In April, the Philippines’ Supreme Court heeded farmers’ and activists’ calls to look into the safety promise of Golden Rice, a genetically modified grain created to tackle the vitamin A ...

That’s why it’s quickly becoming necessary to increase yields of rice, along with other staple crops that are at risk. Despite its growing utility, chowing down on genetically modified rice ...

Farmers in the Philippines may be able to continue growing golden rice genetically modified to combat malnutrition, despite a court decision revoking the permit for planting it. The Philippines ...

studied 72 rice varieties, both natural and genetically modified. They are now planning to investigate whether they can make dwarf rice varieties, which produce the highest crop yields ...

The Philippines’ Department of Agriculture has a vision: to become the first country to allow the commercial production of golden rice, a 20-year-old genetically modified crop that could prevent ...

The first generation of genetically modified (GM) crop varieties sought to increase farmer ... on breeding for attributes of interest to consumers, beginning with `golden rice', which has been ...

producing genetically modified soybeans with healthier oils that don’t contain harmful trans fats. When scientists added beta carotenes to rice, it prevented blindness in children in developing ...

After more than 20 years since research kicked off, a variety of genetically modified rice designed to alleviate cedar pollen symptoms is finally progressing toward clinical application.

She points to so-called golden rice, which is genetically modified to produce beta-carotene, which is converted into vitamin A by the body. It gets its golden hue from the nutrient and is designed ...

Chinese scientists have successfully genetically modified rice to produce coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10), an essential molecule for human health. This breakthrough could revolutionize nutritional approaches by ...

BEIJING -- China's health authorities will investigate allegations that genetically modified rice was tested on Chinese children as part of a Sino-U.S. research project, state media said Tuesday.

The researchers from the University of Sheffield, working alongside the High Agricultural Technology Research Institute (HATRI) in Vietnam, studied 72 rice varieties, both natural and genetically ...