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Are pesticide residues on food something to worry about?

Jon Entine, Kayleen Schreiber, Marc Brazeau | 
Just like anything that goes into your body, it’s the dose (the amount) that matters ...
Pesticides and Food: It's not a black or white issue — Has pesticide use decreased since the introduction of GMO crops?

Pesticides and Food: It’s not a black or white issue — Has pesticide use decreased since the introduction of GMO crops?

Kayleen Schreiber, Marc Brazeau | 
What is the truth about crop pesticides and their residues in food in 2018? ...
Biotechnology timeline: Humans have manipulated genes since the 'dawn of civilization'

Biotechnology timeline: Humans have manipulated genes since the ‘dawn of civilization’

Brian Colwell | 
The history of biotechnology shows how humans have been manipulating nature for our benefit for a long time—and how modern ...
How effective and safe are current-generation pesticides?

How effective and safe are current-generation pesticides?

Kayleen Schreiber, Marc Brazeau | 
it is important to balance risks with the benefits that pesticides provide ...
Pesticides and Food: It’s not a black or white issue — How do organic pesticides compare to synthetic pesticides?

Pesticides and Food: It’s not a black or white issue — How do organic pesticides compare to synthetic pesticides?

Kayleen Schreiber, Marc Brazeau | 
Many consumers choose to buy higher-priced organic produce because they believe organic foods are not grown using pesticides and therefore ...
Pesticides and Food: It’s not a black or white issue — Part 5: Soil health ― When synthetic pesticides are more sustainable than 'natural' organics

Pesticides and Food: It’s not a black or white issue — Part 5: Soil health ― When synthetic pesticides are more sustainable than ‘natural’ organics

Kayleen Schreiber, Marc Brazeau | 
Most consumers believe organic farming avoids pesticides and prioritizes the health of the environment more than conventional farming. However, this ...
Pesticides and Food: It’s not a black or white issue — Part 3: How dangerous is glyphosate?

Pesticides and Food: It’s not a black or white issue — Part 3: How dangerous is glyphosate?

Kayleen Schreiber, Marc Brazeau | 
Although pesticide toxicity and biodegradability has decreased overall during the last few decades, many consumers are still worried about pesticides ...
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How do you make ice cream without animals? Train fungi to ‘act like cows’

Colleen De Bellefonds | 
The food company Perfect Day has found a way to replicate whey—a milk protein that’s partially responsible for dairy’s creamy ...
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Engineering soil bacteria could help develop enhanced, ‘non-GMO’ crops for Europe

Laura Bergshoef | 
Plant breeding – a method of selecting plants from a group that have the desired properties – is central to ...
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Genetic engineering reveals how Venus flytrap spots prey, shedding light on plant’s short-term ‘memory’

Curtis Segarra | 
A Venus flytrap’s short-term “memory” can last about 30 seconds. If an insect taps the plant’s sensitive hairs only once, ...
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Lab-made breast milk could ‘spell trouble’ for $45-billion infant formula industry

Julia Sklar | 
It won’t be easy to cell-culture breast milk in the lab. But early results are promising enough to spell trouble ...
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Genetic engineering key to developing COVID-19 vaccine

Steven Cerier | 
Scientists throughout the world are engaged in a herculean effort to develop a vaccine for the COVID-19 virus that has ...
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Fighting cancer by boosting the body’s immune system with genetically engineered bacteria

Kostas Vavitsas | 
Our immune system can defeat cancer. Immune cells can directly attack cancer cells or produce proteins that don’t let tumors ...
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11 things to know about genetic engineering, including how it’s helping us fight disease

Christopher McFadden | 
What are some interesting facts about genetic engineering, and why it is important? … Genetically engineered things are actually all ...
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Regulation and anti-GMO activism: Roadblocks on the way to saving the American chestnut tree

Gabriel Popkin | 
In traditional plant breeding .... farmers .... cross varieties with desired traits .... and select promising mixtures for sought-after qualities ...
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Plant virus that combats fungal pathogens may yield low-cost COVID-19 vaccine

A variety of scientists worldwide are changing their primary research focus these days with the aim to bring solutions for ...
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Gene from grass-dwelling fungus may help safeguard global wheat production against deadly disease

Erik Stokstad | 
Wheat scab hits farmers with a double punch. The fungal disease, also known as Fusarium head blight, shrivels grain and ...
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Nutrient-fortified, drought-tolerant chickpea could provide sustainable protein source for India

Sunderarajan Padmanabhan | 
Chickpea is a major source of protein for the people in India. It is grown mainly in semi-arid regions during ...
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Biotech sugar substitute that improves gut health could be coming soon

Cuba's Center of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB) announced it has developed a biotech sweetener that the country can sell ...
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Can we engineer soldiers to be immune to chemical attacks?

Jocelyn Kaiser | 
Despite international bans, some countries, such as Syria, use deadly nerve agents against enemy soldiers and civilians. Existing treatments for these ...
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Mosquitoes engineered to resist dengue could become gene drive weapon against the deadly disease

Genelle Weule | 
Locked in a secure lab near Melbourne is the newest addition in the fight against dengue: genetically engineered mosquitoes that ...
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Religious beliefs shape our thinking on cloning, stem cells and gene editing

David Warmflash | 
Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism and Islam react to new technologies in their own ways ...
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Futurist Jamie Metzl: How genetic engineering could help us live longer

Jamie Metzl, Phil Newman | 
Jamie Metzl is a technology and healthcare futurist and geopolitical expert, novelist, entrepreneur, media commentator, and Senior Fellow of the Atlantic ...
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CRISPR crops, precision medicine could fuel 17.2% annual growth in North American gene-editing research

"The growth of the genome editing market is primarily attributed to the rise in the production of genetically modified crops ...
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Genetic engineering, CRISPR and food: What the ‘revolution’ will bring in the near future

Steven Cerier | 
Genetic engineering and gene editing have the potential to radically transform our lives if they can overcome the objections of ...
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Podcast: The ‘what, how and why’ of GMOs, a crash course on genetic engineering

Dan Lima, Karen Cox | 
Agricultural scientists Karen Cox of West Virginia University and Dan Lima of Ohio State University offer a crash course on ...
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