MAY 22, 2008 - Terminator seed ban under threat - The Guardian
As the world grapples with the impact of global food shortages (Six million Ethiopian children at risk of malnutrition, May 21), the livelihoods of 1.4 billion of the world's poorest farmers who rely on harvesting seeds from one crop for sowing the next season is under threat from biotech companies which are pushing to commercialise "terminator" technology - genetic engineering that results in plants producing sterile seeds. The advent of these so-called suicide seeds represent an insidious attempt to privatise plant life - and force poor families in developing countries to buy new seeds each year from the large companies that control the $19bn global seed market. MORE

MAY 21, 2008 - Agreement lays groundwork for holding producers liable for biotech - Feedstuffs
The Cartagena Protocol on the transboundary movement of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) will be revised by 2010 to include legally binding rules on liability and redress for damage to biodiversity. This is the basic path agreed on by the 147 parties to the international convention at the 4th meeting of the UN Conference on Biosafety (MOP 4) in Bonn, Germany. Northern California biotech company announced Wednesday that it will clone dogs for the five highest bidders in a series of online auctions. Some ethicists condemned the offer, fearing it could lead to human clones. MORE

MAY 21, 2008 - Company offers to clone dogs for 5 highest bidders - San Francisco Chronicle
A Northern California biotech company announced Wednesday that it will clone dogs for the five highest bidders in a series of online auctions. Some ethicists condemned the offer, fearing it could lead to human clones. MORE

MAY 16, 2008 - Difficult compromise: Basic decision on genetic engineering liability - GMO Safety.eu
The Cartagena Protocol on the transboundary movement of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) will be revised by 2010 to include legally binding rules on liability and redress for damage to biodiversity. This is the basic path agreed on today by the 147 parties to the international convention at the 4th meeting of the UN Conference on Biosafety (MOP 4) in Bonn. However, many questions concerning the details remain unanswered.he debate on next-generation agrofuels could be transformed by the new field of synthetic biology. Also known as synbio, synthetic biology goes beyond genetic engineering to create life from scratch by combining nanoscale biology, computing, and engineering. "Using a laptop computer, published gene sequence information, and mail-order synthetic DNA, just about anyone has the potential to construct genes or entire genomes from scratch," informed the ETC Group in a recent report. "At the core of synthetic biology is the belief that all the parts of life can be made synthetically, engineered, and assembled to produce working organisms." MORE

MAY 2, 2008 - Synthetic biology's role in agrofuels - Americas Program
The debate on next-generation agrofuels could be transformed by the new field of synthetic biology. Also known as synbio, synthetic biology goes beyond genetic engineering to create life from scratch by combining nanoscale biology, computing, and engineering. "Using a laptop computer, published gene sequence information, and mail-order synthetic DNA, just about anyone has the potential to construct genes or entire genomes from scratch," informed the ETC Group in a recent report. "At the core of synthetic biology is the belief that all the parts of life can be made synthetically, engineered, and assembled to produce working organisms."t Stephen Fleishman's busy Bethesda shop, the era of the 95-cent bagel is coming to an end. MORE

MAY 1, 2008 - Genetically altered trout approved for release in U.K. - National Geographic
Plans to pour tankfuls of genetically altered fish into wild lakes and rivers have been given the go-ahead in the United Kingdom after conservation scientists backed the project. According to a recent study, releasing the modified fish for anglers to catch is a better option than traditional trout farming and may even benefit native trout populations.t Stephen Fleishman's busy Bethesda shop, the era of the 95-cent bagel is coming to an end. Breaking the dollar barrier "scares me," said the Bronx-born owner of Bethesda Bagels. But with 100-pound bags of North Dakota flour now above $50 -- more than double what they were a few months ago -- he sees no alternative to a hefty increase in the price of his signature product, a bagel made by hand in the back of the store. MORE

t Stephen Fleishman's busy Bethesda shop, the era of the 95-cent bagel is coming to an end.

