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MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Agriculture (DA) has sought the reconsideration of the Court of Appeals (CA)’s decision against the commercial propagation of Bt eggplant and golden rice, an official said.
MANILA, Philippines — President Marcos has declared a pioneer clinical geneticist and an award-winning agricultural scientist as national scientists to recognize their accomplishments in genetics, nematology and plant pathology.
GENEVA, Switzerland — The WHO said Thursday it was awaiting the full genetic sequence data after a man died of bird flu in Mexico in the first confirmed human infection with the H5N2 strain.
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MANILA, Philippines — A legal victory for militant group Greenpeace, a regrettable loss for Filipinos.
Agricultural scientists have been genetically engineering plants for decades, to increase yield, make crops resistant to certain pests or boost certain desirable characteristics. In the 1960s, the International Rice Research Institute or IRRI produced IR8, dubbed “miracle rice” because its high yield was credited for fighting famine in many countries.
MANILA, Philippines — A Philippine court has blocked the commercial propagation of genetically modified golden rice because it said conflicting scientific views gave rise to "severe" health and environmental safety concerns.
MANILA, Philippines — With all of the priority bills listed in the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC) over and done with, the House of Representatives has passed a bill declaring Oct. 25 every year as “National Dwarfism Awareness Day.”