The Canadian government is currently considering approving the entry of gene-edited pigs into the food system.

Gene-edited meat is coming to Canada, but without transparency or labeling, consumers won’t know it—threatening the trust ...

That lack of transparency is precisely what Quebec-based duBreton, North America’s leading organic pork producer, is warning ...

Breton, North America's leading producer of organic pork, is calling for full transparency in response to the recent approval ...

To mark his 50th reunion this year, Ed McCabe made a gift from his IRA account to MIT for the Institute’s unrestricted use. Previously he had established a charitable remainder unitrust (CRUT) that ...

A newer technology called genome editing or gene editing has emerged in the last decade. “Gene editing is basically just conventional breeding, but done more intelligently,” she summarizes. “This ...

Colossal Biosciences has announced it will attempt to 'de-extinct' a group of birds called the moa, which once lived in New ...

For the most part, the late film critic Roger Ebert (1942 to 2013) reserved his war of words for verbal sparring partner Gene ...

As the global population grows, we’ll have to find ways of feeding the planet without accelerating climate change.

Gene editing techniques and maize genetic material may be the seed for more robust and stress tolerant canola plants. Canadian research is trying to make it happen.