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GMO crops may be necessary to counter impacts of climate change, study shows
New research suggests that the type of yield gains made possible by genetic engineering (GE) will be needed to offset ...
How will gene editing impact agriculture? Experts offer 10 predictions
In the U.S., it’s full speed ahead for gene editing in animal agriculture. In August, the biotech company Recombinetics, based in ...
Talking Biotech: Tough questions about genetic engineering—a listener interviews Dr. Kevin Folta
Roles are reversed on this week's podcast. Science enthusiast and blogger Gary Nolan interviews Dr. Folta ...
Ugandan researchers look to biotechnology to bolster food production in the face of climate change
As the impact of climate change continues to grow worldwide, farmers are likely to face new challenges in the form ...
Newly passed biosafety bill in Uganda aims to ensure ‘safe development’ of GMO crops
Parliament has passed the Genetic Engineering Regulatory Bill, 2018, formerly known as the National Biotechnology and Bio-safety Bill. The bill ...
There is a ‘broad scientific consensus’ on GMO crop safety, expert affirms
Despite the long enunciated national policy of safe, responsible use of modern biotechnology, a few local government units in the ...
Gene editing set to revolutionize agriculture—but how should it be regulated?
In the next few decades, humanity faces its biggest food crisis since the invention of the plow. The planet’s population, ...
‘Low to non-existent’ safety risks and higher yields support widespread adoption of GMO crops, researchers say
The anticipated world population growth emphasizes a need to produce more food on less land. Cutting-edge technologies, including genetic engineering, can ...
Time Magazine’s coverage of glyphosate-cancer trial is ‘crying out for balance,’ biologist says
TIME magazine has a story on DeWayne ‘Lee’ Johnston who took Monsanto to court claiming RoundUp caused his non-Hodgkin lymphoma ...
130 researchers urge Europe not to banish crop gene-editing with ‘strict’ regulations
Even plants that are modified with modern genetic engineering methods such as …. CRISPR / Cas9 are to be tested ...
‘Misinformation’ has fueled fear of GMO crops in India, expert says
Hundreds of research studies that have been reviewed showed no proof that genetically modified (GM) crops had side effects, according ...
Why did Tanzania just pull the plug on its GMO crop trials?
When the Tanzanian government announced Friday [November 23] they were ending field trials of genetically engineered crops in the country ...
GMO cotton not to blame for farmer suicides in India, expert reconfirms to UN panel
An expert on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) from India has told a UN conference on biodiversity that GMO cotton growing ...
Kenya will push for 10-year moratorium on foods produced with synthetic biology
Kenya will press for a moratorium on introduction of laboratory generated foodstuffs produced through synthetic biology when the Conference of ...
New biocontainment strategy could prevent spread of GMO microbes in the wild
Hiroshima University (HU) researchers successfully developed a biocontainment strategy for …. GMOs. Their new method prevents genetically modified cyanobacteria from ...
Experts must counter ‘simplistic’ anti-GMO narrative with facts, says neurologist Steven Novella
The Pew Research Center has recently published a large survey regarding American’s attitudes toward food, including genetic modification .... There ...
How crop biotechnology preserves and promotes biodiversity
Experts attending the [recent] United Nations Biodiversity Conference in Egypt say that adopting smart agronomic practices can play a significant ...
Bt insect-resistant crops don’t cause allergies, European safety oversight organization reaffirms
Following a request from the European Commission, [the European Food Safety Authority] assessed the scientific publication by Santos‐Vigil et al ...
Tanzania’s ban on GMO crop trials will set biotech research back a decade, scientists say
An air of resignation characterized reactions …. to the government's surprise ban on all genetically modified organism (GMO) trials in ...
Consumer fear of GMOs and political overreaction adversely impacts smallholder farms
Three letters can quickly turn lackadaisical shoppers at a farmers market, diners at a restaurant or families at dinner tables ...
Why fears in Nigeria over the safety of GMO cotton are misplaced
Nigeria is moving forward with plans to boost its textile industry through the approval of its first GM crop, BT ...
New GMO rice variety could cut arsenic exposure in food
Arsenic accumulation in rice grains is one of the serious agricultural issues in India. To address this, researchers at Lucknow-based ...
Americans more skeptical of GMOs now than in 2016, Pew report shows
Americans are closely divided over whether genetically modified foods are worse for one’s health than foods that are not genetically ...
Fear of GMOs scares China’s consumers, slows agricultural innovation
In the midst of a trade war with the United States, Chinese President Xi Jinping keeps repeating that China is ...
Talking Biotech: Corporations corrupt science research? What are real conflicts of interest?
A closer look at how money influences science ...
Argentina could be first country to plant GMO wheat, engineered for drought resistance—if regulators approve
“We mustn't do what other countries have already done; we must do what no other country did," the CEO of ...
8 pressing questions about GMOs, human health and the environment
[W]hen the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA) sent ... its latest report, stating that, “Biotech crops ...
