Most of the signatories expressed moral outrage that the ideologues of the anti-GMO movement, including behemoths like Greenpeace, demonize golden rice despite its potential to prevent millions of ...

Ed Regis is a science writer and the author, most recently, of “Golden Rice: The Imperiled Birth of a GMO Superfood.” By the end of this week, Bangladesh’s agriculture minister is expected ...

Science correspondent Miles O'Brien investigates the debate that’s grown up over the development of golden rice, a genetically modified crop. Researchers believe they have found a way to add ...

It's yellow. Its backers call it "golden rice." It's been genetically modified so that it contains beta-carotene, the source of vitamin A. Millions of people in Asia and Africa don't get enough of ...

Genetically modified golden rice falls short on lifesaving promises Date: June 2, 2016 Source: Washington University in St. Louis Summary: Heralded on the cover of Time magazine in 2000 as a ...

In April, the Philippines’ Supreme Court heeded farmers’ and activists’ calls to look into the safety promise of Golden Rice, a genetically modified grain created to tackle the vitamin A ...

The real reason why 'golden rice' remains uncultivated after a 20 year effort is its poor agronomic performance, write Angelika Hilbeck & Hans Herren. But beyond that, the very idea of golden rice as ...

Now at the 4th level of testing, Golden Rice is seen as the last barrier to wide acceptance of GMOs MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines is the final battleground for genetically-modified ...

Farmers in the Philippines may be able to continue growing golden rice genetically modified to combat malnutrition, despite a court decision revoking the permit for planting it. The Philippines ...

A Philippine court has blocked the commercial propagation of genetically modified golden rice because it said conflicting scientific views gave rise to "severe" health and environmental safety ...