Conventional methods of breeding such as selective breeding and crossbreeding might tag certain unwanted traits alongside desired characteristics. In genetic modification, however, the genome of an ...

What are Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)? Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are living organisms whose genetic material (DNA) has been artificially manipulated through genetic engineering ...

In this piece, we will take a look at the 5 real examples of genetically modified organisms. For more examples, head on over to the 20 real examples of genetically modified organisms. Australia has ...

Genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, tend to have a poor reputation. Play a word association game with GMOs and people often think along the lines of gross mutations, unhealthy food, and overall ...

The USDA approved an apple genetically modified to not turn brown. — -- Apples are so old school that they're Old Testament, but the U.S. Department of Agriculture just approved a newfangled ...

Despite the public controversy over the safety of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), in the scientific community the controversy is considered misplaced. The National Academy of Sciences has ...

Every day, 17 Americans die waiting for an organ transplant. But revolutionary experiments show that there may be a new way to save the more than 100,000 people waiting for an organ in the United ...

Many people avoid “GMOs” at the grocery store, instead selecting foods labeled non-GMO or the organic versions of items from apples to oats, as they are worried about ingesting genetically modified ...

photo illustration by rafael bustamante and alexa welch Edlund/times-dispatch There you stand in your local grocery store, two ears of corn before you. One was grown from seeds on a farm using organic ...

(CSOs), spanning farmers, scientists, nutritionists, legal and medical practitioners, women and youth groups, has renewed ...

The popular restaurant chain Chipotle announced earlier this year that it would no longer serve any ingredients that contain GMOs, or genetically modified organisms. GMOs are organisms that’s DNA has ...