Heritable Genetic Modification in Food Animals, a new congressionally mandated report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, offers recommendations for identifying the ...

Crops directly feed us or animals we keep for food. They are commonly cereals, fruit and vegetables. We can change (or modify) crops in two key ways - selective breeding and genetic modification ...

The genetic modification of crops promises cheaper, more nutritious and more climate-resilient food for a hungry planet. Genetic therapies offer the hope of curing devastating diseases.

The Food and Drug Administration, meanwhile, does monitor the food safety and nutrition of gene-edited foods — but only if the food-maker requests a consultation. Calyxt has made no such request ...

These 8 GMOs tell a brief history of genetic modification. ... Food safety regulators have approved it in the United States, Australia, Canada and New Zealand, ...

Our peer-reviewed reports present the evidence-based consensus of committees of experts. Published proceedings record the presentations and discussions that take place at hundreds of conferences, ...

The Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is dropping the risk assessment requirement on gene-edited crop trials and has said, in the future, it will move to change the definition of GMOs ...

Please join the Committee on Heritable Genetic Modification in Food Animals for their workshop Oversight and Food Safety Concerns Posed by Heritable Genetic Modification in Food Animals. This workshop ...

Turning to genetic modification could be a solution for a number of genetic diseases including sickle cell anemia, muscular dystrophy and cancer. This can be done through modifying human embryos ...