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Senator Suggests Biotech to Help Combat Hunger, Climate Change
Senator Richard Lugar (R-Ind.) made a science-based plea this week for the international community to embrace agricultural biotechnology as one weapon in the warn against world hunger and climate...
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The World’s Embrace of Biotechnology
On the eve Valentines Day 2009, it’s appropriate to examine the world’s budding romance with biotechnology. Ag biotech helps farmers grow heartier, healthier crops in a more sustainable and...
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Biotech addresses food security, climate change: Potential economic growth...
By Jose W. Fernandez, Assistant Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and Business Affairs By 2050, the global population will surpass 9 billion and require nearly a doubling of agricultural output...
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Why the Founder of the Anti-GMO Movement Converted to the Side of Science
Mark Lynas is a researcher at the Cornell Alliance for Science and the author, most recently, of “The God Species: How the Planet Can Survive the Age of Humans.” Lynas is a British environmentalist and...
View ArticleOut of Africa: Biomedical Innovation and Expertise
Scientific research holds the key to unlocking creative and effective solutions for alleviating the burden of disease on the world’s populations. Developing countries, such as those in sub-Saharan...
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The Last Thing Africa Needs to be Debating is GMOs
The point I am about to make has been made before, but I like to take every opportunity when possible to make it again. Anti-biotechnology proponents have verbally stated that labeling foods made with...
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“Know GMO” Documentary Stops in Africa
“Know GMO” is a documentary in development meant to provide “an uplifting discussion about food” to help silence the noise and open the ears to facts that Scientists across the world are speaking....
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BVGH Releases Report on BIO 2016 International Convention Activities
BIO Ventures for Global Health (BVGH), an organization dedicated to improving global health through programs and initiatives that engage pharmaceutical and diagnostic companies, released a report...
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#BIO2017: A Peek at Pavilions | Sub-Saharan Africa
Breaking Buzz is BIO’s newest blog series that reaches across the globe to bring you an insider’s preview into the hottest international and partnering trends coming to San Diego for the BIO...
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ICYMI: Hope and Cures for Africa
For individuals and families across the globe, what were once considered deadly or debilitating diseases are now treatable thanks to biopharmaceutical innovation. And as we look ahead, we can’t help...
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Like It or Not, Africa’s Future Lies in GM Crops
Short-sighted opposition to biotechnology leaves farmers across the continent at the mercy of pests, disease and worse, writes Matt Ridley in The Times: An even more dangerous foe than Robert Mugabe is...
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Cancer Surpasses Malaria as Top Public Health Threat in Africa
Africa is known for its diverse cultures, expansive landscapes, dramatic coastlines, luscious forests and exotic wildlife. Much less is known about the continent’s rising cancer epidemic, but it’s all...
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A Sustainable Movement to Curb Cancer in Africa
In just two years, BIO Ventures for Global Health (BVGH) has made significant progress in responding to the growing cancer crisis in Africa. Through their African Access Initiative (AAI), this nimble,...
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Technology to Fight Malaria, Zika, and Other Mosquito-Related Diseases Is...
Every year, mosquitos infect 500 million people with diseases and mosquito-borne illnesses claim nearly a million lives. Mosquito-related diseases—like malaria, West Nile, and Zika—have proven...
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