Remember the Flavr Savr tomato in the 1980s, the first commercially grown genetically engineered food to improve shelf life and fungal resistance? Researchers recently reported using gene-editing ...

Scientists say they have figured out a way to make tomatoes taste fresher and last longer by tinkering with a gene that controls ripening. The researchers, who report their findings in Friday's issue ...

Regarding the story on GMO foods (Herald, Dec. 4), I wanted to point out that the statement that “plant geneticists crossed a fish with a tomato to create the Flavr Savr tomato” is factually flawed.

1. The gleam in management's eye -- 2. Scientific conception (amid misconceptions and controversy) -- 3. Virgin territory : plant genetic engineering and U.S. regulatory agencies -- 4. The long, hard ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Would you eat pork that has been genetically edited to be disease resistant? According to new reports, you could have the chance to as early as 2025. Genetically modifying food is ...

Researchers have genetically engineered the world's first tomato that can grow in salty water -- an advance that could help solve one of the biggest problems in agriculture. The salt-tolerant tomato ...

The government has given approval for the first time to the marketing of a genetically altered food _ a tomato that will stay ripe longer. The "Flavr-Savr" tomato contains an extra gene that allows it ...

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In December 2004, plant scientist Cathie Martin went to the greenhouse to check on her tomatoes. The tiny fruits, about the size of gumdrops, were still green. These miniature tomatoes, a variety ...