Genetically modified organisms have been part of the global food system for decades, yet they remain widely misunderstood.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Scientists say that genetically modified foods are safe, but many people are still uncomfortable about eating them, saying they're unnatural. Others, especially those in the ...

India is close to approving a genetically edited variety of mustard, which offers better nutrition and disease resistance ...

Low-fat pigs? Chickens with cancer-fighting eggs? It’s no longer surprising to hear that scientists have figured out how to alter animals in new, creative ways — that’s how precise genetic engineering ...

The US could soon be swarming with genetically altered mosquitoes after the Environmental Protection Agency approved a plan to test the insects. It is hoped the new altered mosquitoes will ward off ...

Researchers have discovered a new way to track genetically modified animals using the artificial transgenes they leave behind in the environment. The discovery provides a powerful new tool to locate ...

On 4 December, EU negotiators reached an agreement to deregulate plants engineered with new genomic techniques. In this op-ed ...

Two companies plan to bring genetically modified strawberries into the hands of consumers, promising that the berries will stay fresh longer and have a longer growing season, the Associated Press ...

One Seattle morning, Carolina Reid sat in a room with nine other volunteers, each waiting to take part in a clinical trial for a new, experimental malaria vaccine. Reid's turn came. She put her arm ...

The USDA approved an apple genetically modified to not turn brown. — -- Apples are so old school that they're Old Testament, but the U.S. Department of Agriculture just approved a newfangled ...

A genetically modified salmon dwarfs a non-modified salmon of the same age in an undated handout photo distributed in 2010. (Photo via AquaBounty Technologies) A Massachusetts company is sending ...

On Thursday morning, workers from a British company placed basketball-size cardboard boxes into six yards in the Florida Keys. Then they added water. In a week or so, 12,000 male Aedes aegypti ...