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Agricultural tech startup Indigo uses microbes to improve crops
In humans, a healthy microbiome—the universe of bacteria, fungi, and viruses that lives inside all of us—is increasingly recognized as critical ...
Monsanto has no patent on GMO Bt cotton seeds, Indian court rules
Monsanto Co., the world’s largest seed company, can’t own a patent over genetically modified cotton seeds in India, a court ...
Bayer’s takeover of Monsanto hits US anti-trust snag
Bayer AG’s plan to win antitrust approval for its takeover of Monsanto Co. hasn’t satisfied U.S. officials who are worried ...
Monsanto glyphosate class action suit dealt another blow as judge says evidence of cancer link ‘pretty sparse’
A lawsuit claiming Monsanto Co.’s popular weed killer Roundup causes cancer was dealt a blow by a judge’s conclusions that ...
Organic beer? Anheuser-Busch to sell organic Michelob Ultra in Whole Foods, other stores
After years of targeting health-conscious beer drinkers with Michelob Ultra, Anheuser-Busch InBev is going after an even choosier consumer: the organic shopper. The ...
Do trace levels of neonicotinoid insecticides found in waterways threaten aquatic life?
A recent study by the U.S. Geological Survey detected neonicotinoid pesticides in 10 Great Lakes tributaries throughout the year, although the levels ...
Farmers in four states sue Monsanto, BASF and Dupont over dicamba herbicide damage
Farmers in the heartland have filed at least 11 lawsuits in federal court over the last two years against the ...
Will CRISPR work in people? Scientists say study raises questions, but is not a setback
It can feel shocking when someone disparages a golden person, thing or technology — and in recent years, no emerging ...
China poised to do gene therapy ‘better and cheaper’ than US
China wants to go big on biotech and already is marching into experimental gene therapy. … So far, CAR-T has ...
Marijuana genome map promises to unlock potential of ‘magical’ plant
The fledgling cannabis industry is full of wide-eyed claims about what pot can do. Outperform your favorite energy drink? Maybe. Cure ...
How artificial intelligence might solve the ‘chemical treadmill’ farmers are trapped in to kill crop-choking weeds
After months of research, they faced a disappointing truth: There was no way around herbicides. “Turns out zapping weeds with ...
Sri Lankan tea farmers want glyphosate herbicide ban overturned
Tea farmers in Sri Lanka want their government to reauthorize the use of glyphosate for agriculture. The country is one ...
Afraid of public backlash, skittish investors keep promising GMO crops off the market
In the basement of Koshland Hall at the University of California at Berkeley is a trove of seeds with the potential ...
Gene therapy, CRISPR could provide treatments for sickle-cell, but cures far off
More than 50 years after the cause of sickle-cell disease was discovered, a dozen treatments for the painful and life-shortening inherited ...
Viewpoint: EU’s glyphosate herbicide fight reveals limits of Europe-wide governance
Glyphosate, the ubiquitous herbicide, may not really be poison, but it could well be the most politicized substance in Europe. In ...
Higher prices and uncertain benefits: Are organic foods worth it?
Consumers have been paying a lot to eat organic; foods with the certification sometimes costs twice as much as conventional products. The premium prices may not be ...
Viewpoint: Cost of gene therapy could put experimental treatments out of reach for most
Drugs that modify human genes have the potential to cure intractable diseases with just one treatment. Few could disagree that's ...
Illegal spraying of off-label dicamba herbicide main cause of crop damage, BASF says
Illegal spraying of a volatile weedkiller may be the cause of unprecedented damage to crops earlier this year, especially for ...
GMO hornless cow awaits approval amid FDA policy changes
[In 2016], Recombinetics, the 35-person company [geneticist Scott Fahrenkrug] founded in 2008 with three other geneticists from the University of ...
Despite drift issue, Monsanto sees ‘surge’ of farmers buying dicamba-resistant GMO soybean seeds
Monsanto Co. posted a surprise fourth-quarter profit and said it still expects a surge in sales of a controversial line ...
State bans of dicamba herbicide could increase soybean, cotton prices
Efforts to ban the herbicide [dicamba] could benefit the prices of agricultural products such as soybeans and cotton. At the ...
Russia trying to reduce dependence on imported seeds—without GMOs
Many growers use specialized seeds designed to resist pests, disease and drought, but more than half for some crops come ...
Syngenta settles with Minnesota farmers in GMO corn lawsuit
Syngenta AG reached an in-trial settlement with a group of about 22,000 Minnesota farmers who claimed the company carelessly marketed its ...
Lesson for gene editing: How do we regulate a technology when we ‘can’t imagine’ the consequences of its use?
Humanity has a method for trying to prevent new technologies from getting out of hand: explore the possible negative consequences, ...
Monsanto played role in ‘independent’ safety review of glyphosate herbicide, emails show
Dozens of internal Monsanto emails, released on Aug. 1 by plaintiffs’ lawyers who are suing the company, reveal how Monsanto worked ...
US honey bee population rose 3 percent in last year as colony collapse disorder concerns ease
The number of U.S. honeybees, a critical component to agricultural production, rose in 2017 from a year earlier, and deaths ...
India’s GM mustard approval on hold pending outcome of anti-GMO lawsuit
India’s top court ... put the commercial release of a genetically-modified mustard variety on hold until it decides on a case ...
Monsanto’s hidden influence? Glyphosate’s future in hands of EPA and the courts
Roundup has revolutionized farming. Now, human health and Bayer’s $66 billion deal for Monsanto depend on an honest appraisal of ...
