LONDON (Reuters) - Britain should challenge "woefully inadequate" European regulations and launch field trials of genetically modified insects that are designed to wipe out disease-carrying bugs that ...

GMO’s (Genetically Modified Organisms) have become quite controversial in the past 10 years or so, to say the very least! Technically we have been genetically modifying organisms since our ancestors ...

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Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are organisms that have had their DNA altered through genetic engineering, usually to add positive attributes. They have become a hot topic of debate: While some ...

Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are living things that have had their genetic code artificially altered by scientists by inserting genetic code from another organism into their DNA. It’s still a ...

In the toxic male technique, genetically engineered male insects would implant semen containing toxic venom into the female insects during mating. Madugrero/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA Insects do a ...

The conversation on GMOs has recently gained widespread attention. It refers to an organism whose genetic material has been altered in the laboratory using genetic engineering techniques such as ...

Is altering a crop in a lab the same as altering it on the farm? April 24, 2014— -- Vermont is poised to become the first state to require labels on genetically modified food, but will these ...

KEY WEST, Fla. – Millions of genetically modified mosquitoes could be released in the Florida Keys if British researchers win approval to use the bugs against two extremely painful viral diseases.

A genetically engineered tree holds promise to possibly save Florida's citrus industry from an insect that causes "greening disease." The Asian citrus psyllid has devastated the industry. Some Florida ...

Food fight: the historical roots of the GM food debate -- Out of the swamps and up from the soil: DNA at the dinner table -- Of politics and precaution: Frankenfood frenzy in Europe -- A kinder, ...