Mark Bedau of Reed College in Oregon says Mister Venter's work marks an important step over traditional genetic engineering of individual genes.

VOA: special.2010.07.20

Grafting continues to hold an important place in agriculture even in an age of modern genetic engineering.

VOA: special.2010.05.18

Genetic engineering adds or changes genes in a plant to produce desired qualities.

VOA: special.2010.04.27

And Joom from Thailand wrote: I don't care where the crops come from, natural plants or genetic engineering, as long as we can produce food enough for people.

VOA: special.2010.05.18

Genetic engineering has already reduced phytates in soybeans.

VOA: special.2010.02.02