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.

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.

The EPA is now in charge of regulating the use of Oxitec’s strain of Aedes aegypti, genetically engineered to reduce populations of the insects.

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.

On Tuesday, shareholders at the agribusiness giant approved the $66 billion deal with the European pharmaceutical firm.

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