The parasitic, flesh-eating fly has now been confirmed in cows, goats and dogs. By K. R. Callaway and Emily Anthes They were at a much higher risk of malnutrition and missed out on the joy of a fresh ...

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 this Our Changing Climate environmental video essay, I look at the real problem with GMO food, also known as Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs). Specifically, we look at whether GMOs and GMO ...

The European Commission launched a proposal in July 2023 to deregulate a large number of plants manufactured using new genetic techniques. Despite extraordinary attempts by the Spanish presidency to ...

Genetic engineering is one of many genetic modification techniques that can be used to generate foods of altered composition, including novel components. The application of recombinant DNA technology ...

As the world's second-largest producer of rice, wheat, vegetables and fruit, India is a country that no multinational corporation involved in genetically modified (GM) crops can ignore. Genetic ...

Thanks to our now-globalized food system, many of us in the Western world take for granted that we can stroll into a supermarket and purchase anything from asparagus to cinnamon rolls to ...

A historic pandemic continues to rage, and it isn’t getting the attention it deserves given the virus’s toll. The outbreak in this case isn’t COVID-19, but a vicious iteration of the avian flu. But ...

In late December 2023, the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC’s) Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) approved 37 genetically modified (GM) corn varieties and 14 GM soybean varieties after ...

Bettie Sue S. Masters (chair) is the Robert A. Welch Foundation Professor in Chemistry in the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Her research ...