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Mississippi may ban use of ‘meat’ labels on lab-grown protein, citing need to maintain ‘truthful advertising’

Jeff Amy | Associated Press | 
Mississippi lawmakers have real fears about "fake meat," and the state could become the latest to ban food made from ...
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Meet the Israeli start-ups aiming to make earth-friendly steak in the laboratory

Ilan Ben Zion | Associated Press | 
Several Israeli start-ups have joined a handful of companies around the globe trying to develop lab-grown meat, something they see ...
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The danger of using DNA tests to make life-or-death decisions for your dog

Jennifer Peltz | Associated Press | 
As people peer into DNA for clues to health and heritage, man’s best friend is under the microscope, too. Genetic ...
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Researchers hunt for heat-tolerant rice, wheat varieties as global temperatures rise

Kenneth Heard | Associated Press | 
A group of Arkansas State University educators and students are studying effects of heat on rice crops in a three-university ...
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Prosecutors charge alleged ringleader of $140 million fraudulent organic farming scheme

Ryan Foley | Associated Press | 
A Missouri farmer and businessman ripped off consumers nationwide by falsely marketing more than $140 million worth of corn, soybeans ...
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CRISPR uproar: Chinese researcher claims first gene-edited babies

Marilynn Marchione | Associated Press | 
A Chinese researcher claims that he helped make the world’s first genetically edited babies — twin girls born this month ...
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Neanderthals and humans lived equally ‘risky, stressful lives’

Malcolm Ritter | Associated Press | 
Life as a Neanderthal was no picnic, but a new analysis says it was no more dangerous than what our ...
Bayer appeals $78M verdict in landmark Monsanto glyphosate-cancer lawsuit

Bayer appeals $78M verdict in landmark Monsanto glyphosate-cancer lawsuit

Associated Press | 
Agribusiness giant Monsanto on [November 20] appealed a $78 million verdict in favor of a dying California man who said ...
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Using gene editing to improve animal welfare may quell fear of ‘Franken-animals’

Candice Choi | Associated Press | 
A company wants to alter farm animals by adding and subtracting genetic traits in a lab. It sounds like science ...
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Gene-edited foods are coming, but how will they be regulated, and will consumers eat them?

Lauran Neergaard | Associated Press | 
The next generation of biotech food is headed for the grocery aisles, and first up may be salad dressings or ...
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Plaintiff accepts reduced damages in first glyphosate-cancer trial, Bayer to appeal verdict

Associated Press | 
A Northern California groundskeeper said [October 31] that he will accept a judge’s reduced verdict of $78 million against Monsanto ...
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Heart disease risk: New genetic test could offer stronger early detection

Lauran Neergaard | Associated Press | 
You know your cholesterol, your blood pressure ... your heart gene score? Researchers say a new way of analyzing genetic ...
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Mainstream medicine? US health officials want to ease restrictions on gene therapy experiments

Marilynn Marchione | Associated Press | 
U.S. health officials are eliminating special regulations for gene therapy experiments, saying that what was once exotic science is quickly ...
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Federal court orders EPA to ban widely-used pesticide chlorpyrifos

Michael Biesecker | Associated Press | 
A federal appeals court ruled [August 9th] that the Trump administration endangered public health by keeping a widely used pesticide ...
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Protect your pets: Many agriculturally necessary plants are naturally toxic to animals

Dean Fosdick | Associated Press | 
Not all plants are wholesome for foraging animals. Certain species of milkweed, for example, that are highly valued as host ...
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Agricultural firm Simplot receives first commercial license for CRISPR gene editing, focusing on cutting waste

Keith Ridler | Associated Press | 
A multinational agricultural company based in Idaho has acquired gene editing licensing rights that could one day be used to ...
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DNA could be key to identifying remains of US soldiers turned over by North Korea

Malcolm Ritter | Associated Press | 
The U.S. military remains released by North Korea on Friday [July 28] will be sent to a military lab in ...
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Soybean farmer sues dicamba manufacturers, seeks injunction on sale of popular herbicide

Associated Press | 
A northeast Nebraska farmer has sued herbicide manufacturers, saying his neighbors’ use of the company products damaged his soybean crop ...
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Despite judge’s finding of ‘weak’ evidence glyphosate causes cancer, Monsanto could face Roundup litigation onslaught

Associated Press | 
Hundreds of lawsuits alleging Roundup weed killer caused cancer cleared a big hurdle [July 10] when a U.S. judge ruled ...
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DNA from unmarked graves of slaves could lead to modern descendants

Associated Press | 
The cemetery of the enslaved workers of the [Catoctin] iron furnace was rediscovered in 1979 — 116 years after Abraham ...
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It’s official: California will require cancer warning label on coffee products

Brian Melley | Associated Press | 
A Los Angeles judge has determined that coffee companies must carry an ominous cancer warning label because of a chemical ...
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EU approves Bayer’s $57 billion takeover of Monsanto

Raf Casert | Associated Press | 
The European Union has approved Bayer's buyout of Monsanto in a massive agriculture business deal, but says they will have ...
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Syngenta agrees to pay $1.5 billion over GMO corn fiasco in ‘largest agricultural suit settlement in US history”

Margaret Stafford | Associated Press | 
A $1.5 billion settlement was reached in a class-action lawsuit covering tens of thousands of farmers, grain-handling facilities and ethanol ...
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Lawsuits against Monsanto alleging glyphosate-cancer connection face court scrutiny

Sudhin Thanawala | Associated Press | 
U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria will spend a week hearing from experts to help decide whether there is valid scientific ...
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Preventing pandemics and the quest for an influenza ‘super-shot’

Lauren Neergaard | Associated Press | 
A century after one of history’s most catastrophic disease outbreaks, scientists are rethinking how to guard against another super-flu like ...
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A gene-editing first: Scientists try to edit a living human’s DNA

Marilynn Marchione | Associated Press | 
Scientists for the first time have tried editing a gene inside the body in a bold attempt to permanently change ...
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Partial ban of dicamba herbicide approved by Arkansas Plant Board

Associated Press | 
An Arkansas regulatory panel voted Wednesday [Nov. 8] to ban the use of an herbicide for part of next year ...
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Fate of Neanderthals may have been sealed when early humans started migrating

Malcolm Ritter | Associated Press | 
What killed off the Neanderthals? It’s a big debate, and now a study says that no matter what the answer, ...
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