The ongoing stalemate over the federal budget has forced one-quarter of the US government to begin a second week of closure.

The agency cites safety concerns with customers of Genetech who reported getting E. coli infections and sends letters to other stem cell companies reminding them to follow the rules.

While farmers have the green light to grow the genetically engineered plant, FDA approval is still needed before the seeds are sold as food.

Conceived as a way to resolve differences between government regulators and academics over the chemical’s effects, the CLARITY-BPA collaboration instead highlights divisions.

FDA does little about it, study finds.

Health and Human Services plans to review all research involving human fetal tissue.

Pharma companies are more compliant in posting results compared to universities.

The agency proposes ceding its scrutiny of these studies to the FDA.

Scientists have engineered swine that pollute less, fend off disease, and produce more meat, but you won’t find them outside experimental farms . . . yet.