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‘Crop of the century’: How GM soybeans unseated ‘king corn’ in the US—with help from China

Andres Schipani, Gregory Meyer, Tom Hancock | Financial Times | June 27, 2017

[Editor's note: 78 percent (91.4 million hectares) of the world's soybean acreage, is genetically modified.] With planting almost complete, soybeans are ...

Evolution could push back against CRISPR gene editing of insects to stop Zika and malaria

Anjana Ahuja | Financial Times | May 24, 2017

Research published [May 2017] suggests that gene editing, a revolutionary cut-and-paste technology that allows bespoke adjustments to an organism’s genome, ...

Promoting ‘genomic literacy’ could bridge gap between scientists and public

Gillian Tett | Financial Times | March 27, 2017

[Editor's note: Gillian Tett is the US managing editor of the Financial Times.] As I toured one of the laboratories ...

Growth in GMO seed industry will come from yield-boosting traits, expansion into wheat, rice crops

Clive Cookson | Financial Times | November 28, 2016

...[G]lobal planting of GM crops declined slightly in 2015, after two decades of rapid growth.... The markets for the crops ...

Cargill to offer Non-GMO certified sugar, sunflower oil and sweetener

Gregory Meyer | Financial Times | October 7, 2016

Cargill, one of the world’s biggest wholesale food suppliers, has bowed to consumer trends... The US company handles millions of ...

Cultural status of corn threatens approval of GMOs in Mexico

Jude Webber | Financial Times | January 15, 2016

The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . . [A]ctivists ...

Genes of benefit for athletic training response identified

Charles Wallace | Financial Times | May 6, 2014

There has long been a debate among doctors, scientists and psychologists about whether nature or nurture is more important in ...

Spending a day with biotech pioneer Edwin Southern

Ben Martynoga | Financial Times | April 1, 2014

A knock at the cottage door yields no answer. A light is on, but nobody seems to be home. Down ...

Finanical Times editorial: Europe is right to be cautious over GM crops

Financial Times | July 24, 2013

Monsanto, the US agricultural group, has abandoned its decade-long bid for permission to grow a range of genetically modified crops ...

DNA transfer in human eggs prevents disease

Clive Cookson | Financial Times | July 1, 2013

The following is an excerpt. Scientists have for the first time transferred DNA between human eggs. The success at Newcastle ...

Brain-net: Telepathic mice first step in creation of biological computer

Clive Cookson | Financial Times | March 4, 2013

Using neurotechnology, scientists have created rats that can communicate telepathically across continents. Some neuroscientists think the experiments could lead to ...