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EU has zero tolerance for Monsanto after 'Frankencrops' found
BERLIN (AP) — The European Union is urging its 27 member states to test wheat shipments from the United States after unauthorized genetically modified grains were found in Japan. Tokyo on Thursday halted imports of certain types of wheat from...
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High court rules for Monsanto in patent case
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has sustained Monsanto Co.'s claim that an Indiana farmer violated the company's patents on soybean seeds that are resistant to its weed-killer. The justices, in a unanimous vote Monday, rejected the farmer's...
Tags: Hampshire, Washington, DC, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Science and Technology
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Gay marriage, marijuana backed in historic votes
Altering the course of U.S social policy, Maine and Maryland became the first states to approve same-sex marriage by popular vote, while Washington state and Colorado set up a showdown with federal authorities by legalizing recreational use of marijuana....
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Crop insurance losses begin to mount amid drought
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Thousands of farmers are filing insurance claims this year after drought and triple-digit temperatures burned up crops across the nation's Corn Belt, and some experts are predicting record insurance losses — exacerbated by...
Tags: Arable Farming, Insurance, Natural Disasters, Droughts, U.S. Department of Agriculture
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'Amazing' therapy destroys leukemia in 3 patients
NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists are reporting the first clear success with a new approach for treating leukemia. It involves turning the patients' own blood cells into assassins that hunt and destroy cancer cells. It's only been done in three...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Diseases and Illnesses, University of Pennsylvania, Cancer, Health
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US says don't publish recipe for lab-bred bird flu
WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists have genetically engineered bird flu so it can spread easily between mammals — work necessary to prepare in case the dangerous virus ever mutates on its own and spreads from person-to-person. Now the U.S....Tags: National Institutes of Health, Viral Diseases and Infections, Washington, DC, Bird Flu, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Probe indicates biotech wheat was "isolated incident" -USDA
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The unapproved genetically modified wheat that was discovered sprouting in Oregon appears to have been "a single isolated incident," U.S. agricultural officials said on Friday in their most detailed description yet of their...Tags: Arable Farming, European Union, U.S. Department of Agriculture
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FACTBOX-Issues at the heart of EU-U.S. free-trade talks
ReutersJune 14 (Reuters) - The European Union will try to overcome French resistance to free-trade talks with the United States on Friday and keep alive plans for a deal that could boost their struggling economies by dramatically increasing transatlantic...Tags: Automotive Equipment, European Union, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Politics, Trade Policy
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USDA racing to provide validated test for GMO wheat
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Agriculture Department, reeling from the discovery of unapproved genetically modified (GM) wheat growing in Oregon, said on Thursday it is working to make "appropriate and validated" tests available to detect the wheat....Tags: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Marketing, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Ban on patenting DNA cheers researchers
Researchers hailed the Supreme Court ruling Wednesday that bans the patenting of human DNA, saying it would expand access to genetic testing for disease at lower cost to patients. In a unanimous decision, the justices said Myriad Genetics did not have...
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Kan. farmer sues Monsanto over GMO wheat discovery
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - A Kansas farmer has sued seed giant Monsanto over the recent discovery of genetically engineered experimental wheat in an 80-acre field in Oregon, claiming the company's gross negligence hurt U.S. growers by driving down wheat...Tags: Laws, Justice System, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Lawyers, Trials
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USDA SAYS "INVESTIGATION CONTINUES" OF GENETICALLY
ReutersUSDA SAYS "INVESTIGATION CONTINUES" OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED WHEAT FOUND RECENTLY IN OREGON
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