Researchers from the University of Florida and the University of Virginia in the U.S. and from Belgium’s Catholic University have developed a GM variety of tobacco mosaic virus that they say protects fruits, vegetables and most other broad-leafed plants from attack by insects. Tobacco mosaic virus normally attacks plants, but the GM... »

This article sums up nicely why no one is growing any GM wheat (the food industry is wary of consumer reaction) and one possible solution for companies interested in bringing something like this to market (try developing traits enhance nutrition or offer some other consumer appeal in order to overcome market opposition.) Could this solution... »

Landec Corp. said Monday it entered into two new agreements with Monsanto Co. potentially valued at more than $70 million. Landec sold its direct marketing and sales seed business, Fielder’s Choice Direct, to American Seeds Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Monsanto, for $50 million in cash with a potential additional earn-out amount of up... »

A Research Triangle Park (N.C.) startup biotechnology company, Athenix, has grown to 45 employees and has raised a total of $33.5 million in venture capital, and they are moving their headquarters to accommodate that growth, according to an article by Amanda Jones Hoyle, writing in this week’s Triangle Business Journal. Athenix develops products and technologies... »

The EU will ask its 25 members to allow cultivation of a genetically modified potato owned by BASF, according to this article that appears on Checkbiotech. The Amflora potato, modified to increase its starch content, would be used for industrial purposes such as stiffening paper. The European Commission, the EU’s regulator, will ask national governments... »