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Australia Okays Purple Tomatoes For Sale. What Exactly Are They?
The purple tomatoes owe their distinctive violet colour to genes borrowed from snapdragon flowers.
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Genetically Modified Cow Produces Human Insulin In Milk, Say Scientists
This research offers a promising new avenue for ensuring a stable and potentially more affordable supply of insulin for diabetics worldwide.
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Pig Liver Successfully Filters Blood In Brain-Dead Body, Paving Way For Future Xenotransplants
This marks a significant step forward in the field of xenotransplantation, which aims to use animal organs for human transplantation.
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China Rolls Out Genetically Modified Corn Planting
China will likely plant less than 1% of its corn fields with genetically modified varieties this year, said two people familiar with the plans, dashing hopes for a full market launch of the technology in the world's second-largest corn market.
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Food Safety Body Proposes Regulations For Genetically Modified Ingredients
FSSAI has come out with draft regulations for genetically modified food, proposing mandatory prior approval from the regulator to manufacture, sell and import food or ingredients produced from genetically-modified organisms.
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GM-Processed Food Products Being Sold Illegally In India: Study
Genetically-modified processed foods, including infant food, are being widely sold in the country illegally, a study by a Delhi-based think tank today claimed.
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Monsanto Appeals To Supreme Court Over Genetically Modified Cotton Patents
Monsanto Co has appealed to the Supreme Court against a ruling by the Delhi High Court which decreed last month that the world's biggest seed maker cannot claim patents on its genetically modified or GM cotton seeds, a company spokesman said on Friday.
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What is GMO? 6 Most Common Genetically Modified Foods
Some of these foods sold at supermarkets also carry labels clearly indicating that they have been genetically modified. Here are six most common genetically modified foods that you may find at superstores.
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Modification Of Genes In Human Embryos
Scientists are very close to snipping inherited genetic diseases out of human offspring using a gene-editing technique called CRISPR. For the first time, scientists said, they corrected a gene mutation linked to inherited heart conditions in human embryos using the approach.
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Final Decision On GM Mustard Likely In September, Supreme Court Told
A decision on the commercial release of Genetically Modified (GM) mustard crop in the country will be taken by September, the Central government told the Supreme Court on Monday.
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'Decision On GM Mustard's Commercial Roll-Out In 45 Days,' Centre Tells Supreme Court
The Centre today told the Supreme Court that it will take a decision in a month and a half on whether to allow the commercial roll-out of Genetically Modified (GM) mustard crop in the country.
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Activists Urge PM Narendra Modi To Reject Plea For Commercial Release Of GM Mustard
A coalition of anti-GM crop activists has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ensure that the application for commercial release of genetically modified mustard is rejected in toto.
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Former Health Ministers Write To PM Modi Not To Give Nod To GM Mustard
Two former union health ministers and a number of medical practitioners today wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, advising against giving nod to the commercial release of Genetically Modified (GM) mustard crop.
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First Genetically Modified Human Embryos In US May Open Gates To 'Designer Babies'
The effort, led by Shoukhrat Mitalipov of Oregon Health and Science University in the US, involved changing the DNA of a large number of one-cell embryos with the controversial gene-editing technique CRISPR.
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Yet To Take Policy Decision On GM Mustard Crop, Centre Tells Supreme Court
The Centre today informed the Supreme Court that so far it has not taken any policy decision on the commercial release of Genetically Modified (GM) mustard crop.
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Australia Okays Purple Tomatoes For Sale. What Exactly Are They?
The purple tomatoes owe their distinctive violet colour to genes borrowed from snapdragon flowers.
-
Genetically Modified Cow Produces Human Insulin In Milk, Say Scientists
This research offers a promising new avenue for ensuring a stable and potentially more affordable supply of insulin for diabetics worldwide.
-
Pig Liver Successfully Filters Blood In Brain-Dead Body, Paving Way For Future Xenotransplants
This marks a significant step forward in the field of xenotransplantation, which aims to use animal organs for human transplantation.
-
China Rolls Out Genetically Modified Corn Planting
China will likely plant less than 1% of its corn fields with genetically modified varieties this year, said two people familiar with the plans, dashing hopes for a full market launch of the technology in the world's second-largest corn market.
-
Food Safety Body Proposes Regulations For Genetically Modified Ingredients
FSSAI has come out with draft regulations for genetically modified food, proposing mandatory prior approval from the regulator to manufacture, sell and import food or ingredients produced from genetically-modified organisms.
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GM-Processed Food Products Being Sold Illegally In India: Study
Genetically-modified processed foods, including infant food, are being widely sold in the country illegally, a study by a Delhi-based think tank today claimed.
-
Monsanto Appeals To Supreme Court Over Genetically Modified Cotton Patents
Monsanto Co has appealed to the Supreme Court against a ruling by the Delhi High Court which decreed last month that the world's biggest seed maker cannot claim patents on its genetically modified or GM cotton seeds, a company spokesman said on Friday.
-
What is GMO? 6 Most Common Genetically Modified Foods
Some of these foods sold at supermarkets also carry labels clearly indicating that they have been genetically modified. Here are six most common genetically modified foods that you may find at superstores.
-
Modification Of Genes In Human Embryos
Scientists are very close to snipping inherited genetic diseases out of human offspring using a gene-editing technique called CRISPR. For the first time, scientists said, they corrected a gene mutation linked to inherited heart conditions in human embryos using the approach.
-
Final Decision On GM Mustard Likely In September, Supreme Court Told
A decision on the commercial release of Genetically Modified (GM) mustard crop in the country will be taken by September, the Central government told the Supreme Court on Monday.
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'Decision On GM Mustard's Commercial Roll-Out In 45 Days,' Centre Tells Supreme Court
The Centre today told the Supreme Court that it will take a decision in a month and a half on whether to allow the commercial roll-out of Genetically Modified (GM) mustard crop in the country.
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Activists Urge PM Narendra Modi To Reject Plea For Commercial Release Of GM Mustard
A coalition of anti-GM crop activists has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ensure that the application for commercial release of genetically modified mustard is rejected in toto.
-
Former Health Ministers Write To PM Modi Not To Give Nod To GM Mustard
Two former union health ministers and a number of medical practitioners today wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, advising against giving nod to the commercial release of Genetically Modified (GM) mustard crop.
-
First Genetically Modified Human Embryos In US May Open Gates To 'Designer Babies'
The effort, led by Shoukhrat Mitalipov of Oregon Health and Science University in the US, involved changing the DNA of a large number of one-cell embryos with the controversial gene-editing technique CRISPR.
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Yet To Take Policy Decision On GM Mustard Crop, Centre Tells Supreme Court
The Centre today informed the Supreme Court that so far it has not taken any policy decision on the commercial release of Genetically Modified (GM) mustard crop.