APR 29, 2008 - Emptying the Breadbasket - Washington Post
At Stephen Fleishman's busy Bethesda shop, the era of the 95-cent bagel is coming to an end. Breaking the dollar barrier "scares me," said the Bronx-born owner of Bethesda Bagels. But with 100-pound bags of North Dakota flour now above $50 -- more than double what they were a few months ago -- he sees no alternative to a hefty increase in the price of his signature product, a bagel made by hand in the back of the store. MORE

APR 25, 2008 - GMO coupled with organic farms best for environment - Reuters
Genetic engineering, combined with organic farming, may be the best way to grow food for a rising population as the world confronts climate change and environmental degradation, a U.S. rice scientist said. MORE

APR 21, 2008 - In Lean Times, Biotech Grains Are Less Taboo - New York Times (subscription required)
Soaring food prices and global grain shortages are bringing new pressures on governments, food companies and consumers to relax their longstanding resistance to genetically engineered crops. MORE

APR 18, 2008 - BASF threatens EU over potato - Yahoo Finance
For nine months, the European Commission has been considering whether to approve cultivation of a genetically engineered potato. On Thursday, the company involved said it would take the EU executive to court if it doesn't decide soon. MORE

APR 11, 2008 - Cotton, rice and corn-ucopia: Hard work documented by video - Capital Press (subscription needed)
The unrelenting difficulty and abundant hard work of producing food and agricultural products are rarely presented when most of today's farm stories are told. A video by one department of the University of California might help change that. At least that's the hope of plant and microbiologist Peggy Lemaux, PH.D at Berkeley. Her upbringing on an Iowa farm was part of the impetus that led to production of the peer-reviewed documentary titled Cornucopia's Challenge. MORE

APR 11, 2008 - GM Golden Rice to take the field - The Economic Times
Researchers have started trials for genetically modified (GM) Golden Rice as prices of the grain soar internationally and importing nations fret about possible shortages. Gerard Barry, the co-ordinator of the Golden Rice Network, said on Thursday that field testing on the GM rice, enriched with Vitamin A, started last week in the Philippines. MORE

APR 7, 2008 - No end in site for animal cloning moratorium: USDA - Reuters
The U.S. Agriculture Department said on Monday it will not lift a voluntary moratorium on selling meat and milk from cloned animals to consumers any time soon. MORE

APR 3, 2008 - U.S. National Corn Growers Association urges House of Representatives to protect genetic research for vital crops - National Corn Growers Association
The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) Wednesday asked members of the U.S. House to protect the focus of the National Plant Genome Research Program on crops that are “agronomically important” – plants grown to bring value back to the consumer and the taxpayer, as stated in the program’s original intent and mandate.any of the foods we eat are already genetically modified or contain genetically modified ingredients, a genetic expert told Monterey County residents Thursday. MORE

APR 2, 2008 - Ban on meat, milk from cloned cow may be lifted - Japan Today
A state-run Japanese agricultural organization has concluded that there is no biological difference in the quality of meat and in the constituents of milk between products from next-generation cloned cows and those from conventionally bred ones, government sources said Tuesday. MORE

MAR 31, 2008 - GM sugarcane trials in Brazil, Australia - Checkbiotech.org
The structure, water use, fertiliser intake, sucrose content, and the very nature of sugar production in sugarcane are likely to undergo major changes with the modern tools of biotechnology and genetic modification. Field trials of GM sugarcane crops for these traits are being undertaken in Brazil and Australia. MORE

MAR 28, 2008 - Monterey County considers ban on genetically modified crops - The Salinas Californian
Many of the foods we eat are already genetically modified or contain genetically modified ingredients, a genetic expert told Monterey County residents Thursday. MORE

MAR 27, 2008 - Hawaii won't ban genetic coffee - USA Today
Hawaii won't ban genetically altered coffee, a decision that worries growers of the prized Kona coffee brand who want to keep it pure. MORE

MAR 26, 2008 - Dual testing no longer needed for US rice - Checkbiotech.org
Rice imported from the United States no longer needs to be tested for the presence of GM material both at the point of export and on arrival in the EU, following an amendment to emergency measures following the 2006 contamination incident.rop failure in Kenya and other parts of Africa will soon be a thing of the past following the launch of an ambitious programme to develop a drought-resistant maize variety. MORE

MAR 20, 2008 - Firm to develop maize that resists drought - Checkbiotech.org
Crop failure in Kenya and other parts of Africa will soon be a thing of the past following the launch of an ambitious programme to develop a drought-resistant maize variety. MORE

MAR 20, 2008 - GMO ban efforts start in Lake, Monterey counties - Capital Press
Groups in Lake and Monterey counties are beginning to lay the groundwork for bans on genetically modified organisms. Bans currently are in effect in Mendocino, Marin, Santa Cruz and Trinity counties and in the cities of Arcata and Point Arena. Chuck March, executive director of Lake County Farm Bureau, said the Farm Bureau is opposed to any localized ordinance against genetically engineered crops, which they believe should be controlled at either the state or federal levels. MORE

