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Post Supreme Court ruling, Quest to offer genetic test for breast cancer risk
Quest Diagnostics Inc on Tuesday became the largest U.S. company to start offering gene-based tests for inherited forms of breast ...
Court rebukes EU Commission over GMO approval delay
The European Commission was to blame for lengthy delays to the EU cultivation approval process for a type of genetically ...
“Monsanto Protection Act” extended by U.S. House vote
The U.S. House has voted to extend Section 735 on GM crops. A coalition of anti-GM groups has asked the ...
USDA will not take action in case of GMO alfalfa contamination
The detection of a small amount of genetically modified material in a Washington state farmer's non-GMO alfalfa crop constitutes a ...
USDA weighing options in Washington GMO alfalfa contamination case
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is evaluating whether or not to take action in the case of a Washington state ...
Washington state testing alfalfa for GMO contamination
Agriculture officials in Washington state are testing samples of alfalfa after a farmer reported his hay was rejected for export ...
Illinois: GMO corn failing to protect fields from pest damage
Researchers in the key corn-growing state of Illinois are finding significant damage from rootworms in farm fields planted in a ...
U.S. farm, food groups want better oversight of GMO field trials
More than 150 U.S. farm and food businesses and organizations on Wednesday called for the U.S. Department of Agriculture to ...
Genetically-modified bacteria could help mass produce hookworm drugs
Researchers have produced a protein that kills parasitic intestinal worms, by genetically engineering a bacterium similar to those used in ...
U.S. horse breeding association must let cloned horses on registry
A U.S. horse association soon will be required to add cloned horses and their offspring to its prestigious registry, a ...
France: Court overturns ban on Monsanto GE maize
France's highest administrative court rejected on Thursday a government ban on growing Monsanto's MON810 genetically modified maize (corn). In its ...
Monsanto to withdraw EU approval requests for new GE crops
Monsanto Co said on Wednesday it will withdraw all pending approval requests to grow new types of genetically modified crops ...
Italy moves to ban growing of GE maize type
Three Italian ministries have signed a decree banning the cultivation of a type of genetically modified maize, citing environmental concerns, ...
Japan aims to restart buying U.S. western wheat as early as August
Japan aims to restart buying U.S. western white wheat as early as August, industry sources said, after halting imports of ...
South Korea to decide on U.S. wheat imports this week
The following is an edited excerpt. South Korean millers will decide this week whether to lift a ban on U.S ...
Supreme Court invalidates some gene patents but biotech has moved on
The following is an edited excerpt. The U.S. Supreme Court decision on June 13, 2013 to uphold patent protections for ...
As health fears ebb, Africa looks at easing GM crop bans
The following is an excerpt. African countries keen to improve crop yields, reduce hunger and protect themselves from climate change ...
Monsanto wins defense against organic farmers’ lawsuit over seed contamination
Monsanto Co. won another round in a legal battle with U.S. organic growers as an appeals court threw out the ...
Argentina says China approves more GM soy, corn for import
The following is an edited excerpt. Argentina's agriculture minister said on Saturday that China has approved three new strains of ...
Monsanto backing away from GE crops in Europe
The following is an edited excerpt. Monsanto is not pushing for expansion of genetically modified crops in most of Europe ...
South Korea: No GE found in analysis of wheat imports
The following is an edited excerpt. South Korea has not detected genetically modified wheat in initial tests of imports of ...
Brazil aims to sway China on GM soy, corn
The following is an edited excerpt of a longer story. Find a link to the full story below. Brazil, the ...
U.S. GMO food labeling drive has biotech industry biting back
The following is an excerpt. New efforts to force labeling of foods made with genetically modified crops, including a bill ...
Genetically engineered salmon company expects US regulatory OK in 2013
The following is an excerpt. CHICAGO, April 23 (Reuters) - AquaBounty Technologies Inc expects regulatory approval by the fourth quarter ...
Gene swapping makes new China bird flu a moving target
The following is an excerpt. A new bird flu virus that has killed 13 people in China is still evolving, ...
Some U.S. farm groups vow to protect pro-Monsanto ‘rider’
The following is an excerpt. A number of U.S. farm groups want to extend a law that allows farmers to ...
Monsanto to waive some GMO soy royalties in Paraguay-farmers
The following is an excerpt. Monsanto Co has agreed to waive the collection of royalties for the use of technology ...
Monsanto and DuPont settle GM seed battle
The following is an edited excerpt. DuPont Co will pay Monsanto Co at least $1.75 billion in a new licensing ...
