The promoter is the "on switch" that keeps the fish's cells making growth hormone around the clock. The GMO salmon has a few advantages over its conventionally farmed counterpart. Constant hormone ...

The Purdue research is part of an effort by Purdue and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to assess the risks and benefits of biotechnology and its products, such as genetically modified fish. The ...

Since the FDA found no "material difference" between the AquAdvantage and other non-GMO salmon, there's no requirement that the fish be labeled differently. However, this doesn't necessarily mean ...

The potential risks of genetically modified fish escaping into the wild have been highlighted in a new study. Scientists from Canada have found that transgenic Atlantic salmon can cross-breed with ...

Health Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency last week (May 19) approved AquaBounty Technologies’s genetically modified (GM) AquAdvantage salmon for sale as food in the country, CBC News ...

AquaBounty Technologies’s fast-growing fish is the first genetically modified animal approved by the US Food and Drug Administration. Genetically modified Atlantic salmon, which could soon become the ...

In the debate over large-scale commercialization and use of GMOs, where should we draw the ... 1 growth hormone gene injected into fertilized fish eggs results in 6.2% retention of the vector ...