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China poised for new great leap forward on backs of new generation of biotech crops
A trial planting of genetically modified corn and soybean crops outside lab settings in multiple sites across China is projected ...
China challenges anti-GMO disinformation that floods the internet
A host of experts and officials have recently defended the safety of genetically modified food, as China seeks to bolster ...
97% of bioengineered crops are soybean, yellow corn, cotton and canola. Can science break the ‘social panic’ that has limited this breakthrough technology?
As of 2019, 84 percent of all GMO crop acres were in just four western hemisphere countries (the United States, ...
Tweaking one gene could help crops survive and thrive in salty water
Chinese scientists have discovered a crop gene that, once deactivated, can allow plants to thrive in saline and alkaline soils, ...
China’s cloned super-cows can produce 100 tons of milk per cow — 30% more than U.S dairy cattle
Chinese scientists have cloned three "super cows" able to produce 18 metric tons of milk per year and more than ...
China’s new bioethics rules: Foreign companies prohibited from collecting human genetic resources inside China
China's new rules in the pipeline on human genetic resources will clarify jurisdictions of regulatory bodies and enhance supervision related ...
China greenlights pest- and herbicide-resistant genetically modified corn and soybeans after 10 years of safety studies
Genetically modified corn and soybean involved in a pilot program have obtained safety certificates for production and application after an ...
With a goal of agricultural self-reliance by 2030, China adds genetic engineering to its strategy to develop high-yield rice, wheat, corn and soy crops
China will beef up efforts to create higher yields and higher quality production of major food crop varieties, and self-sufficiency ...
China makes progress on biotech crop development in race to achieve food self-sufficiency
Cultivating secure, stable and advanced seed varieties is key to China's ongoing efforts to beef up food security, especially in ...
Corn farmers relieved as China resumes import of GMO-fed US beef imports
As US beef exports to China resume ... Nebraska is optimistic that its biggest crop export – corn – will also benefit. The ...
China jumpstarts GM, worries about ‘foreign domination’
China does not want its genetically modified food (GM) market to be dominated by foreign products (and thus foreign companies) ...
GM rice passes safety tests in China
Researchers at China’s Agricultural University have concluded that testing on transgenic rice has so far brought no abnormalities. The results ...
GM rice is more than food for thought
The Ministry of Health's investigation into a controversial US-backed genetically modified rice research project in Hunan province raises a wider ...
Should genetic screening be more supervised?
Thirteen-day-old Boxi is a "designer baby", genetically selected as her stem cells can be used to save her sister. We ...
