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Talking Biotech: Using GMO insects instead of pesticides to fight diamondback moth, other crop-killing pests

Tony Shelton | 
Cornell entomologist Tony Shelton: Using GMO insects to control diamondback moths—a global pest that quickly evolves resistance to insecticides ...
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Talking Biotech: Kevin Folta on fruit breeding—and being the target of anti-GMO activists

Chris Barbey, Kevin Folta | 
University of Florida's Kevin Folta on fruit breeding and defending modern agriculture--and himself--against anti-technology activists ...
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Viewpoint: Activists push glyphosate cancer scare as proxy to limit use of genetically engineered crops

Dan Goldstein | 
Monsanto pediatrician and toxicologist Dan Goldstein: As the glyphosate-cancer debate has grown louder, it's become less scientific ...
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Podcast: How agriculture spurred the domestication of wild cats

Eva-Maria Geigl | 
Geneticist Eva-Maria Geigl: Early grain farms attracted rodents—and wild cats that were social enough to hunt them near human settlements ...
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Podcast: Global ag biotech snapshot: Is GMO adoption on the decline?

Graham Brookes, Kevin Folta | 
UK researcher Graham Brooke on the rising economic and regulatory costs of crop biortechnology--Is it worth it? ...
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Podcast: Can the US learn from Canada’s ‘product-based’ GMO regulatory system?

Robert Potter | 
Biotech legal expert Robert Potter: How GMOs are regulated differently in the US and Canada ...
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Podcast: Can the food we eat change our RNA and the way genes work?

Ken Witwer | 
Molecular biologist Ken Witwer: Can the food we eat change our RNA and the way our genes work? ...
Podcast: Uruguay's over-reaching GMO regulations stifle home-grown solutions

Podcast: Uruguay’s over-reaching GMO regulations stifle home-grown solutions

Sabina Vidal | 
Uruguayan GMO researcher Sabina Vidal: Burdensome regulations mean farmers rely on soy seeds from US corporations ...
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Podcast: Nobel laureates mobilize against Greenpeace to reverse campaign to block vitamin-enhanced Golden Rice

Richard Roberts | 
Sir Richard Roberts: Nobel laureates must speak out activists like Greenpeace falsely claim GMOs pose unique health or ecological dangers ...
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Talking Biotech: Benefits and unanticipated consequences of neonicotinoid insecticide use

John Tooker | 
Penn State entomologist John Tooker: Neonic coated seeds are not a silver bullet for pest control in all situations ...
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Talking Biotech: Domesticating wild plants to seed new crops and foods

Lazaro Peres | 
Brazilian plant physiologist Lazaro Peres: Using genetic technology to identify desirable traits in wild plants and create new crops ...
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Talking Biotech: Anti-GMO activists say Food Evolution is an ‘agrichemical conspiracy’—Who’s behind the documentary?

Scott Hamilton Kennedy, director of Food Evolution, addresses baseless claims that new GMO documentary is "Monsanto propaganda" ...
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Talking Biotech: Toxicologist on flawed approach of IARC’s glyphosate evaluation

Len Ritter | 
University of Guelph toxicologist Len Ritter: 40-year history of safety assessments challenge IARC's "probable carcinogen" finding ...
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Talking Biotech: ‘Know GMO’ documentary fights food fears, misinformation with science

Nick Saik | 
Filmmaker Nick Saik's 'Know GMO' documentary builds dialogue on food science and farm technology ...
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Talking Biotech: Can biotechnology help protect forests from pests, pathogens and climate change?

Ellen Crocker | 
University of Kentucky forest researcher Ellen Crocker: Genetic engineering, speed breeding and gene drives could help fend off threats to ...
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Talking Biotech: Plants that ‘protect themselves’ and reduce pesticide may be future of crop biotechnology

Maurice Moloney | 
Genetic engineering pioneer Calgene's Maurice Moloney on developing plants that 'naturally' fend off pests ...
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Talking Biotech: Can ‘vertical farming’ help feed world’s growing population?

David Proenza et al. | 
What is the potential for agriculture to move indoors—and into cities—as we try to feed more people on less land? ...
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Talking Biotech: How Uruguay—major producer of GMO soy and corn—regulates GE crops

Alejandra Ferenczi | 
Uruguay biosecurity expert Alejandra Ferenczi: 'Regulate the uniqueness of the final food product and not genetic engineering' ...
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Talking Biotech: Genetic engineering’s role in breeding more disease resistant and nutritious potatoes

David Douches | 
Michigan State's David Douches builds a better potato combining genetic engineering and traditional breeding ...
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Talking Biotech: Naturally transgenic sweet potato can be tweaked to fight plant disease, boost nutrition

Jan Kreuze | 
Plant virologist Jan Kreuze: Disease-resistant sweet potatoes could make nutritious, naturally GMO crop key tool to fight malnutrition ...
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Talking Biotech: What’s blocking GMO crop adoption in Africa?

Matthew Harsh | 
Sociologist Matthew Harsh: Poor communication between Kenyan scientists, policymakers, farmers and anti-biotech activists slows GMO adoption ...
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Talking Biotech: Why is the government not funding research into the most nutritious foods?

Helena Bottemiller Evich | 
Journalist Helena Bottemiller-Evich explores the health impact of the government's meager research support for fruits, vegetables and nuts ...
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Talking Biotech: Florida neurosurgeon Duane Mitchell on how genetic engineering opens doors in cancer fight

Duane Mitchell | 
Neuroscientist Duane Mitchell discusses genetically enhancing T-cells and other cutting edge cancer immunotherapies ...
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Talking Biotech: What environmental hazards remain from accidental release of GMO grass seeds?

Carol Mallory-Smith | 
Oregon State's Carol Mallory-Smith says transgene flow from Roundup Ready bentgrass to non-GMO grass species offers lessons for regulators ...
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Talking Biotech: Should consumers fear use of hormones, antibiotics, trace chemicals and GMOs in our food?

Michele Payn | 
From marketers to activists, there is an effort to shame consumers over the use of modern technologies, such as genetic ...
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Talking Biotech: GM corn blocks carcinogenic aflatoxins, could eliminate ‘chronic health concern’ in developing world

Monica Schmidt | 
Making corn safer: University of Arizona's Monica Schmidt on genetically engineering healthier food, arming plants with defenses to fight fungal ...
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Talking Biotech: Habitat loss, parasitic mites — not GMOs, pesticides — prime culprits in butterfly, bee losses

Ric Bessin | 
GMOs and pesticides are often blamed for pollinator losses. Recent research indicates that other factors are likely more important, says ...
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