MAR 17, 2008 - The new organic - Checkbiotech.org
The future of food may depend on an unlikely marriage: organic farmers and genetic engineering. MORE

MAR 5, 2008 - United States move to label cloned food - Agbios
The debate over cloned food in the past year has been ferocious. As the Food & Drug Administration weighed whether to allow food from cloned animals into the country's food supply, more than 30,000 public comments flooded in, with the overwhelming majority opposed to the move. Lea Askren, one consumer who wrote to the agency, called the practice "unethical, disturbing, and disgusting." Yet on Jan. 15, the FDA sided with the scientists who have researched the issue, saying that meat and milk from cloned animals are "as safe to eat as food from conventionally bred animals." MORE

MAR 4, 2008 - GM Maize: 110,000 Hectares under Cultivation - GMO-Compass
The cultivation of genetically modified plants in the EU is increasing. In 2007, genetically modified maize was grown on a total of nearly 110,000 hectares in Spain, France, Portugal, the Czech Republic, and Germany. In the previous year, GM plantings comprised 62,000 hectares, totalling approximately 1 percent of maize cultivation areas. "doomsday" seed vault built to protect millions of food crops from climate change, wars and natural disasters opened Tuesday deep within an Arctic mountain in the remote Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard. MORE

MAR 2, 2008 - Bollworms develop resistance - Natchez Democrat
A recently published study suggests that bollworms are developing a resistance to a common pest control method. Bt-cotton is a genetically engineered plant that produces the toxin Bacillus thuringiensis, which is deadly to several cotton pests. MORE

FEB 28, 2008 - Doomsday’ seed vault opens in Arctic - MSNBC
A "doomsday" seed vault built to protect millions of food crops from climate change, wars and natural disasters opened Tuesday deep within an Arctic mountain in the remote Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard. MORE

FEB 28, 2008 - Trawl of two groups' genes shows differences - Reuters
A trawl through the genes of white people in Utah and Yoruba people in Nigeria shows a significant number of differences that can explain why some groups respond differently to drugs than others. MORE

FEB 28, 2008 - Famed geneticist creating life form that turns CO2 to fuel - AFP
A scientist who mapped his genome and the genetic diversity of the oceans said Thursday he is creating a life form that feeds on climate-ruining carbon dioxide to produce fuel. Geneticist Craig Venter disclosed his potentially world-changing "fourth-generation fuel" project at an elite Technology, Entertainment and Design conference in Monterey, California. team drawing on the Japanese government, universities and companies has developed rice that can act as a cholera vaccine by genetically altering it to include part of the protein of a cholera bacterium. MORE

FEB 28, 2008 - High food prices push China towards GMO: scientist - Environmental News Network
Rising food prices and concerns over grains security have caused a shift in Chinese regulators' attitude towards genetically modified crops, a prominent Chinese researcher and GMO advocate said on Wednesday. MORE

FEB 22, 2008 - Japanese team tweaks rice to serve as drug delivery system - TradingCharts.com
A research team drawing on the Japanese government, universities and companies has developed rice that can act as a cholera vaccine by genetically altering it to include part of the protein of a cholera bacterium. MORE

FEB 15, 2008 - Genetic engineering makes apples more environmentally friendly - Wageningen UR
Genetic modification of apples can result in a more sustainable way of cultivation. This was the outcome of an Wageningen UR study in which the resistance of 280 genetically modified apple trees against scab, the most common fungal disease in the apple farming industry, was researched in a field experiment. MORE

FEB 13, 2008 - Brazil gives final permit for GMO corn varieties - Reuters
Brazil's National Biosafety Council (CNBS) gave the final clearance on Tuesday for two varieties of genetically modified corn for commercial use. The varieties were insect-resistant MON 810 produced by Monsanto (MON.N: Quote, Profile, Research) and Liberty Link made by Bayer CropScience (BAYG.DE: Quote, Profile, Research), which is resistant to the herbicide glufosinate-ammonium. MORE

FEB 9, 2008 - French GM ban infuriates farmers, delights environmentalists - AFP
France officially banned Saturday a strain of genetically modified corn from US agribusiness giant Monsanto, delighting environmentalists but sparking outrage from the company and French farmers. MORE

FEB 8, 2008 - First evidence emerges of pest resistance to GM crops: scientists - AFP
Scientists poring over a mass of studies into the response of pests to genetically-modified cotton say they have found the first confirmation that insects have developed resistance to transgenic crops. MORE

