ChatGPT grows insect-toxic genetically engineered plant

Blind spot in the EU draft law on genetic engineering

30-May-2025 - For the first time, it has been proven that artificial intelligence (AI) can be used to design a genetically modified plant that is toxic to insects but can be released without risk assessment under the EU's draft genetic engineering legislation. With the help of a publicly available version of ...

BioM and Munich Biotech Cluster celebrate its 25th anniversary

A quarter century of success in biotechnology

01-Aug-2022 - BioM and the Munich Biotech Cluster celebrated their 25th anniversary. Together, they can claim a great success story. With the support of the biotech cluster management organization, the life science region has become one of the most successful biotech hotspots in Europe. At the celebration ...

Japan and Singapore Grant CRISPR Patents to Merck

27-Nov-2019 - Merck announced that the Japan Patent Office and the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore have each allowed the company’s patent application for the use of paired CRISPR nickases, bringing Merck’s number of patents to 22 worldwide. “Paired nickases represent a significant step in increasing ...

EPA to Grant Merck’s Patent Application for CRISPR Technology

Related patent application recently awarded in Australia

04-Aug-2017 - Merck announced the European Patent Office (EPO) has issued a “Notice of Intention to Grant” for Merck’s patent application covering the company’s CRISPR technology used in a genomic integration method for eukaryotic cells. The patent will provide Merck’s CRISPR genomic integration technology ...