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Scientists Discover Gene That Doubles Production of Malaria Drug in Artemisia Annua Plant

April 1, 2017

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NAS Releases Report on Future of Biotechnology Products

March 22, 2017

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EPA Approves New GM Potato

March 1, 2017

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Video GMO Story: The Near Death and Rescue of the Hawaiian Papaya

January 10, 2017

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Second GM Crop Ready for Release in Bangladesh

January 7, 2017

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Golden Rice Trials in Bangladesh Show High Promise

January 2, 2017

Cultivating the Future: How can 20 years of GM debate inform UK farm policy? ABC logo
Cultivating the Future: How Can 20 Years of GM Debate Inform UK Farm Policy?

December 14, 2016

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New Report: Biotechnology to Help Mitigate Climate Change

November 9, 2016

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Do Conflicts of Interest Negate Scientific Consensus on GMO Safety?

November 7, 2016

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Response to Danny Hakim's Article in the NY Times "Doubts About the Promised Bounty of Genetically Modified Crops"

November 6, 2016

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Stacking Sequence-Specific Nuclease-Induced Mutations Using Talens to Improve Soybean Oil

October 19, 2016

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Study Finds That Adoption of Gm Crops Could Improve Health of Chinese Farmers

October 19, 2016

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Genetically Engineered Foods and Their Regulation: The Way Forward After Twenty Years of Adoption

October 1, 2016

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High Tech Farm Animals Stuck on the Shelf

August 30, 2016

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Nothing Will Compare to Next 30 Years, Says Biotechnology Pioneer

August 9, 2016

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President Obama Signs Genetically Modified Food Labeling Bill

August 3, 2016

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Recent Agbiotech Developments

August 3, 2016

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Purdue Scientists Evaluate the Economic and Environmental Impacts of a Global GMO Ban

July 27, 2016

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House Passes GMO Labeling Bill

July 14, 2016

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GMO Food Labeling Bill Passes in the Senate

July 10, 2016

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107 Nobel Laureates Sign Letter Blasting Greenpeace Over GMOs

June 29, 2016

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GMO: African Voices Must Be Heard

June 28, 2016

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Are Organic and Non-GMO Farming More Sustainable Than Farming Using GMOs?

June 25, 2016

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Media Coverage of National Academies Report on Genetically Engineered Crops

May 21, 2016

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National Academies Report on Genetically Engineered Crops

May 17, 2016

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U.N. Experts Find Weed Killer Glyphosate Unlikely to Cause Cancer

May 16, 2016

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How the EU Starves Africa Into Submission

May 14, 2016

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As Big Candy Ditches GMOs, Sugar Beet Farmers Hit a Sour Patch

May 12, 2016

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University of Washington Conservation: The Environmentally Friendly Side of Genetically Modified Crops

May 12, 2016

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Podcast from Sigma Nutrition: Kevin Folta, PhD – An Evidence-Based View of Genetically Modified Foods

May 10, 2016

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India Looks at GM Sugarcane Option to Ease Water Woes

May 9, 2016

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The Past, Present and Future of Plant Breeding

May 4, 2016

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New Gene-Detecting Technology Developed at the John Innes Centre Brings New, Resilient Super Wheat Closer.

April 26, 2016

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French High Council for Biotechnology (HCB) Provisional Report on New Plant Breeding Techiques

April 16, 2016

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Gene-edited CRISPR mushroom escapes US regulation A fungus engineered with the CRISPR–Cas9 technique can be cultivated and sold without further oversight.

April 15, 2016

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2015 Global Status of Commercialized Biotech / GM Crops Released

April 13, 2016

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GMO Labels Won't Make Your Food Safer

April 4, 2016

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New Approaches Needed to Meet Sustainable Development Challenges

March 30, 2016

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Uganda Starts Trials on Banana Bacterial Wilt Resistant Varieties Created With Genetic Engineering.

March 29, 2016

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False Claims about ‘Frankenfish’

March 28, 2016

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