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California lawmakers reject GMO-labeling bill for second time in two years
California lawmakers on Wednesday rejected a bill that would require labels on foods made with genetically modified organisms (GMOs), the ...
Stem cell trial for ALS patients approved
BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the start of a mid-stage clinical trial of its ...
Rare Turkish neurodegenerative disorder caused by a single mutation
International teams of researchers using advanced gene sequencing technology have uncovered a single genetic mutation responsible for a rare brain ...
French lower house of parliament bans GM maize cultivation
France's lower house of parliament adopted a law on Tuesday prohibiting the cultivation of any variety of genetically modified maize, ...
Italy’s high court overturns donor gamete ban
Italy's constitutional court overturned a ban on using donor sperm and eggs in fertility treatments, knocking down part of a ...
How to fight ever-evolving tuberculosis
Earlier this month, health officials in Los Angeles confirmed they are treating a patient for extensively drug resistant tuberculosis — ...
China buys US corn despite unresolved GMO dispute
China bought its first U.S. corn in more than two months last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Thursday, ...
Germany still undecided about GMOs
Germany's government coalition has still to decide policy toward cultivation of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), German Agriculture Minister Christian Schmidt ...
France bans GM maize
France's agriculture ministry on Saturday banned the sale, use and cultivation of Monsanto's MON 810 genetically modified maize, the only ...
Syngenta halts sales of new GMO corn seed in Canada
Syngenta AG said on Monday it had halted commercial sales in Canada of corn seed containing a new and controversial genetically ...
Age of genomic medicine dawns, finally
When President Bill Clinton announced in 2000 that Craig Venter and Dr. Francis Collins of the National Human Genome Research ...
Organic farmers say USDA needs to control GMO contamination
Growing crops free from contamination by genetically modified crops and the pesticides used on those biotech versions is getting more ...
GMOs need to focus on the consumer not the producer
British consumers will only embrace genetically modified foods when traits are developed which provide them with significant benefits, Justin King, ...
USDA report says GM crops show mix of benefits, concerns
After more than 15 years of using genetically modified crops, U.S. farmers are continuing to see an array of benefits, ...
It’s not easy going ‘non-GMO,’ say US food companies
U.S. food companies are rushing to offer consumers thousands of products free of genetically modified ingredients but are finding the ...
France passes decree banning planting of GM maize
France has published a decree to prevent the planting of modified maize as a stop-gap measure, while the government works ...
EU governments split over new GM grain approval
BRUSSELS, Feb 11 (Reuters) - European Union ministers hit deadlock on Tuesday on whether to let a new strain of ...
Syngenta-China rift over popular rootworm-resistant GM corn deepens
Syngenta AG, under pressure from U.S. grain exporters to suspend sales of seeds containing a new genetically modified corn trait that ...
France plans to restore GMO crop ban
France has launched a move to restore a ban on genetically modified (GMO) maize annulled by its top court to prevent ...
Smartphone game seeks to cure cancer
Crowd-sourcing and video games come together in the fight against cancer as researchers release a game which will allow smartphone ...
China continues to block GM corn from U.S.
China is set to keep rejecting U.S. corn shipments containing an unapproved genetically modified strain at least until the end ...
Organic food and farm groups ask Obama to require GMO food labels
Four U.S. lawmakers joined with more than 200 food companies, organic farming groups, health and environment organizations and other groups on Thursday ...
SCOTUS rejects activist appeal to restrict Monsanto’s biotech seed patents
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal from a coalition of 73 organic and conventional farmers, small seed companies and ...
Kaua’i to use pro-bono attorneys to fight industry GMO suit
Kauai County will be taking law firms up on their offers for free legal help defending an ordinance regulating the ...
Syngenta awaits China’s approval for gene-modified corn
Syngenta is waiting for China to approve a strain of gene-modified corn present in several U.S. cargoes turned away from Chinese ports in ...
Monsanto says biotech wheat moves closer to market
Monsanto, the world's largest seed company, said Wednesday it was making good progress on development of an herbicide-tolerant wheat, pushing ...
UK minister: Europe risks becoming ‘Museum of World Farming’ if it votes no on GM corn
Britain's farm minister called on the European Union to approve a strain of genetically modified maize in a vote later ...
China GMO trade war: Distillers corn grain caught in crossfire, rejected
China has turned away about 2,000 tons of U.S. dried distillers grain (DDG), a corn by-product, and more rejections are ...
