GM corn is safe and healthier than unmodified varieties
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA TEAM of Italian scientists examining data from multiple peer-reviewed studies on genetically engineered corn. The study published in the renowned journal Scientific Reports concluded that the GM varieties have definite advantages over conventional corn. From the analysis of studies performed over 20 years, the scientists from Institute of Life Sciences reported that GM corn […]
First zinc maize variety launched to reduce malnutrition
Reading Time: 3 minutesCOLOMBIA: A new zincenriched maize variety was released in Colombia on February 23 to help combat malnutrition in South America. Zinc is an essential mineral that plays an important role in human development but is not naturally produced by humans. Zinc deficiency can lead to impaired growth and development, respiratory infections, diarrheal disease and a […]
Study quantifies cost of delayed GM canola adoption in Australia
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWHAT is the cost of delaying GM crop adoption? Experts from the University of Saskatchewan (USask) and SGA Solutions answered this question using the case of GM canola in Australia. The results are published in GM Crops & Food. GM canola was approved in Australia in 2003 after a sciencebased risk assessment. This was followed […]
Animal breeders are blocked worldwide from using genetic engineering. Here’s why
Reading Time: 6 minutesBY STEVEN CERIER INCREASINGLY prevalent in producing the crops we consume and creating the medicines used to treat our ailments and chronic diseases, genetic engineering could become a common method of modifying the animals we have domesticated and use for food. This will be particularly important as the demand for meat and animal products is […]
Canada approves Golden Rice
Reading Time: < 1 minuteTHE Government of Canada has approved the sale of Provitamin A Biofortified Rice GR2E (Golden Rice) in the country. In order to determine whether this rice variety could be sold in Canada as food, the scientists at Health Canada conducted a scientific assessment that ensured that GR2E rice is safe for consumption, that the increased […]
Who is afraid of GM0s?
Reading Time: 4 minutesBY MARGARET KAREMBU THE genetically modified organism (GMO) debate remains engulfed in a maelstrom of controversies. Sadly, what is largely a first world debate continues to increasingly hurt poor farmers in the developing world. While sharing knowledge about developments in modern biotechnology and biosafety around the globe, I have had an opportunity to interact with […]
Sweet way to greater yield
Reading Time: < 1 minuteTHREE years ago, biotechnologists demonstrated in field trials that they could increase the productivity of maize by introducing a rice gene into the plant that regulated the accumulation of sucrose in kernels and led to more kernels per maize plant. They knew that the rice gene affected the performance of a natural chemical in maize, […]
Genetic engineering, CRISPR and food: What the ‘revolution’ will bring in the near future
Reading Time: 6 minutesBY STEVEN CERIER HUMANKIND is on the verge of a genetic revolution that holds great promise and potential. It will change the ways food is grown, medicine is produced, animals are altered and will give rise to new ways of producing plastics, biofuels and chemicals. Many object to the genetic revolution, insisting we should not […]
PLAGUE RESISTANT TOMATOES…
Reading Time: < 1 minuteStudy conducted by researchers at the Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Institute (IBMCP), a joint venture of the Universitat Politècnica de València and the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), reveals how genetically modified tomato plants have increased resistance towards Tuta absoluta insect plagues. The researchers turned to genetic engineering to strengthen the tomato plant by […]
Once and for all, here’s what science says about GMOs
Reading Time: 10 minutesAcademy Award-nominated documentary director Scott Hamilton Kennedy’s latest film, Food Evolution revisits the GMO conversation, imbuing it with science and revealing the truth through a haze of propaganda and misinformation. He recently sat down with Futurism to talk about the film, what it tells us about other controversial subjects in American society today, and what […]