DNA is similar to a set of instructions written using four letters - A, T, C, and G - which tell the body how to function and develop. These four letters form a unique combination for each organism, ...

(USA Today)-- General Mills announced its iconic cereal brand Cheerios will no longer contain ingredients with genetically modified organisms (GMOs). What exactly are GMOs, and where else are they ...

Many people avoid “GMOs” at the grocery store, instead selecting foods labeled non-GMO or the organic versions of items from apples to oats, as they are worried about ingesting genetically modified ...

Humans love to play with their food—in fact, we’ve been doing it for thousands of years. In this episode of Crash Course Botany, we explore how we’ve learned to manipulate plant genetics, from ...

Last year, activists in California collected 1 million signatures to put the California Right to Know Genetically Engineered Food Act on the November 2012 ballot. Named Proposition 37, the measure ...

The first genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are already 40 years old. In the 1980s, scientists discovered that it was possible to alter the genome of living beings by introducing genomes from ...

The European Council and Parliament have reached an agreement on the European Commission’s proposal to deregulate new GMOs.

In this episode, we’ll explore how we’ve created and used genetically modified organisms. Humans love to play with their food—in fact, we’ve been doing it for thousands of years. In this episode of ...