It was "arbitrary and capricious" of the U.S. government to exempt genetically modified crops from safety regulations, a ...

Europe’s firewall against genetic modification gets a major crack under a new deal. Crops tailor-made using new gene-splicing techniques should face fewer regulations than genetically modified ...

In 1994, a tomato changed the world! Flavr Savr, a tomato produced in California, USA, ushered in an era where science could modify crops at the genetic level. Since then, genetically modified (GM) ...

Europe’s firewall against genetic modification gets a major crack with a new deal on gene-edited crops. Crops tailor-made using new gene-splicing techniques should face fewer regulations than ...

New gene-editing tools – most notably the Nobel Prize-winning CRISPR-Cas9 – allow targeted tweaks to a crop’s genome, ...

Eating a blend of non-toxic corn and genetically modified toxic corn can result in corn earworm pests (Helicoverpa zea) developing longer, more narrow ...

Consuming a blend of toxic Bt corn and non-toxic corn can give corn earworm moths longer, more narrow and more tapered wings ...

Modern agricultural biotechnology helps grow more food to feed a growing population. It makes crops tougher, able to handle ...

Cotton has supported rural communities in Ethiopia for generations. Based on published information, the cotton industry employed more than 50,000 smallholder ...

The North America Biotechnology Market is set to skyrocket, reaching US$ 1.59 trillion by 2033 from US$ 532.72 billion in ...

The IUCN vote holds no legal weight in any nation, but it is of huge symbolic, cultural and political importance. By ...

A pioneering scientist who made global breakthroughs in the use of genetic technologies for crop plants has been awarded one ...