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GLP Features

Biotech chestnut tree poised to restore lost ecosystems and biodiversity — But it needs your help

Biotech chestnut tree poised to restore lost ecosystems and biodiversity — But it needs your help

Analysis: Acetaminophen linked to autism? Claims about the causes of this behavioral disease get weirder as scientists hone in on genes as driving culprit

Analysis: Acetaminophen linked to autism? Claims about the causes of this behavioral disease get weirder as scientists hone in on genes as driving culprit

Podcast: Time to eat bugs? Fighting high cholesterol with CRISPR; mRNA flu vaccines coming soon?

Podcast: Time to eat bugs? Fighting high cholesterol with CRISPR; mRNA flu vaccines coming soon?

Cameron English, Kevin Folta

Viewpoint: AI-driven medical tools could democratize healthcare — but they could also worsen existing inequalities

Viewpoint: AI-driven medical tools could democratize healthcare — but they could also worsen existing inequalities

Viewpoint: AI-driven medical tools could democratize healthcare — but they could also worsen existing inequalities

Viewpoint: AI-driven medical tools could democratize healthcare — but they could also worsen existing inequalities

Live to 150? That’s what some AI algorithms claim is possible. What does the science say?

Live to 150? That’s what some AI algorithms claim is possible. What does the science say?

Do GMO farmers ‘douse’ their fields in glyphosate and other agrochemicals?

Podcast: Should you clone your pets? Drought-tolerant crops work; We really need more antibiotics

Podcast: Should you clone your pets? Drought-tolerant crops work; We really need more antibiotics

Cameron English, Kevin Folta

Part II: Viewpoint — Kenyan protestors aggressively promote disinformation in campaign to scuttle GM crop imports and cultivation

Part II: Viewpoint — Kenyan protestors aggressively promote disinformation in campaign to scuttle GM crop imports and cultivation

Peter Wamboga-Mugirya

eugenics testing

‘Molding science to fit ideology’: 5 ways the Nazis leveraged pseudoscience to support fascism

Featured Articles

Biotech chestnut tree poised to restore lost ecosystems and biodiversity — But it needs your help

Biotech chestnut tree poised to restore lost ecosystems and biodiversity — But it needs your help

Analysis: Acetaminophen linked to autism? Claims about the causes of this behavioral disease get weirder as scientists hone in on genes as driving culprit

Analysis: Acetaminophen linked to autism? Claims about the causes of this behavioral disease get weirder as scientists hone in on genes as driving culprit

Podcast: Time to eat bugs? Fighting high cholesterol with CRISPR; mRNA flu vaccines coming soon?

Podcast: Time to eat bugs? Fighting high cholesterol with CRISPR; mRNA flu vaccines coming soon?

Cameron English, Kevin Folta

GLP’s Jon Entine on Seed World: How the Ukrainian war and African famine are changing public perceptions about genetic modification of crops and agricultural gene editing

GLP’s Jon Entine on Seed World: How the Ukrainian war and African famine are changing public perceptions about genetic modification of crops and agricultural gene editing

Ally Roden, Jon Entine, Sara Evanega

Viewpoint: AI-driven medical tools could democratize healthcare — but they could also worsen existing inequalities

Viewpoint: AI-driven medical tools could democratize healthcare — but they could also worsen existing inequalities

Live to 150? That’s what some AI algorithms claim is possible. What does the science say?

Live to 150? That’s what some AI algorithms claim is possible. What does the science say?

Do GMO farmers ‘douse’ their fields in glyphosate and other agrochemicals?

Podcast: Should you clone your pets? Drought-tolerant crops work; We really need more antibiotics

Podcast: Should you clone your pets? Drought-tolerant crops work; We really need more antibiotics

Cameron English, Kevin Folta

Part II: Viewpoint — Kenyan protestors aggressively promote disinformation in campaign to scuttle GM crop imports and cultivation

Part II: Viewpoint — Kenyan protestors aggressively promote disinformation in campaign to scuttle GM crop imports and cultivation

Peter Wamboga-Mugirya

eugenics testing

‘Molding science to fit ideology’: 5 ways the Nazis leveraged pseudoscience to support fascism

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Podcast: Time to eat bugs? Fighting high cholesterol with CRISPR; mRNA flu vaccines coming soon?

Podcast: Time to eat bugs? Fighting high cholesterol with CRISPR; mRNA flu vaccines coming soon?

