Latest Genetic engineering Stories

"It's Time to Expose Pesticide Industry Lies About GMO Labeling" ESCONDIDO, Calif., Oct. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps, family-owned maker of the top-selling natural brand of soap in North America, announced today that they have donated another $250,000 to Proposition 37, The California Right to Know Genetically Engineered Food Act. Prop. 37 is a common-sense November ballot measure that will help consumers make informed choices about the food they...

A group of researchers in Israel, the United States and other nations have made important advances in the rapidly-expanding field of "regenerative medicine," outlining for the first time connections in genetic regulation that normally prevent birth defects in heart and facial muscles. Some of these problems are surprisingly common – about 1 percent of all people have a congenital heart defect. This basic research will provide a road map to ultimately allow scientists to grow the cell...

SACRAMENTO, Calif., Oct. 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Directors for the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the most prestigious scientific organization in the United States and publisher of Science magazine, called mandated labeling for GE foods something that "can only serve to mislead and falsely alarm consumers." The organization's board of directors issued a statement on October 20, titled, "On Labeling of Genetically Modified Foods."...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Receiving increasing media attention for the second time this week, the topic of GMO labeling will be the center of national discussion when Bill Maher interviews Just Label It Chair Gary Hirshberg on Friday, October 19(th) ("Real Time with Bill Maher", HBO, 10 pm EDT). "Americans have been kept in the dark for more than 15 years as genetically engineered foods were slipped into our food system without our knowledge or consent,"...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Dr. Mehmet Oz, the host of the nationally syndicated TV program, The Dr. Oz Show, today endorsed genetically engineered (GE) food labeling, a fundamental right already in place in 50 countries around the world, including all of Europe, Japan, India and China. "Right now we have no way of knowing which foods have been genetically modified. I believe you should have that right," said Dr. Oz, at the conclusion of the segment,...

BLUE BELL, Pa., Oct. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE MKT: INO) announced today that its majority-owned subsidiary, VGX Animal Health, has received approval to market LifeTide® SW 5.0, the world's first approved growth hormone releasing hormone (GHRH) therapy for food animals, in New Zealand. LifeTide is a once-in-a-lifetime treatment for female pigs (sows) that has demonstrated significant decreases in perinatal mortality of piglets from treated sows...

OAKLAND, Calif., Oct. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- "You can't handle the truth" about your food, insists Bill Maher in a humorous Public Service Announcement released yesterday to support California's Proposition 37. Early voting began today in California. The parody video, which premiered last night on Extra!, features Maher and nine other celebrities -- Danny DeVito, Dave Matthews, Jillian Michaels, Kristen Bauer van Straten, Emily Deschanel, Kaitlin Olson, Glenn Howerton,...

April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Researchers in New Zealand have created a genetically modified dairy cow whose milk may not cause allergic reactions. Two to three infants out of every hundred are allergic to a whey protein found in cow's milk called beta-lactoglobulin, or BLG. The research team from AgResearch engineered the cow - named Daisy - to produce milk that doesn't contain BLG. BLG, found in the milk of ruminants like cows but not in human milk, is a major...

The same “green revolution” concepts that have revolutionized crop agriculture and helped to feed billions of people around the world may now offer similar potential in forestry, scientists say, with benefits for wood, biomass production, drought stress and even greenhouse gas mitigation. Researchers at Oregon State University recently outlined the latest findings on reduced height growth in trees through genetic modification, and concluded that several advantageous growth traits could...

Mayo Clinic researchers and an international team of scientists have developed a highly-efficient means of editing zebrafish genomes for research purposes, eliminating a bottleneck that has stymied biomedical scientists from using the fish as a model for human disease. The details appear online today in the journal Nature. For many researchers, zebrafish are becoming the model of choice for genetic studies. However, the inability to efficiently target genetic modifications has delayed...