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Second GM Crop Ready for Release in Bangladesh

Bangladesh is close to approving a potato that is genetically engineered to be resistant to late blight. Late blight is the disease that caused the Irish Potato Famine and still causes an estimated…

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Golden Rice Trials in Bangladesh Show High Promise

A version of Golden Rice developed in Bangladesh performed well in field trials in 2017. Golden Rice is genetically engineered to provide pro-vitamin A in human diets in areas where vitamin A…

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Do Conflicts of Interest Negate Scientific Consensus on GMO Safety?

Mark Lynas of the Cornell Alliance for Science discusses Chilean researcher Miguel Sanchez analysis of 698 journal articles concerning health and environmental safety of GMO crops. Sanchez…

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

Glyphosate resistant crops increase the use of glyphosate while reducing non-glyphosate herbicides and insect resistant crops reduce the use of insecticides. A study conducted in China found that the…

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High Tech Farm Animals Stuck on the Shelf

Opposition to the use of biotechnology in livestock has been more intense than with plants. Several biotech livestock traits are in limbo as a result of this opposition. Some of these traits have…

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

This article suggests that both conventional and organic farming have some advantages in terms of sustainability. The most sustainable method to produce crops depends on the location, size of the…

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CRISPR Is Going To Revolutionize Our Food System—And Start A New War Over GMOs

CRISPR is a powerful and precise new technology that can be used to edit genes. The technology can be used for transgenesis, but can also be used for gene deletion or moving genes from sexually…

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Scientists to Breed Genetically Modified Bees: Here's Why

Canadian science are planning to use biotechnology to develop honey bees that are resistant to pest and diseases and better able to survive cold winters. The work will be conducted at University of…

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Crop Conundrum the EU Should Decide Definitively Whether Gene-Edited Plants Are Covered by GM Laws.

From Nature15 December 2015When philosopher George Santayana said more than a century ago that those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it, he could have been predicting the European…

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The Quest to Design a Healthier Tomato a New Type of Tomato Has High Levels of Resveratrol, Which Some Research Has Linked to Fighting Cancer.

Lila ShapiroSenior Staff Reporter, The Huffington PostLast week, researchers in the United Kingdom announced that they’d developed a genetically modified tomato with the potential to help protect…