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California found itself in the national spotlight earlier this month when it became the only state to ban the sale of a genetically engineered pet fish called the GloFish. As a member of the state ...
California’s Fish and Game Commission on Wednesday refused to allow the sale of the genetically altered GloFish in the state, with one commissioner saying that it seemed frivolous to tinker with ...
The original GloFish was a genetically engineered zebrafish, a member of the minnow family, with a gene from a jellyfish that allows it to glow under natural and ultraviolet light. According to ...
A Texas-based company and a pair of tropical fish farms in Florida plan to market the trademarked GloFish beginning Jan. 5 in every state except California, which has banned all transgenic fish ...
Since that time, the company has sold millions of these “GloFish,” which have made their way into various living room aquariums and sushi bars. But now it appears that they may be ending up ...
A certain little fish is making a big splash this holiday season. It's a designer glow-in-the-dark pet created in a lab, and it's been put on sale just in time for the holiday shopping rush.
The GloFish brand was recently bought by a major goods company that also sells Armor All car-care products, Rayovac batteries and Black+Decker kitchen appliances. Meet 15 fledgling entrepreneurs ...
The lawsuit, filed Wednesday, asks the judge to order that the Food and Drug Administration and the Department of Health and Human Services to halt sales of the trademarked GloFish until the ...
Another simple but fun refresh I wanted to add was an aquarium full of GloFish. These are fish that have had various fluorescent genes inserted into their DNA so they glow incredibly brightly. I ...
Both researchers are watching a merry-looking breed whose trademark name is Glofish – America's first genetically engineered pet. Courtenay, a USGS research fishery biologist and specialist in ...
Despite growing concern over the potential risks of releasing such animals into the environment, the transgenic GloFish looks set to go on sale on 5 January without any federal regulatory approval.
The first genetically modified (GM) pets sold in the United States, fluorescent red zebrafish called GloFish, are the focus of a lawsuit against the government from environmental and food safety ...