What do you get when you cross an alligator with a catfish?
It sounds like the start of a bad joke or the premise of a really bad horror flick. But it’s what geneticists at Auburn University …
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Judge Orders FDA to Rethink Approval of GMO Salmon
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration must rethink its approval of a plan to breed genetically altered salmon because it did not fully consider what …
Judge rules that GM salmon can be regulated by The Food and Drug Administration
According to a recent court ruling, the US Food and Drug Administration can regulate salmon that’s genetically engineered to grow faster. The FDA was slapped …
Hybrid salmon discovered by scientists on Vancouver Island
Chinho? Conook? Two salmon researchers say a surprising discovery has been made on Vancouver Island. Andres Araujo, a biologist at the Department of Fisheries and …
Indiana salmon hatchery to raise Frankenfish
On a winding road on the outskirts of a small Rust Belt town in eastern Indiana, a fish hatchery is poised to raise the country’s …
US Regulators Clear Path For Genetically Modified Salmon
Yesterday U.S. regulators gave the green light to salmon genetically modified to grow about twice as fast as normal, but the company behind it may …
The Long Journey of Genetically Engineered Salmon to Your Dinner Plate
Thirty years of controversy has followed the transgenic technology that produces fast-growing fish but now it has finally arrived in Canada and could soon come …
GM salmon can breed with wild fish and pass on genes
Scientists from Canada have found that transgenic Atlantic salmon can cross-breed with a closely related species – the brown trout. The fish, which have been …