2025年全球转基因作物面积创纪录：中国激增79%，非洲迎来新玩家
世界农化网中文网报道：根据农业生物投资研究机构AgbioInvestor最新发布的数据，2025年全球转基因作物种植面积达到创纪录的2.16亿公顷，较上年增长2.5%，净增530万公顷。
投资5.86亿元，年产3000吨环磺酮中间体等农药项目拟新建
世界农化网中文网报道：近日，甘肃云昊科技有限公司年产2810吨环磺酮酸、3000吨环磺酮中间体项目在相关网站公示。
Therapy-Resistant Residual Cancer Cell Dependencies Mapped
Cancer drugs can shrink fast-growing tumors. But sometimes a few tumor cells survive. These “persister” cells seed new tumors, forcing cancer patients into arduous cycles of testing and treatment. The problem is that persister cells are rare—as few as one in a thousand tumor cells—and they’re genetically identical to the tumor, which makes them hard to find. Plus, their tenacity can be temporary, and by the time a scientist can get them in a petri dish, the qualities that helped them survive may have faded.
The Every Company Boosts Animal-Free Egg Capacity with Huvepharma After 550% Hike in Orders
With its recombinant egg white protein already featuring in products stocked at Walmart, Target and Amazon, interest in The Every Company’s precision-fermented ingredient is soaring.
French Plant-Based Meat Startup Swap Food Enters Liquidation, Faces Shutdown Without Buyer
A year after replacing its CEO amid financial struggles, French startup Swap Food – best known for its whole-cut vegan chicken – has fallen into insolvency.
World Food Safety Day / Honduras Celebrates With Academia
June 2026, US: This year the Codex Contact Point in Honduras celebrated with academia. Every university in Tegucigalpa t…
Inside LVMH’s beauty shakeup amid luxury slowdown
LVMH is seemingly trying to cushion the blow of luxury beauty’s slowdown, driven by economic pressures and weakening consumer spending. The group’s business moves, and those adjacent, signal a reshuffle of its beauty portfolio as it hunts for growth in a cooling market.
Five Alternative Protein Companies Named in TIME’s World’s Top GreenTech Ranking
Five companies from the alternative protein sector have been included in TIME magazine’s second annual World’s Top GreenTech Companies list, published in partnership with data firm Statista. The 250-company ranking covers businesses across sectors, including renewable energy, carbon capture, mobility, and food technology, evaluated on environmental impact, financial strength, and innovation.
India’s US$30 billion beauty boom grows online, bringing new opportunities and risks
India’s beauty and personal care market has surpassed US$30 billion, fueled by rising incomes, urbanization, and the boom of e-commerce and quick commerce. However, as the country’s cosmetic trade increasingly moves online, safety concerns are arising about whether oversight can keep pace.
Seprify: “Reformulating Away From Titanium Dioxide Is No Longer a Future Consideration but an Immediate Requirement”
As food manufacturers across Europe scramble to reformulate products following the EU ban on titanium dioxide, Swiss biomaterials company Seprify has developed a plant-based alternative derived from FSC-certified wood pulp. The Marly-based startup, which spun out of the University of Cambridge and the University of Fribourg, produces cellulose-based white pigments designed to replicate the opacity and brightness that titanium dioxide has long provided in food applications. The company recently closed a €13.4 million Series A round and has partnered with natural colour supplier Oterra to bring the ingredient to food and beverage manufacturers globally.