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Researchers have added an antibody to fight rotavirus into the rice genome. A strain of rice genetically engineered to protect against diarrhoeal disease could offer a cost-effective way to protect children in developing countries, according a study published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation (8 August).

In the August 8 online edition of Science, researchers representing the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) reported the results of a Phase I clinical trial in which more than 50 adults were intravenously immunized with a malaria vaccine made of whole Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) sporozoites .

ChileBio published a listing of scientific papers which have evaluated the safety of foods derived from GM crops. As of this writing, there are already 610 articles published in peer-reviewed journals. Analysis of the published articles along with tests required by ...

Iranian President Elect Dr. Hassan Rouhani’s sent a massage for participants in the inaguration of the 8th National Biotechnology Congress of Iran and the 4th Congress on Biosafety and Genetic Engineering. Iran Biotechnology Information Center ...

Translated by: Shiva Bakhtiari-Iranian Biological Resource Center (IBRC) has succeeded in preparing and preserving a collection of fibroblast cells from 51 Caspian horses. The institute’s head, Dr. Seyed Abolhhassan Shahzadeh Fazeli says the horse industry is today among the top 5 booming industries in the world, and…

Genetically modified crops are "categorically" safer than conventional crops because they are subjected to much greater scrutiny than traditional varieties, the Environment Secretary Owen Paterson said today. Stepping up his campaign to grow GM crops in the UK, Mr Paterson used a speech in Hertfordshire to promote…

Washington, D.C. (June 19, 2013) –Three distinguished scientists -Marc Van Montagu of Belgium, and Mary-Dell Chilton and Robert T. Fraley of the United States -were today named the winners of the 2013 World Food Prize during a ceremony at the U.S. State Department, where Secretary of State John Kerry delivered the…

Translated by: Shiva Bakhtiari- "In the name of God" I would like to begin by thanking Iran’s Biotechnology Society for bringing important issues such as genetic engineering and their impact on Iran’s development, to the attention of presidential candidates. As you mentioned biotechnology and ...

A new high-tech glass greenhouse in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, U.S., simulates the growing conditions of any climate in different parts of the world. The research facility owned by Syngenta has 22 rooms which are virtually shadowless, with artificial ...

After years of suffering from blight caused by the fungus Cryphonectria parasitica, American chestnut trees may rise again through genetic engineering. Dr. William Powell of the State University of New York and Scott Merkle of the University of ...