GM crops

The FDA recently cleared the way for marketing of the genetically modified product. Texas A&M’s Keerti Rathore speaks with The Scientist about why and how it was developed.

A recent meeting about the disconnect between scientific and public beliefs points to ways researchers can improve how they communicate with skeptics.

The agritech industry is editing plant genomes to feed a growing population, expand the produce aisle, and make tastier, more convenient food products.

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

Restrictions will remain on transgenic plants, which contain artificially inserted genes from other species.

An analysis of 40 years of data also finds declines in pest populations after the introduction of the GM crop.

RT and Sputnik publish stories about GMOs more often than US outlets, and typically portray them in a negative light.

Crops produced using mutagenic technologies such as CRISPR should generally be exempt from regulatory laws governing GMOs, according to the published opinion.

Plantings of non-GM refuges counter the development of resistance.

Researchers enhance the photosynthetic yield of tobacco plants with genetic engineering.

The US agribusiness secures a global, nonexclusive licensing agreement from the Broad Institute to use the gene-editing technology for agricultural applications.

The US agribusiness behemoth agreed to a $57 billion buyout offer from the European pharmaceutical giant.

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

The legislation will now go to the US House of Representatives, where it will likely pass.

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

A National Academies–led analysis evaluates the impacts of genetically engineered crops—and calls for updated regulations.

Scientists perform plant-genome modifications on crops without using plasmids.

Researchers from across the U.K. draft a letter criticizing the recent decision to keep genetically modified crops out of Scotland.

Ethical breaches in a study on the benefits of so-called “golden rice” lead to the paper being pulled from the literature.