Transferring one species to another is how to create genetically modified organisms, or GMOs. This creates something not ...
GMOs, genetically modified organisms, have gotten a lot of shame recently because of the mass crusade against them. Pictures of foods with syringes in them are often portrayed to scare us into the ...
Genetically modified organisms, also known as GMOs, have been a hot topic of conversation among researchers, producers, ...
Many people avoid “GMOs” at the grocery store, instead selecting foods labeled non-GMO or the organic versions of items from apples to oats, as they are worried about ingesting genetically modified ...
The very idea of genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, is enormously controversial, even when they’re shown to do good. And a new study from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and ...
It’s hard to imagine a food more polarizing than Soylent, the meal replacement drink created by a 23-year-old engineer who was tired of ramen and dirty dishes. Depending on whom you ask, this “food of ...
By Ebele Orakpo While some believe that Genetic Modification is the best way to achieve food sufficiency, others call it agro-terrorism/bioterrorism; Russia’s President Vladimir Putin was quoted as ...
We see a social media image of a tomato pierced by a syringe. Nasty! We make up our minds right then that we’ll never eat another tomato – they’re genetically modified, whatever that means. Did you ...
GMO Answers launched its third annual ‘Get to Know GMOs’ month this October to answer consumers’ most pressing questions about GMOs. Throughout the month, GMO Answers will post a series of five ...
The Pew Research Center recently polled Americans on their concerns about genetically modified foods. Predictably, given the popular consternation around GMOs, a considerable plurality said they had ...
DNA is similar to a set of instructions written using four letters - A, T, C, and G - which tell the body how to function and develop. These four letters form a unique combination for each organism, ...
Marion Nestle is the Paulette Goddard Professor in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University, and the author of Safe Foods: The Politics of Food Safety. The ...