US Congress moves to 'protect' GM crop plantings

Renegotiating GM crop regulation

in 2010, more than 85% of the corn acre­ age and more than 90% of the soybean acreage in the uSa was planted with genetically modified (gM) crops (uSDa, 2010). Most of those crops contained trans­ genes from other species, such as bacteria, that confer resistance to herbicides or tol­ erance to insect pests, and that were intro­ duced into plant cells using Agrobacterium or other delivery metho...

GM crop trial changes

Europe has been much more cautious about the introduction of genetically modified (GM) crops than many other countries in the world. But this year it has granted permission to grow a genetically modified potato and also to allow into the market three types of GM maize. The potato, called Amflora and developed by the company BASF in Ludwigshafen, Germany, has been the first GM crop to be approve...

US moves to improve health decisions.

Delivery of GM-CSF to Protect against Influenza Pneumonia

BACKGROUND Since adaptive immunity is thought to be central to immunity against influenza A virus (IAV) pneumonias, preventive strategies have focused primarily on vaccines. However, vaccine efficacy has been variable, in part because of antigenic shift and drift in circulating influenza viruses. Recent studies have highlighted the importance of innate immunity in protecting against influenza. ...

Back to the public over the GM crop battle

The British government has launched a new public debate on genetically modified (GM) crops as the three-year ban on growing such crops commercially is due to finish next year. But field-scale trials of oilseed rape, which have been carried out in the UK during this time, have fuelled opponents of the new technology and studies elsewhere have raised further questions many believe need to be addr...