Los Angeles Times
Genetic modification strains old food and drug laws
The following is an excerpt. When is a fish not a fish but a drug? When government regulators take old ...
Cold-case prosecutors seek DNA from dead California inmates
The following is an edited excerpt. Opening a new frontier for solving cold cases, California prosecutors are hunting for DNA ...
GM foods strain old FDA and USDA laws
When is a fish not a fish but a drug? When government regulators take old laws and twist themselves into ...
You wanted GMO food labels? The marketplace is listening
The following is an edited excerpt. It’s a victory for the consumers who worry about genetically engineered foods that Whole ...
Whole Foods to label all genetically modified products by 2018
The following is an excerpt. Whole Foods Market, the supermarket chain known for its organic inventory, said Friday that it ...
Genetically modified foods: Who has to tell?
The following is an edited excerpt. Consumers who believe they have a right to know whether their food contains genetically ...
Controversial bird flu research to resume
The following is an excerpt. Bird flu researchers said Wednesday that they would end a self-imposed moratorium on controversial experiments ...
DNA study sheds light on aboriginal Australians’ heritage
The following is an excerpt. When modern humans left Africa as far back as 70,000 years ago, they dispersed across ...
Geneticist on DNA privacy: Make it so people don’t care
The following is an excerpt. Worried that your genetic information could be revealed? You should be, says Harvard geneticist George ...
Genetic testing helps to preserve Samaritan way of life
Samaritans, who trace their roots back about 2,700 years, are best known for clinging to strict biblical traditions that have ...
How to build a better tomato using genetics
Since plants were first grown for food, farmers, and more recently plant breeders, have selected their best plants, saved the ...
Scientists plan to engineer gluten-free wheat
People with serious gluten allergies such as celiac disease now have only one tried-and-true option: swear off all foods containing ...
“Natural” food label means almost nothing
GoodFood WorldNaturally, food labeling issue lives onMonterey County HeraldThe campaign against genetically engineered foods didn't disappear with California's defeat of ...
Cheap embryos and the ‘commodification of children’
Dr. Ernest Zeringue sharply cuts [IVF] costs by creating a single batch of embryos from one egg donor and one sperm ...
Brazil marshalls GM mosquitoes to battle deadly dengue fever
The small, sun-scorched neighborhood of Itaberaba in this city in Bahia state is the leading testing ground for a controversial ...
California Shakedown: Prop 37 could open floodgates to consumer suits
Under Prop 37, any Californian would be able to sue any seller or manufacturer of a product that contained even ...
Proposition 37 losing in late poll
SACRAMENTO -- Backing for Proposition 37, the genetically engineered food labeling initiative, is falling, fast. A new poll by the ...
Scientists confirm safety and benefits of genetically modified crops
There is widespread agreement among scientists that genetically modified plants are not only safe, but also better for the environment ...
Why this health-conscious foodie won’t vote for Prop. 37
I thought I’d be first in line to vote yes on Proposition 37, which would require labels on (most) food ...
Science group opposes labeling of genetically modified foods
As California and other states consider ballot initiatives that would require the labeling of genetically modified foods, the American Assn ...
Designer Baby? Breakthrough gene therapy that could eliminate rare diseases, raises ethical concerns
Scientists at Oregon Health & Science University have replaced bits of defective DNA in a human egg with the equivalent ...
New gene therapy method replaces mitochondrial DNA, study says
Scientists have demonstrated a new type of gene therapy that would – in principle – allow mothers to avoid saddling ...
Prop. 37 is in dead heat
Once riding high, Proposition 37, the statewide ballot measure to label genetically engineered foods, has seen its voter support plummet ...
Would Proposition 37 really cost, or tell, consumers more?
Discussions of Proposition 37, the initiative that would require labeling of many genetically engineered foods, tend to bring up two ...
Small California stem cell research brings riches by tapping into to state funds
StemCells Inc. has had rather a charmed relationship with California's publicly funded stem cell program, with some $40 million in ...
Junk science used to promote Proposition 37
Even if the California ballot measure mandating the labeling of genetically modified food measure goes down, the campaign on behalf ...
Support for California Prop 37 slipping
The genetically engineered food labeling initiative once had a 2-1 advantage but an advertising blitz has trimmed the lead to ...
LA Times comes out against Prop 37
There's a growing gap between what grocery shoppers think they know about their food and the reality. Those tomatoes with ...