In parallel to the Would you like some gene tech with that? event was a Tweet-fest elaborating on and taking tangents different to what was happening in the Science Exchange.

Growing meat in large vats of culture is just one solution proposed in a series of 21 papers published by the Royal Society investigating the issue of food security.

Three GM crops, three days, a thousand opinions, some overworked vocal cords and four sore feet. The votes are in.

A genetically modified (GM) crop has been found thriving in the wild for the first time in the United States.

With plenty of food why do 1 billion people still go hungry or are malnourished? By 2050 we will have another 3 billion people. What is sustainable intensification and where does science fit into this picture?

A CSIRO researcher says developed countries need to stop throwing away so much food if the world is to feed its growing population.

China’s state grain reserves have been contaminated by illegal, genetically modified rice, according to an investigation by Greenpeace.

The passionate seem more driven to act, but how much can they skew the reality of the situation? In this case, quite a lot, it appears.

Scientists have developed a transgenic (GM) mosquito that is completely immune to infection by the primary malaria-causing parasite in humans. Their findings maybe used as part of a strategy to combat malaria.

Genes that protect arctic bacteria from the cold have been inserted into a bacterial pathogen that, when injected into mice, produce a protective immune response before dying from body’s heat.