FEB 1, 2008 - Darigold to take rBST-free route - Capital Press (subscription required)
Following in the footsteps of other dairy processors in the region, Darigold will institute a total ban on the use of rBST effective Jan. 1, 2009. MORE

FEB 1, 2008 - Retooled genetic engineering bill passes Californian (USA) Assembly - Capital Press (subscription required)
A reworked version of a bill introduced last year to protect farmers against being sued when their crops become contaminated with genetically modified materials is on its way to the state Senate. MORE

JAN 31, 2008 - Cloned food? Not in our kitchens, chefs say - Reuters
If pizza maker Simone Padoan saw a slab of cloned meat in his local supermarket, the Italian chef says he would be too scared to bring it into his kitchen. MORE

JAN 23, 2008 - Biotech critics challenging Monsanto GMO sugar beet - Reuters
Opponents of biotech crops said on Wednesday they were filing a lawsuit to challenge the USDA's deregulation of Monsanto Co's genetically engineered sugar beet because of fears of "biological contamination" and other harm to the environment. MORE

JAN 18, 2008 - Vatican slams California firm's cloning experiments - AFP
A leading Vatican official on Friday condemned a US company's announcement that it had created cloned human embryos from adult skin cells. MORE

JAN 17, 2008 - US consumers unfazed by GM foods - AFP
Fears over genetically-modified foods have failed to make much impact in the United States where consumers and the US media are less fired up about the issue than Europeans, activists say. MORE

JAN 13, 2008 - Biotech companies race for drought-tolerant crops - Reuters
Outside the headquarters of Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc, the pavement is iced over and workers arriving for the day are bundled up against the cold. But inside a laboratory, a warm, man-made drought is in force, curling the leaves of rows of fledgling corn plants as million-dollar machines and scientists in white coats monitor their distress. MORE

JAN 3, 2008 - Australia looks to GM crops after scorching 2007 - AFP
Australia's agriculture minister on Thursday hailed genetically modified crops as a means to help farmers combat climate change, as data showed 2007 was the country's sixth hottest year on record. MORE

JAN 2, 2008 - Both sides cite science to address altered corn - New York Times
A proposal that Europe’s top environment official made last month, to ban the planting of a genetically modified corn strain, sets up a bitter war within the European Union, where politicians have done their best to dance around the issue.The environmental commissioner, Stavros Dimas, said he had based his decision squarely on scientific studies suggesting that long- term uncertainties and risks remain in planting the so-called Bt corn. MORE

DEC 18, 2007 - Italians crack open DNA secrets of Pinot Noir - Reuters
Italian scientists have cracked open the genetic make-up of Pinot Noir, responsible for the great red wines of Burgundy, in a breakthrough that may lead to hardier vines and cheaper fine wines. MORE

DEC 18, 2007 - Lawmakers and consumers ask FDA to delay cloning ruling - Reuters
The Food and Drug Administration should delay a decision on whether milk and meat from some cloned animals are safe to eat until additional safety studies can be conducted, a Democratic lawmaker and consumer groups said in separate statements on Tuesday. MORE

DEC 16, 2007 - Pelosi leads the House to go organic in its cafeterias - San Francisco Chronicle
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi may have left her progressive instincts at the barn door when she drove a starch-, sugar- and fat-bloated bill that all but left out organic farmers through the House last summer, but when it comes to food for Congress, it's out with high-fructose corn syrup and in with uncaged hens and hormone-free milk. MORE

DEC 14, 2007 - Monsanto wins ruling on gene-modified canola - Edmonton Journal
Monsanto, the world's biggest seed producer, won a five-year legal fight in Canada over its genetically altered canola with the country's top court spurning a bid by a group of farmers and consumers to sue the company. MORE

DEC 12, 2007 - Scientists set to release new disease-resistant wheat - High Plains Journal
'Mace', a new winter wheat cultivar developed by Agricultural Research Service scientists and cooperators, could give growers an added measure of insurance against outbreaks of wheat streak mosaic virus. MORE

DEC 5, 2007 - GM rice unlikely to pose health threats, says EFSA - Foodproductiondaily.com
The genetically modified LLRice62 poses no evident harm to humans, animals or the environment, according to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). German chemicals company Bayer CropScience applied for the placing of the GM rice on the market for food and feed uses, but not for cultivation, in August 2004. Following extensive scientific assessment, the Scientific Panel on Genetically Modified Organisms has now released its opinion. MORE

