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Whole exome sequencing to be offered at lowest price yet
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A company formed by ...
As GMO labeling debate shifts to Senate, lobbying dollars flow
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Combatants in a national ...
Greece and Latvia will not grow GMO maize approved by EU
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Monsanto said it would ...
Germany begins process to opt-out of EU rules and ban GMO crops
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion, and analysis. Germany has initiated a ...
Breast cancer genetic tests, beyond BRCA, can help personalize treatment plan
When the results of a test wouldn’t change how doctors manage a patient’s care, most say it’s not worth doing ...
GM moths may be eco-safe way to curb pest
Scientists from the Oxford University spin-off company Oxitec say they have developed a way of genetically modifying and controlling an ...
EU fights ‘STOP TTIP’ activists campaign maligning US crops with YouTube videos
In early 2013, President Barack Obama's call for a U.S.-EU trade deal generated such optimism in Europe that the graffiti ...
House passes voluntary GMO labeling law as Senate girds for fight
The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday, July 23, passed a hotly debated measure that would set up a system ...
Gene therapy to restore hearing in deaf works in mice; humans next
Gene therapy for deafness is moving closer to reality, with new research showing the technique for fixing faulty DNA can ...
Consumer groups and businesses ask USDA to tighten GMO regulations
Dozens of consumer and food groups and businesses filed recommendations with the U.S. Department of Agriculture seeking tighter regulation of ...
Ongoing lack of MERS vaccine inexcusable as virus spreads in South Korea
Three years after the mysterious MERS virus first emerged in humans, scientists and drugmakers say there is no excuse for ...
China’s spending on genetics research making huge advances in biotech
Years of pouring money into its laboratories, wooing scientists home from overseas and urging researchers to publish and patent is ...
Papua New Guinea community shows genetic resistance to mad cow, other brain conditions
Research involving a former brain-eating tribe from Papua New Guinea is helping scientists better understand mad cow disease and other so-called prion ...
Monsanto expected to raise bid for Syngenta as competing offer appears imminent
Monsanto Co., and its advisers are working flat out to accommodate Syngenta's qualms about regulatory hurdles to a deal whose ...
WHO body looks for links between 2,4-D herbicide and cancer
The World Health Organization is set to examine a widely used pesticide and agribusiness is bracing for bad news, less ...
What’s so unnatural about GM foods?
Chipotle hit the headlines last week when the company announced it would no longer serve customers genetically modified foods. Yet ...
Breast cancer genetic tests without clinical validity should not be offered, researchers say
A group of international researchers is making the case that genetic tests that look for multiple hereditary genes suspected of ...
Indian scientists hope for favorable ruling from regulators on GM mustard
Indian scientists have completed final trials of a genetically modified (GM) variety of mustard and will submit a report to ...
National Academy of Sciences seeks to set guidelines for use of CRISPR-Cas9
The National Academy of Sciences, responding to concerns expressed by scientists and ethicists, has launched an ambitious initiative to recommend ...
Monsanto launches PR efforts to combat critics of Sygenta takeover, glyphosate and GMOs
As seed and chemical maker Monsanto Co. woos Swiss agrochemicals firm Syngenta, Monsanto also is trying to win over consumers ...
Typhoid fever threat growing as antibiotic-resistant bacteria spreads
An antibiotic-resistant "superbug" strain of typhoid fever has spread globally, driven by a single family of the bacteria, called H58, ...
Dow Chemical’s Enlist Duo weed killer—designed for use with GMO seeds—tied up in lawsuit
A court fight over use of a new Dow Chemical herbicide on genetically engineered U.S. corn and soybean crops is ...
Amid review of glypohsate, EPA official said he favors biopesticides
The Environmental Protection Agency has wrapped up its review of the world's most widely used herbicide and plans to release ...
Hospitals to begin consulting IBM’s Watson for cancer treatment
Fourteen U.S. and Canadian cancer institutes will use International Business Machines Corp's (IBM.N) Watson computer system to choose therapies based ...
PepsiCo targeted in campaign by GM labeling proponents
Backers of mandatory labeling for genetically modified foods launched a campaign aimed at turning back food company lobbying against labeling, ...
China tightens GMO research safety protocols
China plans to increase its oversight of genetically modified crops due to heightened public concern over Beijing's ability to keep ...
U.S. defends Greenpeace India’s right to campaign against GMOs, energy projects
The United States has expressed concern that India's crackdown on the activities of the Ford Foundation and Greenpeace India could ...
Advocacy group sells glyphosate test for water, urine or breast milk
An advocacy group seeking a ban on the world's most widely used herbicide said Wednesday it is launching a U.S ...
