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• From Bio Journal - December 2020
  Development race for drugs to treat Covid-19
  No requirement for notification of genome-edited hybrid offspring
  Safety assessment of BASF high-DHA rapeseed begins
  
  
  
• From Bio Journal - November 2020
  A rapid succession of COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial suspensions
  
  
  
• From Bio Journal - October 2020
  Possibility of import of US GM potatoes for potato chips
  Tokyo Institute of Technology launches synthetic biology project (Nikkei Biotech 2020/9/15)
  MAFF reports results of GM rapeseed, GM soy wild volunteer survey
  GMM fragrances now available for use
  
  
  
• From Bio Journal - September 2020
  Mad rush to develop biovaccines for COVID-19
  
  
  
• From Bio Journal - August 2020
  Demand for citizen participation in discussions on genome editing of human embryo
  
  
  
• From Bio Journal - July 2020
  [Sorry! No articles translated this month.]
  
  
  
• From Bio Journal - June 2020
  Deliberations begin on Plant Variety Protection and Seed Act amendment
  
  
  
• From Bio Journal - May 2020
  Food Safety Commission evaluates GM orange fragrance as safe
  
  
  
• From Bio Journal - April 2020
  Plant Variety Protection and Seed Act amendment
  
  
  
• From Bio Journal - March 2020
  Genome-editing technology to be used in elimination of exotic fish species in Mie
  Japan's new bio-strategy
  Genome-edited crop outside scope of organic certification
  
  
  
• From Bio Journal - February 2020
  Abnormalities discovered in iPS cells
  MAFF policy not to restrict genome edited feed crops
  
  
  
• From Bio Journal - January 2020
  MAFF's policy of "not certifying genome edited crops as organic"
  Japan's first GM fragrance moves toward approval
  Import of raw GM potatoes becomes possible
  
  

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