NOV 27, 2007 - Genetic engineering tames drought, climate change - Reuters
Climate change is a major issue these days that has awaken the concerns of the world as natural catastrophes intensify. One of its most common catastrophes is drought. However, now, a team of researchers is nearing a solution. MORE

NOV 26, 2007 - Scotts to pay $500,000 fine over biotech bentgrass - Reuters
Scotts Miracle-Gro Co will pay a $500,000 fine over allegations it failed to comply with U.S. rules while testing a genetically engineered grass variety that could one day be used on lawns and athletic fields, the Agriculture Department said on Monday. MORE

NOV 21, 2007 - Embryonic stem cells made without embryos - Reuters
Researchers have transformed ordinary human skin cells into batches of cells that look and act like embryonic stem cells -- but without using cloning technology and without making embryos. MORE

NOV 16, 2007 - Genetic techniques to speed tree improvement - Bend Weekly (Oregon)
A new move toward “marker based breeding” with economically important forest tree species is expected to improve and speed up the identification of trees with desirable traits – to achieve faster growth, drought resistance, wood quality or other useful characteristics. MORE

NOV 14, 2007 - Scientists say they have created first cloned embryo from primate - AFP
Scientists said Wednesday they had created the world's first cloned embryo from a monkey, in work that could spur cloning of human cells for use in medical research. In a paper published online by the British journal Nature, a team in the US said they had created cloned embryos of rhesus macaques, using the same method that famously led to Dolly the Sheep and other genetically duplicated animals. MORE

NOV 5, 2007 - Special variety tomatoes for Siachen soldiers - The Economic Times
Soldiers fighting extreme cold conditions in Siachen can now grow tomatoes in the higher plains. After detailed research in the field, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has succeeded in developing transgenic tomatoes for supplying to the soldiers in Siachen belt. MORE

NOV 5, 2007 - Scientists look at needs to develop sweet potato sector - Biopact
Next year is the 'International Year of the Potato'. Sweet potatoes, often misunderstood, underrated and disliked by local populations as a marginal food, are receiving new attention as a life-saving crop in developing countries. Scientists conducted a survey to understand why the sweet potato remains a relatively marginal crop, despite its large potential. MORE

NOV 1, 2007 - The bioeconomy at work: scientists make gold nanoparticles from soybeans - Biopact
The nanotech revolution is going green in an amazing way. Soon, gold nanoparticles, one of the darling materials of the new science field, could be made by utilizing soybeans instead of environmentally damaging synthetic chemicals. A team of researchers at the University of Missouri-Columbia (MU) has discovered a technique with which to literally turn soybeans into gold, with nothing more than a little water and the gold salts used in traditional nanoparticle production processes. MORE

OCT 24, 2007 - EU allows imports of four GMO crop varieties - Reuters
The European Union has authorized imports of four genetically modified (GMO) crop products for sale across its 27 national markets for the next 10 years, the European Commission said on Wednesday. MORE

OCT 23, 2007 - Genetically altered food: Labels hotly debated in Iowa - The Des Moines Register
Iowa is playing center stage in a global debate over whether people should be warned when the genetic makeup of their food has been altered. A national advocacy group believes consumers would demand that genetically modified foods be labeled if they knew just how much is being changed in labs. The Campaign to Label Genetically Engineered Foods is pushing presidential candidates to support making labeling the law - with some success.ponents call them Frankenfoods, man-made aberrations that should be banished from our
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OCT 22, 2007 - Biotech foods are still hard to swallow - Los Angeles Times
Opponents call them Frankenfoods, man-made aberrations that should be banished from our
grocery stores or at least clearly labeled so consumers know what they're eating. MORE

OCT 17, 2007 - Genetically modified food in Kenyan shops - Daily Nation
Genetically modified foods have infiltrated Kenya's supermarkets without being labelled as such, new research commissioned by the Kenya Biodiversity Coalition (KBC) has found. MORE

OCT 17, 2007 - Plants work as assembly lines to fight cancer - Checkbiotech
Almost everyone has heard of, or experienced, the side effects of cancer chemotherapy. Now a laboratory at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia has described a plant- derived protein, which could soon be used as an anti- cancer vaccine, thus reducing the number of people who would need chemotherapy. MORE

OCT 10, 2007 - Genetically Engineered Corn Could Harm Aquatic Ecosystems - Science Daily
A study by an Indiana University environmental science professor and several colleagues suggests a widely planted variety of genetically engineered corn has the potential to harm aquatic ecosystems. MORE

