Genetic Engineering - Biotech Research

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Aqua Bounty Technologies Inc's genetically engineered salmon are as safe to eat as normal Atlantic salmon, U.S. regulators said in a preliminary analysis released on Friday. The fish, called AquAdvantage, are genetically altered to grow twice as fast as ...

HONG KONG (Reuters Life!) - Researchers in Japan have created a highly accurate sensor that can detect smells and gases using genetically engineered frog eggs. In a paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on Tuesday, they said ...

Judge revokes government's approval of genetically altered sugar beets until further reviewA federal judge has revoked the government's approval of genetically altered sugar beets until regulators complete a more thorough review of how the scientifically engineered crops affect organic food. Friday's ruling ...

BOSTON (Reuters) - A 10-year study of nine boys born without the ability to ward off germs has found that gene therapy is an effective long-term treatment, but it carries a price: four of them developed leukemia. The technique is designed to ...

New Gene Therapy Treatment Shows Preliminary Promise for Easing Parkinson's DiseaseAn experimental treatment for Parkinson's disease seemed to improve symptoms _ dramatically so, for one 59-year-old man _ without causing side effects in an early study of a dozen patients. The gene ...

Topic: Genetic Engineering

Aqua Bounty biotech salmon OK to eat: FDA

Scientists create smell detector using frog eggs

Judge's ruling uproots use of biotechnology beets

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New treatment promising for Parkinson's

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