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Monsanto to debut new GMO soy in Brazil, pending China
The following is an excerpt. Monsanto Co hopes to roll out a new bioengineered, worm-resistant soybean seed for planting in ...
Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s vow not to sell GMO fish
The following is an edited excerpt. Whole Foods Market Inc, Trader Joe's and other food retailers representing more than 2,000 ...
Is economic development tied to genetic diversity?
The following is an edited excerpt. Why countries are at different stages of economic development has long intrigued social scientists ...
Record-setting 170.3 million hectares of biotech crops grown globally in 2012
The following is an excerpt. Developing countries accounted for the first time last year for more than half the global ...
DNA tests reveal horse meat in some Nestle products
The following is an excerpt. Nestle, the world's biggest food company, has removed beef pasta meals from sale in Italy and ...
Neanderthal cloning chatter highlights scientific illiteracy
The following is an excerpt. After spending the weekend reading blog posts claiming that he was seeking an "extremely adventurous ...
EU seeks to revive talks on GMO crop cultivation
The following is an excerpt. The European Union's health chief hopes to revive talks on draft legislation that would allow ...
Supreme Court conundrum: How far does a soybean seed patent go?
The following is an excerpt. Though it has received considerably less attention than the Myriad gene patent case, which the ...
Are we entering the age of $1 million medicine?
More than a quarter of the new medicines approved in the United States last year were designated for rare or ...
DNA isn’t all-powerful: A challenge to personalized cancer care
(Reuters) - The cancer cells were not behaving the way the textbooks say they should. Some of the cells in ...
China sacks three officials for GMO rice test
China sacks three officials for GMO rice test: XinhuaNBCNews.com (blog)By Reuters. China has fired three officials for testing genetically modified ...
Organic farmers condemn USDA biotech report
The final USDA report appears to heavily favor biotech farmers. While the report does state that farmers should show respect ...
Mapped pig genome may aid medical research, food production
Scientists have mapped the genome of the domestic pig in a project that could enhance the animal's use for meat ...
GMO labeling efforts change course after California defeat
The failure on Tuesday of a California ballot initiative that would have mandated labeling of genetically modified foods is not ...
U.S. panel urges end to secret DNA testing
Blood stains from bandages and tampons? Ship them in a paper envelope for paternity, ancestry or health testing. EasyDNA also ...
Australian scientists develop genetic test to predict autism
Australian scientists have developed a genetic test to predict autism spectrum disorder in children, which could provide a long-sought way ...
Paraguay bets on genetically modified soy and corn
Paraguay will approve Monsanto's genetically modified Roundup Ready 2 soybean seeds before the end of this year along with new ...
Myriad wins gene patent ruling from US appeals court
A U.S. federal appeals court has once again affirmed the right of Myriad Genetics Inc to patent two genes linked ...
Can there be a reality of genetically modified Olympians?
There have been "marathon mice", "Schwarzenegger mice" and dogs whose wasted muscles were repaired with injected substances that switch off ...
Slow EU approvals seen growing threat to soy trade
Slow European Union approval of genetically modified soybeans is likely to pose a growing threat to trade as the pace ...
Monsanto defends GMO soy royalties in Brazil court
U.S. biotechnology company Monsanto Co is defending its right in Brazil to apply royalties to its patented Roundup Ready soybeans, ...
Genetically modified India
The debate over regulating genetically modified crops in India is back after two years of silence that followed the moratorium ...
Researchers urge EU not to cut stem cell funding
Leading scientists, biomedical research bodies and patient groups urged the European Parliament on Friday to maintain vital European Union funding ...
Doctors try to make sense of cancer’s genetic jumble
Not too long ago, knowing the organ where a cancer first takes hold was generally all a doctor needed to ...
Germany to oppose easing of GM trace rules
Germany will oppose any European Union move to allow traces of unapproved genetically-modified (GM) organisms in food in a similar ...
EU plans to let traces of unapproved GMOs in food
Tiny amounts of unapproved genetically modified organisms (GMOs) will be permitted in food imports to the European Union under draft ...
U.S. House biotech proposal would bypass courts-critic
A provision in a U.S. House bill would allow farmers to grow genetically modified crops while court battles are under ...
Rights group aims to stop killing of Canada GMO pigs
A U.S. animal rights group hopes to save a herd of genetically modified pigs from early deaths after funding dried ...
