genetically modified

There have been no reports of health or environmental harm in other locations where genetically modified mosquitoes have been introduced over the last decade.

The biotech Oxitec had released the genetically engineered insects with the hope that they would breed with wild populations and produce offspring that die young. But that’s not always happening.

The fast-growing fish can now be raised and sold in the US, although it’s likely to be some time before the product hits the market.

The large-scale experiments aim to test how the technology would fare in the wild, if deployed to knock down populations of the pests.

Risks that pertain to all manner of new crops are often misattributed to genetic engineering. This distorts the public’s view of the technology.

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

The European Court of Justice has decided that organisms made with precision techniques such as CRISPR will be subject to the same rules as transgenic plants or animals.

Biotechs have developed enzyme replacements and genetically modified probiotics to treat patients with the rare metabolic disorder.

Scientists infuse plants with the luminescence of fireflies. 

The US government has approved the deployment of the lab-raised insects to eliminate the Zika- and dengue-transmitting Asian tiger mosquito.

This month, the EPA registered four products that include RNA interference technology intended to control corn rootworms. 

In an effort to prevent the spread of Zika virus, Harris County officials are in discussions with Oxitec to release insects engineered to produce short-lived offspring.

Tweaks to a transformation protocol in 1986 cemented the little plant's mighty role in plant genetics research.

It behooves the scientific community to reflect on the public’s “Franken-” characterization of genetically modified foods.

Dozens of Nobel Prize winners pen an open letter, calling on the environmental organization to stop spreading false claims regarding genetically modified organisms.

Scientists have developed a way to selectively expand genetically modified hepatocytes in mice.

A Brazilian town will ramp up the release of insects engineered to shrink mosquito populations.

One of three suspect publications from a group of scientists in Italy is pulled for plagiarism while an investigation is ongoing.