Berkeley and Illinois researchers increase plant proteins that result in more efficient use of sunlight

Researchers used an online survey of 1,004 participants that asked questions to measure consumers’ knowledge of genetically modified food and organisms

In addition, the FDA found that approving the GE salmon would not have a significant environmental impact

Results from polling data released as U.S. Senate considers controversial GMO labeling law.

First impressions are important. So much so that even armed with new information, many people won’t change their minds about genetically modified foods and global warming, a new University of Florida study shows.

Combining chromosomes from different organisms started as soon as someone created a hybrid. “In natural breeding,” says geneticist Kulvinder S. Gill of Washington State University in Pullman, “we transfer genes through hybridization—transferring pollen from one plant to another.” He adds, “It can, for example, be pollen from wheat to rye or rye to wheat.”

Anti-GMO messages strongly appeal to particular intuitions and emotions

As Californians rejected Proposition 37, which would have required labeling of food that’s been genetically modified, debate continues on the health implications of eating such foods.