News tagged with transgenic food

Meat-lovers get food for thought in futuristic US lab

A 21st century American cowboy will resemble a worker in a hi-tech plant creating artificial meat in a petri dish, a far cry from cattle ranches, says biologist Vladimir Mironov.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Feb 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 7

New research questions impact of GM wheat on insects

An Anglo-Swiss research project has found that the impact of disease-resistant genetically-modified wheat plants on insects may be negligible.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jan 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

FDA review on transgenic salmon too narrow: study

The review process being used by the Food and Drug Administration to assess the safety of a faster-growing transgenic salmon fails to weigh the full effects of the fish's widespread production, according to analysis by a ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 18, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Successful initial safety tests for genetically-modified rice that fights allergy

In a first-of-its-kind advance toward the next generation of genetically modified foods -- intended to improve consumers’ health -- researchers in Japan are reporting that a new transgenic rice designed to ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jun 24, 2009 | popularity 2.2 / 5 (5) | comments 1




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Brazil to lead world in biotech crops: association

Brazil is on course to dislodge the United States as the world's top producer of biotech crops in the coming years, a leading promoter of farm biotechnology said Tuesday.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study reveals origins of esophageal cancer

(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) have identified the critical early cellular and molecular events that give rise to a type of esophageal cancer called esophageal ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Stronger corn? Take it off steroids, make it all female

A Purdue University researcher has taken corn off steroids and found that the results might lead to improvements in that and other crops.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 30, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists uncover new role for gene in maintaining steady weight

Against the backdrop of the growing epidemic of obesity in the United States, scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have made an important new discovery regarding a specific gene that plays ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 23, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Enzyme boosts metabolism, prevents weight gain in mice

In a new study, scientists report that they substantially curbed weight gain, improved metabolism, and improved the efficacy of insulin in mice by engineering them to express a specific human enzyme in their fat tissue. Although ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Genomics of wood for biofuels production investigated

A team of Virginia Tech researchers is working to characterize the genes involved in wood formation in poplar trees with the goal of improving the quality and quantity of wood as a feedstock for biofuels production.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The establishment of genetically engineered canola populations in the US

Large, persistent populations of genetically engineered canola 1 have been found outside of cultivation in North Dakota. As genetically engineered crops become increasingly prevalent in the United States, concerns remain ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Oct 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Killing crop-eating pests: Compounds work by disrupting bugs' winter sleep

(PhysOrg.com) -- The creation of compounds that disrupt a worldwide pest's winter sleep hints at the potential to develop natural and targeted controls against crop-eating insects, new research suggests.

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 28, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Consumers willing to pay premium for healthier genetically modified foods: study

Consumers are eager to get their hands on, and teeth into, foods that are genetically modified to increase health benefits – and even pay more for the opportunity.

Biology / Other

created Sep 14, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Physicist detects movement of macromolecules engineered into our food

Toxin proteins are genetically engineered into our food because they kill insects by perforating body cell walls, and Professor Rikard Blunck of the University of Montreal's Group for the study of membrane proteins (GEPROM) ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Sep 12, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0


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