At Vitargent’s core is that same fish-embryo technology, only refined. The fish embryo, an embryo of a modified Zebra fish that Chen calls a “Transgenic” species, has been designed to glow ...

Genetically engineered salmon are inching ever closer to your dinner plate. But that's not as scary as it sounds. Friday, the FDA approved the fish, whose only modification is that they grow twice ...

But some scientists and environmental groups have said there are questions about the safety of genetically modified fish remain unanswered. This hour: the science and safety of bioengineered fish.

The new fish, engineered to grow faster than conventional Atlantic salmon, are attracting attention because they're the first genetically modified animals approved for human consumption in the U.S ...

“Atlantic salmon populations including our endangered Gulf of Maine fish are hanging on by a thread — they can’t afford additional threats posed by (genetically engineered) salmon.

The FDA regulates GM foods and considers them safe for consumption. The first genetically engineered fish the FDA approved was AquAdvantage salmon, which grows faster than salmon in the wild.

To try to make a dent in this problem, Tepper and her colleagues genetically engineered zebra fish and fruit flies so that they convert methylmercury—the kind that “bioaccumulates,” binding ...

They decided to inject the alligator gene into the part of the catfish genome that regulates a hormone the fish need to be able to spawn. This sterilized the genetically modified fish. To test the ...

Without the hormone, fish are unable to spawn. Their testing showed the genetically altered fish seem more resistant to infection. They put two different types of disease-causing bacteria in water ...

Lisa Murkowski of Alaska. Following FDA approval, she inserted language into a spending bill that stymied the introduction or distribution of genetically modified fish until labeling guidelines ...

Many of the genetically modified animals did not respond to their peers’ fear, while a control group of unedited fish did. Then, when the researchers injected the genetically modified fish with ...