Genetically Modified Golden Rice Falls Short on Lifesaving Promises
Thursday, June 2, 2016 - 16:31
in Mathematics & Economics
Heralded on the cover of Time magazine in 2000 as a genetically modified (GMO) crop with the potential to save millions of lives in the Third World, Golden Rice is still years away from field introduction and even then, may fall short of lofty health benefits still cited regularly by GMO advocates, suggests a new study from Washington University in St.