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Breakthrough in Developing Breeding Technologies: Scientists Transfer Genes From the Poppy to a Different Species to Prevent Self-Pollination

November 6, 2015

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Cassava Crop Poised to Be Next GM Success

November 5, 2015

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Nigeria - FG, AATF Inaugurate First Confined Field Trial Facility for Genetically Improved Rice Production

November 5, 2015

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Genetically Modified Goat Milk Benefit: Aids Digestion, Fights Diarrhea

November 5, 2015

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Gene drive workshop shows technology’s promise, or peril, remains far off

November 2, 2015

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Out-of-the-Box: Science-Based Insights Into Food System Sustainability - Why Genome Editing Is So Remarkable

November 2, 2015

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NCSU Study Finds Key Molecular Mechanism Regulating Plant Translational Activity

October 28, 2015

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"Bringing Biotechnology to Life" Classroom Resource Launched at World Food Prize Symposium

October 23, 2015

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GMO Products Could Help Viet Nam Reduce Animal Feed Material Import

October 23, 2015

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Bangladeshi scientists ready for trial of world’s first ‘Golden Rice’

October 21, 2015

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A New Way to Help Plants Utilize Hardly Digestible Organic Phosphorus

October 21, 2015

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If Science Is Good for Climate Change, Why Not for GMOs?

October 19, 2015

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Food Labels Need to Be Based on Sound Science, Not Fear

October 19, 2015

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Use Biotechnology to Alleviate Hidden Hunger, Don't Shun It

October 19, 2015

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Replacing Pesticides With Genetics

October 19, 2015

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Arcadia Biosciences Receives Final Regulatory Approval for Stress Tolerant Soybeans in Argentina Through Verdeca Joint Venture

October 14, 2015

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European Parliament News - Eight Things You Should Know About GMOs

October 14, 2015

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Google Never Saved a Farm. a Scientist Did.

October 14, 2015

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A Cure for Vitamin B6 Deficiency

October 12, 2015

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DuPont Predicts CRISPR Plants on Dinner Plates in Five Years

October 9, 2015

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Organic GMOs Could Be The Future of Food — If We Let Them

October 9, 2015

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Overexpression of Arabidopsis VIT1 Increases Accumulation of Iron in Cassava Roots and Stems

October 7, 2015

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Secret Unlocked to Rice Seed Survival When Underwater

October 7, 2015

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Modeling Tool IDs Genes That Control Stress Response in Plants

October 7, 2015

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Gene-Editing Record Smashed in Pigs Researchers Modify More Than 60 Genes to Enable Organ Transplants Into Humans.

October 6, 2015

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What's More Dishonest: Scientists Taking Corporate Cash or Mudslingers Attacking Them?

October 6, 2015

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Greg Jaffe From Center for Science in the Public Interest to Speak at NCSU (Monday, October 5, 3- 5pm, 130 Park Shops)

October 4, 2015

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Science Should Inform GMO Debate Read More At: http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2000178148/science-Should-Inform-Gmo-Debate/

October 1, 2015

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Scientists Have Developed Rice With High Folate Stability

September 30, 2015

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Values Argument: GMOs a Concern Since Farming Is Remote

September 29, 2015

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Nigeria - Scientists Advocate Agricultural Biotechnology for Sustainable Growth

September 29, 2015

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Alternative CRISPR System Could Improve Genome Editing

September 29, 2015

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Researchers Use GM Soy to Produce Anti-HIV Protein

September 29, 2015

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The Anti-GM Lobby Appears to Be Taking a Page Out of the Climategate Playbook

September 25, 2015

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A Guest Post From FrankenFoodFacts: An Interview With Scientist Dr Nir Oksenberg

September 24, 2015

Environmental Research Letters article: Changes in environmental impacts of major crops in the US
Changes in Environmental Impacts of Major Crops in the US

September 24, 2015

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Surprise! GMOs aren’t just in the foods you eat

September 23, 2015

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For Biotech Crops Down Under, Logic Rules

September 23, 2015

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Feeding the World With Wheat Without Using Genetic Modification Will Lead to Food Shortages Says World Food Prize Winner

September 23, 2015

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Georgia’s Wayne Parrott: ‘Time to end transparency double-standard targeting biotech scientists

September 15, 2015

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