gmo
Science journals should publish negative results to speed technological advances, CRISPR expert urges
Near the end of April, my colleagues and I published an unusual scientific paper — one reporting a failed experiment ...
Kenya endorses ‘case-by-case’ GMO crop approval process
In a development that has ignited optimism among companies and organizations that front for the adoption of GM crops, Kenya ...
Infographic: USDA bioengineered food label makes grocery store debut on GMO Impossible Burger
Impossible Foods has enthusiastically defended its use of genetic engineering to produce meat substitutes ...
Viewpoint: Genetically modified oats don’t exist—so why does Bob’s Red Mill sell ‘non-GMO sourced’ oats?
Quick oats, old-fashioned oats, steel cut oats, rolled oats. The oats market is booming. But you know what isn’t? Genetically ...
African farmers could boost crop yields with GMO seeds—if their governments would let them
An air of Malthusian gloom hangs over smallholder farmers in Sironko, in eastern Uganda. In the old days, they say, ...
GMO Bt cotton saves Pakistani farmers estimated $7 million on pesticide-related health care costs, study shows
Despite substantial research on the economic effects of transgenic insect-resistant Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) cotton, there is still limited work on ...
If consumers fear GMOs, why do they keep buying Impossible Burgers?
Used to be that GMOs ranked right up there with child porn as a blight on society no one should ...
Controversial GMO American chestnut could provide blueprint for saving endangered species
To those who are fearful of GMOs, it is the most dangerous tree in the world. To the rest of ...
GMO Impossible Burger top-selling item at many grocery stores across US
Impossible Burger debuted on store shelves earlier [in September], immediately becoming the No. 1 product sold at some of America’s ...
Debate over GMO, CRISPR crop rules ‘essential’ as EU agriculture adapts to changing climate
In the hot summer of 2018, German farmers received €340 million in drought aid, and it will certainly not be ...
Argentina approves new Monsanto Bt corn variety—60th GMO crop in nation’s history
Argentina has approved the 60th transgenic seed in its history, a new corn variety resistant to insects and herbicides. ...
Bayer plan to launch GMO dicamba-resistant soybean in Brazil sparks pushback from some farmers
A genetically modified soy seed technology from Germany’s Bayer set to launch soon in Brazil has sparked concern from some ...
EU Parliament environment committee challenges recent GMO crop approvals, citing seed company ‘market domination’
The Environment Committee in the European Parliament voted against the approval of genetically modified maize and soybean varieties. [The committee ...
Distrust in government, biotech literacy dictate public opinion on GMO crops in China, survey shows
This paper analyzes the awareness and attitudes of the Chinese public toward genetically modified (GM) foods with different types of ...
Viewpoint: EU does world’s GMO, CRISPR crop research but blocks implementation while other nations benefit from the technology
The story of agricultural biotechnology in the EU started with high hopes and expectations 25 years ago, when Belgian Professor ...
The coming ‘vegan economy’? Billion-dollar plant-based food industry rushes to satisfy eco-conscious consumers
Veganism is on the rise. The phenomenon has spawned a burgeoning industry in alternatives to animal-derived products that’s already worth ...
Sustainable bacon: CRISPR-edited pigs could survive deadly disease, but public support key to success
Genome editing could be a ‘key tool’ in improving the efficiency of UK pig production and could help in tackling ...
Podcast: Where did GMOs come from? The fascinating history of genetic engineering
Forget the headlines about ‘Frankenfoods’ - there's a much richer and more nuanced story to be told about the history ...
Drought resistant farming breakthrough: GMO corn survives nearly two months without water thanks to tomato genes, in field study
The intense desert to the south of the Coquimbo Region in Chile makes molecular biologist Simón Ruiz think about how ...
Biotech startups challenge multinational seed company market domination with CRISPR
Inari, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, plans to use the total $144 million it has raised so far to develop crops ...
Nigeria needs GMO crops to boost food security, promote food safety, government says
Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, Minister of Science and Technology, announced that the Federal Government (FG) of Nigeria is working hard in ...
6 co-authors of controversial study that raised alarms about Oxitec’s GMO mosquito release in Brazil call for paper’s retraction
[The public] was alarmed in mid-September when an article published in the Scientific Reports pointed to the presence in Bahia ...
Examining Sweden’s ties to anti-GMO conference in Africa, through taxpayer-funded Swedish Society for Nature Conservation
How the environmental movement neglects the environment ...
Podcast: GMO insects loose in the wild? Inside scoop on controversial Oxitec mosquito in Brazil
The tiny mosquito is a nuisance in the industrialized world, yet in developing countries it is a ruthless killer, spreading ...
Viewpoint: Growing GMO crops provides 4 major health benefits you probably didn’t know about
While the application of agricultural chemicals is highly mechanized in industrial countries, the same cannot be said for developing countries, ...
Food industry battle against record fine in GMO labeling case heads to Washington Supreme Court
A trade group representing manufacturers has asked the Washington Supreme Court to overturn a record fine against the food industry ...
World’s favorite banana faces extinction. Are GMOs, CRISPR the final hope?
The race to engineer the next-generation banana is on. The Colombian government confirmed [in August] that a banana-killing fungus has ...
