The Chinese government aims to enhance food security and reduce its dependence on imports. One step in that direction is the ...

— -- U.S. farmers and those in developing countries helped drive a surge in new plantings of genetically modified crops around the globe in 2011, even in the face of resistance from Europe and ...

LOS ANGELES — Planting genetically modified, pest-resistant corn can provide a halo effect — offering protection from insects to nearby corn plants that have not been engineered to kill bugs, ...

Greenpeace may be committed to "saving the whales," but it's happy to let poor children go blind and die. Their eyes tell their sad stories as ghostly white irises give way to vacant stares. We can ...

“A nation that cannot control its own seeds cannot decide its destiny.” –Captain Ibrahim Troure Genetic engineering, the manipulation of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), the hereditary macromolecule and ...

The purple tomato was altered to make it taste better and boost nutrition.

Kenyan farmers like Gilbert arap Bor are losing money every day and food security for all is challenged because farmers have not been allowed to plant biotech crops. Kenyan farmers like me are losing ...

On a list of the most controversial topics in science, genetically modified organisms would easily be close to the top. Concerns about their safety and effect on naturally bred species continue to ...

One of the nation’s premier scientific bodies says it has found no evidence that genetically modified crops are bad for human health. • No evidence that the consumption of genetically modified foods ...

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All farmers know they’ll have to endure the occasional dry period, but what has happened to the American Midwest this summer has been practically biblical. By the end of July, over 60% of the U.S. was ...

As the FDA gets ready to vote on an application to bring the first genetically modified (GM) food animal — a salmon — to market, Healthland pauses to consider the social contribution of genetically ...