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Worm turns sheep clone to “good” fat: China scientists
Publication — Reuters Author — By Tan Ee Lyn Date — April 24, 2012 Website — www.reuters.com (Reuters) – Chinese scientists have cloned a genetically modified sheep containing a “good” type of fat found naturally in nuts, seeds, fish and leafy greens that helps reduce the risk of heart attacks and cardiovascular disease. “Peng Peng”, [...]
Success for salt-resistant wheat crop
Publication — ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Author(s) — By Michael Vincent Date — March 12, 2012 Website — www.abc.net.au After 15 years of work, Australian scientists have successfully grown salt-resistant wheat. The CSIRO first identified the gene in the 1990s and now, using non-GM crop breeding techniques, University of Adelaide researchers have successfully grown [...]
Genetically engineered salmon facing fierce opposition
Boston Herald February 20, 2012 By Adrianne Appel AquaBounty Technologies, a Waltham company that has created a genetically engineered Atlantic salmon, is treading water while it waits for the Food and Drug Administration to decide whether it can sell its fast-growing fish to the public. The already lengthy federal approval process has grown longer and [...]
Gene-Modified Corn Violations Triple Among U.S. Farmers
Bloomberg / Businessweek February 9, 2012 By Jack Kaskey (Updates with entomologist’s comment in 11th paragraph.) Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) — Monsanto Co. and other seed makers reported a threefold increase last year in U.S. farmers caught violating requirements for planting genetically modified corn. The data relates to farmers planting seeds that are genetically modified to [...]
Nina Fedoroff on science for global agricultural challenges
EarthSky January 17, 2012 Nina Federoff, the president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, talked with EarthSky about the important role science can play in helping different countries work together on the big issues confronting the world. Those issues include food, energy and water. Her own work is in the area of [...]
Biotech cotton to be commercialized in Kenya by end of 2014
Coastweek By Ronald Njoroge and David Musyoka November 27, 2011 www.coastweek.com Original Source NAIROBI (Xinhua) High yielding biotech cotton (Bt) will be commercialized in Kenya by the end of 2014, Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI) scientist said on Thursday. Principal Investigator of Bt cotton in Kenya Dr. Charles Waturu, told Xinhua in Nairobi that the [...]
Tech firm with Minnesota ties offers a new path to desirable crop traits
Farm and Ranch Guide November 7, 2011 By ANDREA JOHNSON Original Source St. Paul, Minn. – Cibus Global is a plant trait development firm with offices in San Diego, St. Paul, Minn. and the Netherlands. The company has developed proprietary technology to help seed companies improve crop quality and yield. In 2012, Cibus will showcase [...]
Twenty Five Years of EU Biotechnology Research
The broad political resistance in the EU to the use of crop biotechnology is well known. Much less recognized is the almost 30 years of research sponsored by the EU Commission on the safety of biotechnology. The Commission recently released A Decade of EU-Funded GMO Research (2001-2010) which presents the results of 50 research projects [...]
Foodie Freak: Considering genetically modified foods
Lake County News (California) November 16, 2008I hope people reading today’s column aren’t all doing it at the same time because the collective gasp you are all about to make could very well change the barometric pressure around the lake. I am not opposed to genetically modified organisms (GMOs) or genetically engineered (GE) foods. In [...]
Qld scientists create GM banana plant
ABC Australia By Jayne Margetts Original Publish Date: October 28, 2008 Scientists in Queensland have successfully grown the country’s first genetically modified banana plant. The plant is resistant to the deadly panama disease, or fusarium wilt, which is prevalent in South East Asia and has threatened plantations in the Northern Territory. There are now concerns [...]
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