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ChemChina’s bid for Syngenta reflects China’s need for agricultural biotech
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. China National Chemical Corp ...
China investing heavily to reshape their biotech industry to create new drugs
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. It’s been more than ...
Lawsuits loom over Syngenta as company is courted for merger
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. For months now, Swiss ...
Monsanto, Scotts seek USDA approval for feral glyphosate tolerant grass
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Monsanto Co. and Scotts ...
CRISPR technology draws mounting interest from investors
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In a single year, ...
Chipotle’s troubles raise doubts about ‘fresh and local’ strategy
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The E. coli outbreak ...
Buying Thanksgiving groceries at Whole Foods? Bring your whole paycheck
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Whole Foods Market Inc ...
Chinese state-owned firm acquisition of Syngenta could escalate country’s GMO development
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A successful bid by ...
EU assembly votes against proposal allowing members to opt out of GMO imports
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The European Union assembly ...
CRISPR: ‘When research has regulatory, not scientific goal, regulations must be fixed’
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Scientists say they hope to avoid ...
Pro-biotech academic researchers contacted by Monsanto under fire
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Monsanto Co.’s undisclosed recruitment ...
White strawberries? How genetics is creating the berry of the future
For a little berry, the genetics of the strawberry are astoundingly complex. Humans have two sets of chromosomes, making inherited ...
Monsanto eyes Bayer’s crop chemical division as option if Syngenta merger fails
More than nine weeks after Monsanto Co. offered to buy Syngenta AG for $45 billion, the U.S. maker of seeds ...
CRISPR’s potential in gene therapy shadowed by concerns over ethical use
Tracy Antonelli and her three daughters suffer from thalassemia, a blood disorder that saps their strength, leaves them anemic, and ...
Seed business may radically reorganize if Monsanto-Syngenta merger goes forward
A successful attempt by Monsanto Co. to buy Syngenta AG and form an agrochemical powerhouse would prompt major rivals to ...
Test-tube baby business booming in cash strapped Greece
Making babies is a business as well as a way of life for father-of-eight Kostas Pantos. As founder of Genesis, ...
Soon-to-be marriages in Big Ag: Monsanto-Syngenta? Dupont-Dow?
A combination of Monsanto Co. and Syngenta AG would set the stage for even more mergers and acquisitions. Monsanto has ...
Growing demand for organic corn forces US to import
A growing demand for organics, and the near-total reliance by U.S. farmers on genetically modified corn and soybeans, is driving ...
China removes ban on U.S. genetically-modified corn imports
China bought as much as 900,000 metric tons of a corn-based grain from the U.S. after the government was said to ...
Nassim Taleb’s disastrously naive GMO disaster scenario
Nassim Taleb, author of "The Black Swan" and other books, and his co-authors on a recent working paper suggest that we ...
World’s largest corn producer sues Syngenta over Chinese rejection of GMO corn
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co., the world’s largest corn processor, sued Syngenta after China rejected its shipments of corn and products made from the ...
Nassim Taleb is right: Supporters of genetically modified foods ignore uncertainties
How can so many smart people, including many scientists, be so sure that there's nothing to worry about genetically modified ...
GM might be best hope for saving coffee from ‘looming Coffee Apocalypse’
Scientists have managed to sequence the java genome, a breakthrough that brings new insights into the venerated bean while also ...
GMO ice cream war: Ben & Jerry’s and parent Unilever at at odds over GMO labeling
With Ben & Jerry’s CEO Jostein Solheim at his side, Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin signed the nation’s first law requiring labeling of ...
GMO ice cream war: Ben & Jerry’s and parent Unilever at at odds over GMO labeling
With Ben & Jerry’s CEO Jostein Solheim at his side, Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin signed the nation’s first law requiring labeling of ...
GMO ice cream war: Ben & Jerry’s and parent Unilever at at odds over GMO labeling
With Ben & Jerry’s CEO Jostein Solheim at his side, Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin signed the nation’s first law requiring labeling of ...
GMO ice cream war: Ben & Jerry’s and parent Unilever at at odds over GMO labeling
With Ben & Jerry’s CEO Jostein Solheim at his side, Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin signed the nation’s first law requiring labeling of ...
China insists on GMO-free corn exports from U.S.
U.S. corn supplies will be even bigger next year if China keeps import curbs on a genetically modified variety of ...
