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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 ...

Genetic engineering is moving from the lab bench into clinics, farms, and even family planning decisions, promising to change ...

References to genetically modified food from supermarkets in the EU could soon be a thing of the past: An agreement has been reached in Brussels to ...

The EU has agreed allow certain foods altered using genetic engineering techniques to be sold without special labeling under ...

EU lawmakers have been locked in intense negotiations for months on loosening rules on the use of new genetic technologies in ...

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Technologies needed for tracing engineered biothreats back to their sources are advancing rapidly. Here are some ...

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

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Gene-edited crops are no safer than GMOs, and fast-tracking regulatory approval could trigger a costly backlash.

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