BILL WALSH IS THE KIND of consumer the biotechnology industry has been praying for. Late last month at the Carrot Top, an upscale market in suburban Chicago, Walsh accepted a free sample of a tomato ...

The next time you take a bite out of a slice of pizza or order a bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich at a restaurant, remember that the tomato you”re eating may be a product of the biotechnology ...

To blunt criticism, Calgene went back and resubmitted its petition, asking that the Flavr Savr gene be reviewed and approved as a food additive, even though the FDA didn’t require it. It was a costly ...

For biotechnology companies, business is a race. Be the first to find a gene that causes cancer, develop a drug that treats it, or patent a new kind of genetically altered crop, and you've put ...

Can biotechnology provide flavorful, garden-fresh tomatoes to supermarkets across America year round? Shoppers in the Chicago area and parts of California should find out by the end of the month now ...

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.

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