Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) include foods like some apples and salmon whose DNA has been modified for certain traits like browning and size.

photo illustration by rafael bustamante and alexa welch Edlund/times-dispatch There you stand in your local grocery store, two ears of corn before you. One was grown from seeds on a farm using organic ...

For Eagle Creek Township grain farmer Bob Little and others like him, genetically modified seeds for corn and other foods represent earth-friendly progress that enhances life on the planet. "Look at a ...

Some scientists looking to preserve vulnerable species have turned to a controversial technique: synthetic biology. This ...

The United States government does not regulate genetically modified foods and it is time for that to change. There are definite risks associated with GM foods, yet the average American consumer is ...

Grocery store shelves are loaded with products labeled “Non-GMO,” but what exactly is a Genetically Modified Organism, and is it bad? “A GMO is any life form, plant or animal, that has been modified ...

Consumers have new access to information about their food, the White House said. This Oct. 5, 2012 file photo shows products labeled with Non Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) being sold at the ...

This winter as seed catalogs started showing up in gardeners' mailboxes, one stood out. Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Company splashed photos of the purple galaxy tomato on its cover. It bragged, This ...

Proponents of the use of synthetic biology say it could bring some species back from the brink of extinction and help fight ...

Cristina Popa, Sonia Larion and Lucian Enescu of Rominvent in Bucharest examine the Regulations for producing, testing and marketing genetically modified organisms, and the resulting products, in ...

Inside an Indiana aquafarming complex, thousands of salmon eggs genetically modified to grow faster than normal are hatching into tiny fish. After growing to roughly 10 pounds (4.5 kilograms) in ...