Panama is mulling releasing millions of genetically modified mosquitoes on its territory to combat the spread of the Zika virus, a prominent health official told AFP on Thursday.
Feb 5, 2016
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With no hope for a vaccine to prevent Zika in the near future, authorities are focusing on the most effective way to combat the virus: killing the mosquito that carries it.
Feb 4, 2016
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Professor Jeffrey Powell began working on the mosquito that transmits the Zika virus when he was an undergraduate student 49 years ago. He has a life-long fascination with Aedes aegypti, which he refers to as "a truly elegant ...
Feb 4, 2016
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The food industry is pressuring Congress to act before the state of Vermont requires food labels for genetically modified ingredients.
Feb 4, 2016
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Zika virus is spreading rapidly through the Americas leaving researchers scrambling to understand the very basics, including how to prevent, treat and diagnose the emerging mosquito-borne threat.
Jan 29, 2016
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It's now harder to find out where your beef or pork was born, raised and slaughtered.
Jan 4, 2016
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We all love our sugar, especially during the holidays. Cookies, cake, and candy are simply irresistible.
Dec 24, 2015
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U.S. food companies are mounting an aggressive year-end push to head off mandatory labeling of genetically modified foods.
Dec 8, 2015
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Humanity's ability to alter nature, a characteristic of our species for thousands of years, has taken a big step forward.
Dec 2, 2015
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The newest research group at Norwegian Nobel laureates May-Britt and Edvard Moser's Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience uses transgenic zebrafish to unlock the secrets of the brain.
Sep 9, 2015
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