Wall Street Journal
Monsanto, DowDuPont execs discuss transformative impact of gene-editing and data science on farming
To find out more about the potential of [new gene-editing and data science technologies], The Wall Street Journal’s Dennis Berman ...
Viewpoint: Postmodern movement targets science ‘because truth isn’t always convenient’
[Editor's note: Heather Heying is an evolutionary biologist at Evergreen State College. She and her husband, Bret Weinstein, were targeted ...
Viewpoint: We need to change the way autism research is funded
[Editor's note: John Rodakis is the founder and CEO of N of One: Autism Research Foundation.] Robert Naviaux, a professor ...
Bayer-Monsanto merger faces delay as European regulators hone in on antitrust concerns, impact on farmers
Bayer AG’s takeover of Monsanto Co. faces deeper scrutiny from European antitrust regulators who say they have “serious doubts” about ...
Viewpoint: Genetic data from criminals could help solve crimes and save lives
Three years ago in Albemarle County, Virginia, Jesse Matthew Jr. abducted and murdered promising 18-year-old University of Virginia student Hannah ...
Should the government have ordered the destruction of harmless and beautiful ‘illegal’ GMO petunias?
Sometimes government regulators do things that are not merely misguided but gratuitously stupid. A classic example came [May 2017], when ...
Experimental drug targets 17 cancers sharing genetic defect
An experimental drug shrank tumors in patients with a variety of cancers sharing the same genetic defect, new studies found, ...
Has ‘big data’ lived up to its promise to revolutionize farming?
For farmers—and the tech companies that want them as customers—data has been a disappointment. A few years ago, the agricultural ...
CRISPR race: Gene editing’s lower costs, regulations open door to more competition, improved crops
Monsanto ... is investing in gene editing in an effort to keep an edge over rival suppliers of high-tech crop seeds ...
ChemChina’s proposed takeover of Syngenta fuels GMO fears among some in China
The opposition to genetically altered food and grains in China has been brought to the forefront by China National Chemical’s ...
DIY home gene editing is all the rage: Here are the promises and pitfalls
Kian Sadeghi has postponed homework assignments, sports practice and all the other demands of being a 17-year-old high-school junior...On a ...
Flood of organic imports has US farmers concerned, asking for more scrutiny of overseas growers
Organic grain is flooding into the U.S., depressing prices and drawing complaints from domestic organic farmers who fear their harvests ...
Europe appears poised to overturn neonicotinoid pesticides ban
[Editor's note: Matt Ridley is a columnist for the Times (UK), a member of the House of Lords and the ...
American farm bust: Global competition, low prices, high seed costs push farmers to the edge
Across the heartland, a multiyear slump in prices for corn, wheat and other farm commodities brought on by a glut of ...
Cheaper blue jeans that are better for the environment? Genetic engineering can make it happen
Editor's note: This piece is written by Dr. Miller, a physician and molecular biologist, who was the founding director of the ...
Big Ag megamerger? Trump meets with Bayer, Monsanto CEOs
Top executives of Bayer AG and Monsanto Co. met with President-elect Donald Trump Wednesday in New York to pitch the ...
Food company executives know GMOs safe, but cater to consumers’ desire for labeling
Consumers’ desire for deeper transparency into how food is made will continue pushing food companies to label ingredients made from ...
Monsanto’s Robert Fraley: Next GMO crops to focus on nutrition, climate change
The first genetically modified row crops of any kind—herbicide-resistant soybeans and cotton protected against the bollworm and other pests—were introduced ...
Americans unearth surprises about immigrant ancestors using DNA, genealogy tests
Advances in the size and scope of vast digital databases, as well as the low cost of DNA testing, have ...
Allegations of misconduct at Chinese GMO research lab revives public’s skepticism
A former employee at a state laboratory that studies genetically modified foods said his superiors had him falsify reports, reviving ...
EU regulations contributing to consolidation in biotech, agrochemicals industries
Bayer AG’s big push into the U.S. agrochemical market with its planned acquisition of Monsanto Co. could help it offset a growing problem on its home ...
Is the GMO crop boom over?
Behind a wave of multibillion-dollar mergers in the agriculture business is a moment of change in American farming. The dominance ...
Monsanto-Bayer deal reduces players in consolidating seed, pesticide industries
Monsanto Co.’s agreement to a takeover by Bayer AG... caps a whirlwind year and a half of deal making that has reshaped... seed and pesticide sector ...
Whistleblower awarded $22 million for alerting SEC about Monsanto’s misstated earnings
A former financial executive at Monsanto Co. will collect a nearly $22.5 million reward for alerting the Securities and Exchange Commission to alleged ...
Mergers between major seed, pesticide companies prompt scrutiny by US lawmakers
U.S. lawmakers say they plan to hold a hearing to examine a wave of mergers that could reshape the $100 ...
How will potential takeover of Syngenta by ChemChina affect US farmers?
Long a major customer of U.S. farmers, China on [Aug. 22] took another step toward being a major supplier, as a key U.S ...
US national security regulators approve ChemChina takeover of Syngenta
. . . [T]he U.S. national-security regulator approved China National Chemical Corp.’s planned $43 billion takeover of Swiss seed giant Syngenta AG ...
Have Democrats exploited Zika for political purposes?
The Zika virus is only beginning to hit the U.S. mainland, but its political exploitation is already an epidemic. ...