‘Unfounded claims over unnatural ‘Frankenfoods’ have led to the vilification of an entire technology’: The Observer editorial urges UK adoption of gene editing and GMOs

‘Unfounded claims over unnatural ‘Frankenfoods’ have led to the vilification of an entire technology’: The Observer editorial urges UK adoption of gene editing and GMOs

Guardian, Observer | 
[Recently,] the government outlined details of its long-overdue legislation for easing restrictions on gene-editing farm animals and plants. Current regulations, ...
Viewpoint: European political opposition to genetically modified crops softens while US anti-glyphosate hysteria rages

Viewpoint: European political opposition to genetically modified crops softens while US anti-glyphosate hysteria rages

Observer | 
Unlike America, Europe has traditionally been highly cautious of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) – specifically, crops for animal feed and ...
What’s in the biomedical pipeline for CRISPR gene editing?

What’s in the biomedical pipeline for CRISPR gene editing?

Philip Ball | Observer | 
One great attraction of Crispr, says Niren Murthy, a bioengineer at Berkeley, is that it could be a one-shot affair ...
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Losing too many brain cells? Even adults can make more, study says

Kristyna Zapletalova | Observer | 
Many people think that their adult brain is not capable of generating new cells...[However,] the reality is much more complex ...

With House of Commons decision looming, what are researchers’ opinions on mitochondrial replacement?

Observer | 
On February 3, 2015, the House of Commons will be given the opportunity to approve a remarkable scientific technique: mitochondrial ...

Grandma’s diet and diabetes: Epigenetic link found again

Angela Saini | Observer | 
As with so much in science, this story owes a lot to mice. The tale begins with a pregnant mouse ...

‘GMOs, traditional foods can coexist’

Shifa Mwesigye | Observer | 
Speaking at a recent public debate at Makerere University's school of Food Technology, Nutrition, and Bio-engineering in Uganda, British environmentalist ...
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