Genetic Engineering

Sweat-free labels to change the garment trade [Blowback]

2013-05-15 15:01:00

In a May 7 Op-Ed article, Richard Greenwald and Michael Hirsch exhort consumers to support the workers who make our clothes rather than the global apparel industry that exploits them with low wages and unsafe working conditions. Yet exactly how we...

Supreme Court hands Monsanto a GMO victory

2013-05-13 22:50:00

The Supreme Court sided with Monsanto Co. on Monday,�ruling against a farmer who used beans grown from the company's patented, genetically modified soybean seeds to plant subsequent crops. It was apparently the first time the court had upheld patent...

Angelina Jolie, the Supreme Court and gene patents

2013-05-14 15:29:00

It's hard to imagine Supreme Court justices paying much attention to the travails of Hollywood's rich and famous. Still, there's an interesting connection between Angelina Jolie's disclosure Tuesday that she underwent a double mastectomy and a case the...

Farmer loses seed patent case

2013-05-14 00:00:00

WASHINGTON — Monsanto Co. and other companies that patent seeds may prohibit farmers from growing a second crop from their genetically modified seeds, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously. The closely watched decision was a clear victory for...

Supreme Court rules in favor of Monsanto in seed-patenting case

2013-05-13 09:13:00

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court gave a victory to Monsanto and other makers of patented seeds Monday, ruling they can prohibit farmers from growing a second crop from their genetically engineered seeds. In a unanimous decision, the court said the...

Seeing what there is to see, and hearing too much, at Angel Stadium

2013-05-07 00:00:00

It's another hymn of an evening down here in Anaheim, the French Riviera of freeways. Took a mere two hours to drive from L.A., which exceeds the capacity of many bladders. Fortunately, the kid in the back seat fell asleep in Azusa of all places, or the...

A wife's Alzheimer's, a husband's obsession

2013-05-05 08:00:00

Ken Chiate is a born problem-solver, and in the summer of 1961, when he was on break from college, his problem was a head-turning blond named Jeannette. He was head lifeguard at a public pool in Phoenix, where his father owned a liquor store. She worked...

Trader Joe's targeted for meat with antibiotics, candy with lead

2013-05-03 11:20:00

Quirky grocery chain Trader Joe’s is dealing this week with some concern over its products, including a public statement from a major advocacy group criticizing the presence of antibiotics in meat and a lawsuit from the state of California...

HIV vaccine trial shut down

2013-04-25 21:43:00

In another major setback for efforts to develop an HIV vaccine, federal researchers have shut down a key clinical trial after an independent panel of safety experts determined that volunteers who got an experimental vaccine appeared to be slightly more...

UC researchers are engineering the tobacco plant to produce bio-fuels

2013-04-29 14:17:00

Once celebrated as an economic mainstay, the tobacco industry has been hard hit by health concerns, bans, lawsuits and the social stigma of cigarette smoking. Now, UC researchers are testing the plant’s potential to be genetically modified in...

Government shuts down HIV/AIDS vaccine trial

2013-04-25 20:15:00

In another major setback for efforts to develop a vaccine to boost immunity to the human immunodeficiency�virus, known as HIV, a key clinical trial was ordered shut down this week after an independent panel of safety experts found that participants...

'At Any Price' gives a real-world view of the American farmer

2013-04-23 18:06:00

As a movie icon, the American farmer has, for many a year, occupied a hand-whittled pedestal, standing tall as a weathered symbol of all that's good and true in this screwed-up world. One of the galvanic surprises of "At Any Price," the Iowa-set drama...

Tobacco plants genetically modified to produce bio-fuels.

2013-04-29 14:19:00

Why: Food safety groups are ramping up pressure on Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski over language included in a government funding bill that would make it harder for courts to block the planting of genetically engineered crops.

2013-03-27 00:00:00

Researchers at UCLA have genetically engineered tomatoes that mimic the actions of good cholesterol when digested by mice.

2013-03-19 15:07:48