullin, Anna Armatys, Adrianna Spalek, Joanna Waclaw, Mihnea Zdrenghea, Laurence Legros, Francois Girodon, Krzysztof Lewandowski, Anna Angona Figueras, Jan Samuelsson, Aitor Abuin Blanco, Pascale Cony-Makhoul, Angela Collins, Chloe James, Rajko Kusec, Marie Lauermannova, Maria Sol Noya, Malgorzata Skowronek, Lukasz Szukalski, Anna Szmigielska-Kaplon, Marielle Wondergem, Iryna Dudchenko, Joanna Gora Tybor, Kamel Laribi, Anna Kulikowska de Nalecz, Jean-Loup Demory, Katell Le Du, Sonja Zweegman, Carlos Besses Raebel, Radek Skoda, Stephane Giraudier, Martin Griesshammer, Claire N. Harrison, Jean-Christophe Ianotto
Summary: In this study of young MPN patients, high rates of thrombotic events and disease transformation were observed. JAK2V617F mutation and hyperviscosity symptoms were identified as risk factors, with splenomegaly potentially being a new risk factor for transformation in essential thrombocythemia. Conventional risk scores were not able to predict survival for young ET or polycythemia vera patients.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Jana Ruzickova, Helena Raclavska, Marek Kucbel, Anna Grobelak, Michal Safar, Konstantin Raclavsky, Barbora Svedova, Dagmar Juchelkova, Konstantinos Moustakas
Summary: Modern technologies have introduced automatic composters for household food waste disposal, but the high electrical conductivity caused by sodium chloride in the composts can lead to environmental risks. Additionally, the presence of pesticides in composted food presents an important environmental problem, with varying pesticide content and the need for effective removal methods to reduce inhibition on organisms like Poecilia reticulata and Daphnia magna.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2021)