OCT 6, 2007 - USDA can't pinpoint how biotech rice taint occurred - Reuters
A lengthy U.S. investigation failed to pinpoint how trace amounts of a biotech rice under development at a research facility made their way into two widely grown varieties of long-grain rice, Agriculture Department officials said on Friday. MORE

OCT 4, 2007 - U.S. corn yields soar thanks to stellar genetics - Forbes
Stellar genetics and favorable weather are boosting corn yields to unheard of levels this harvest season in the United States, agronomists and grains analysts said on Thursday. MORE

OCT 3, 2007 - French farmers say GMO ban harmful - Reuters
France risks losing its seat among top food producers if it rejects genetically modified (GMO) crops altogether in an upcoming law on biotech organisms, French farmers and producers said on Wednesday. MORE

OCT 3, 2007 - Canadian couple win award for defending biodiversity - Globe and Mail
Percy and Louise Schmeiser may not be winners in the eyes of the Canadian court system, but they have become victors to countless others. The couple from Bruno, Sask., both 76, have gained international fame as the prairie farmers sued by U.S. agribusiness giant Monsanto Co. for violating its patent on genetically engineered canola seeds back in 1997. MORE

OCT 1, 2007 - Genetic modification seen key for future biofuels - Reuters
Genetic modification has a major role to play in developing second generation biofuels, scientist Simon McQueen-Mason said on Monday. MORE

SEPT 27, 2007 - Biotech maize blocked in EU - Forbes
Agriculture ministers from 10 EU countries on Wednesday blocked approval of three genetically modified varieties of maize for use on the European market, reflecting continued deep divisions among EU nations over whether biotech crops pose a risk to human or animal health. MORE

SEPT 17, 2007 - Kansas rice to help childhood illness - The Wichita Eagle
Within a month, Kansas will begin its first-ever rice harvest.But this is not your average rice. The crop that will be harvested from about 300 acres of Geary County farmland has been genetically engineered to express a protein found in human breast milk. MORE

SEPT 14, 2007 - EU Court rejects Austrian biotech ban - supports right to choose biotech crops - EuropaBio
Yesterday, the European Court of Justice confirmed that statutory GMO-free regions are illegal. The Court dismissed the appeals of Upper Austria and the Austrian Government against their ban on the use of biotech crops in the region of Upper Austria. MORE

SEPT 13, 2007 - Salmon Spawn Baby Trout in Experiment - San Francisco Chronicle
Papa salmon plus mama salmon equals ... baby trout? Japanese researchers put a new spin on surrogate parenting as they engineered one fish species to produce another, in a quest to preserve endangered fish. MORE

SEPT 12, 2007 - More Nutritional Cassava (Yucca) For Developing World - Science Daily
An intensive international effort to improve the nutritional value of cassava -- a staple food for millions of poverty stricken people in sub-Sahara Africa and other areas -- has led to development of a New form of cassava that may be easier to digest than other varieties. MORE

SEPT 10, 2007 - Winston backs breeding 'designer pigs with hearts for humans' - Daily Mail
British scientists could be breeding designer pigs in just two years that would offer hope to transplant patients. The research, led by fertility expert Professor Lord Robert Winston, eventually aims to breed genetically-modified animals with organs that would not be rejected when transplanted into desperately-ill men and women. MORE

SEPT 7, 2007 - EU to clear new GMO beet - Reuters
EU ministers and national experts are due to approve a genetically modified (GMO) sugar beet variety this month despite a long running dispute over the use of biotechnology. MORE

SEPT 6, 2007 - Japan accepts U.S. genetically modified corn - Frederick News Post
Japan's recent agreement to accept genetically modified U.S. corn is a welcome turn of events for the national corn industry. The announcement comes as a sigh of relief, said Jamie Jamison, Dickerson, a grain farmer and director of the National Corn Growers Association. Japan is the largest importer of American corn, and the U.S. is the largest corn producer in the world. MORE

SEPT 5, 2007 - Authorities give GM crop trials the green light - Beauregard Daily News
The Federal Environment Office has given Swiss scientists the go-ahead to carry out crop trials involving genetically modified (GM) wheat. It said on Tuesday that two teams could carry out three GM field experiments near Zurich and Lausanne, including observations of potential crossbreeding between wheat and wild grass, but only under “very strict conditions”. MORE