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Researchers at MIT say they have developed a novel type of nanoparticle that protects a vaccine long enough to generate a strong immune response both in the lungs and in mucosal surfaces far from the vaccination site, such as the gastrointestinal and reproductive tracts. The scientists are working on this project ...

A global roundtable on access to information, public participation, and access to justice regarding living/genetically modified organisms (LMOs/GMOs) will be held in Geneva, Switzerland on October 16-17, 2013. The roundtable is a joint event on the Aarhus Convention and the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety.

VIB is organizing a scientific symposium on 12 November 2013 in Belgium to mark the 30th anniversary of the first successful introduction of foreign genes into plants. Top speakers from the public and private sector will reflect on the achievements of agrobiotechnology and ...

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…