LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- Genetically modified crops don't hurt humans. In fact, they can help. That was the message from five University of Nebraska researchers and professors who spoke at a citizen's ...

LOS ANGELES — Planting genetically modified, pest-resistant corn can provide a halo effect — offering protection from insects to nearby corn plants that have not been engineered to kill bugs, ...

Twenty years ago, scientists only theorized they could modify the genetic makeup of living organisms. Biotechnology's possible applications were even more abstract. - Rice that can wipe out childhood ...

Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber (D) signed into law a bill preventing county governments from banning genetically modified crops. In a special session convened to deal with a wide range of issues, the ...

Mushrooms that don’t brown. Wheat that fights off disease. Tomatoes with a longer growing season. All of these crops are made possible by a gene-editing technology called CRISPR-Cas9. But now its ...

As home gardeners in the U.S. page through seed catalogs and pick out their favorite heirlooms, there's a new seed that has never been available to them before: a tomato the color of a concord grape ...

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