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‘Rice 2.0’: GMO grain could neutralize HIV virus before it does any harm

Alexandru Micu |
An international team of researchers .... plans to fight HIV using only cereal; namely, rice. In a new paper, they ...
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Talking Biotech: How rice became one of the world’s most important food crops

Kevin Folta, Susan McCouch |
Rice geneticist Susan McCouch: How and where rice was domesticated, and how many varieties are there? ...
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15 surprising GMO and gene-edited crop advances underway in South and Central America

Daniel Norero |
Latin America is a vital region in the global production of genetically modified (GM) crops, with Brazil and Argentina ranked ...
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Climate change and GMOs: Can non transgenic varieties address global challenges?

Andrew Porterfield |
Since biotech rice has yet to catch on commercially, what does the future hold for improving rice quality, adaptability to ...
3 ways GMO rice could improve world but tech hurdles and anti-GMO protests block way

3 ways GMO rice could improve world but tech hurdles and anti-GMO protests block way

Iida Ruishalme |
New GMO varieties of rice could improve nutrition, cut potentially dangerous arsenic levels and help combat climate change, but activist ...