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Protein made by genetically modified rice might help patients with cirrhosis, severe burns

In the November 2011 issue of Scientific American, author Bijal Trivedi looks at the ongoing controversies surrounding the use of genetically modified mosquitoes to fight dengue fever.

GMO crops have infiltrated 80% of all the packaged food in the United States, and no one has told you. Here's why. Genetically modified food is in a store near you today

The House voted Wednesday to prohibit the Food and Drug Administration from approving genetically modified salmon for human consumption.

Ethonomic Indicator of the Day: 93% of U.S.

Imagine if Apple tried to charge you every time you accidentally glanced at an iPhone on the street. That's basically the policy that Monsanto, an agriculture giant whose patented genes are in 95% of all soybeans and 80% of all corn grown in the U.S, enforces. The company is notorious for suing farmers that the company suspects of violating patents in even inadvertent manners

Genetically modified plants grown from seeds engineered in laboratories now provide much of the food Americans eat. Most corn, soybean and cotton crops grown in the United States have been genetically modified to resist pesticides or insects, and corn and soy are common food ingredients.