Cameron English, Kevin Folta | December 20, 2022

Podcast: Should you clone your pets? Drought-tolerant crops work; We really need more antibiotics

Podcast: Should you clone your pets? Drought-tolerant crops work; We really need more antibiotics

Cameron English, Kevin Folta | December 15, 2022

Food & Ag Daily Digest

News from Around the Web

Viewpoint: ‘Adapt, or starve’ — Misconceptions that power vaccine rejectionism turn the public away from science-based food policy

Mubin Khan | Business Standard

Is your festive Christmas tree damaging the planet?

Napat Siriyium | Impakter

Viewpoint: ‘Unless we want to cut down our forests, we need to improve our crop yields’ — Practical biotech-based sustainable solutions are right in front of us

Lisa Krieger | Mercury News

Sustainable metrics: How much carbon, land and energy does your dinner require?

Isabelle Gerretsen | BBC

Viewpoint: Why it’s harmful for regulators and consumers to trust cancer designations by the UN sub-agency IARC

‘Rock star of the eco-movement’: Why does the media love anti-biotech activist Vandana Shiva despite her history of spreading misinformation?

Pascal Siggelkow | Tagesschau

Human Daily Digest

News from Around the Web

Next gut health trend? You’ve heard of prebiotics — but what are postbiotics?

Jessica Bond | New Scientist

CRISPR gene editing could help cure as many as 7,000 diseases. What’s holding things up?

Fyodor Urnov | New York Times

Safety concerns raised about Lecanemab, one of the first drugs to slow Alzheimer’s disease

Jacqueline Howard | CNN

He Jiankui — CRISPR babies mastermind — is out of prison. What’s next for his career?

Megan Molteni | STAT

Dinosaurs most likely lived near the North Pole. How did they survive?

Zaria Gorvett | BBC

Super survivors: Some women outlive deadly ovarian cancer prognoses by more than a decade. Here’s why

Kate Aubusson | Sydney Morning Herald

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Agricultural Laws & Regs

Part II: Viewpoint — Kenyan protestors aggressively promote disinformation in campaign to scuttle GM crop imports and cultivation

Part II: Viewpoint — Kenyan protestors aggressively promote disinformation in campaign to scuttle GM crop imports and cultivation

Viewpoint: Philippines’ food security crisis will continue to deepen without disruptive biotechnology innovations

Part I: Analysis — Secret alliance: How Kenyan anti-GMO activists are scrambling to block President’s decision authorizing GM corn imports and local cultivation

Ancestry & Evolution

evolutionary theory is predicated on by gender equality

Viewpoint: Evolutionary theory is predicated on gender equality. Here’s why

What can teeth tell us about how human pregnancy evolved?

As plants fight each other for access to sunlight, shorter crops with ‘unselfish’ genes could be more productive

Biomedicine & Disease

drug to help treat Alzheimer's ecanemab

Safety concerns raised about Lecanemab, one of the first drugs to slow Alzheimer’s disease

Podcast: Time to eat bugs? Fighting high cholesterol with CRISPR; mRNA flu vaccines coming soon?

Smart bandage: This high-tech bandaid can monitor wound healing in real time

Biotech Communications

Analysis: Acetaminophen linked to autism? Claims about the causes of this behavioral disease get weirder as scientists hone in on genes as driving culprit

Analysis: Acetaminophen linked to autism? Claims about the causes of this behavioral disease get weirder as scientists hone in on genes as driving culprit

Viewpoint: ‘Adapt, or starve’ — Misconceptions that power vaccine rejectionism turn the public away from science-based food policy

Viewpoint: Why it’s harmful for regulators and consumers to trust cancer designations by the UN sub-agency IARC

Brain / Neuroscience

Minding the climate: How studying the brain can help us solve the world's environmental crisis

Minding the climate: How studying the brain can help us solve the world’s environmental crisis

Zimbabwe has just 19 psychiatrists for 15 million people. Here’s how they’re transforming mental health care — and what the US could learn from this paradigm

COVID survivors show lingering brain abnormalities up to 6 months after infection

Chemicals & Pesticides

Viewpoint: Pollinator ecotoxicologist on how much danger current pesticides pose to honeybees

Viewpoint: Pollinator ecotoxicologist on how much danger current pesticides pose to honeybees

Pesticides are critical to grow food, but concerns are widespread. Here’s why they are overblown – and a look at the cutting-edge RNA genetic tools designed to reduce health risks even more

Viewpoint: Environmental activists promote myth that farmers over-apply pesticides on US farmland

Viewpoint: Has the organic trend gone stale? After 10 years of growth, organic food sales have started to fall in the UK

Viewpoint: Has the organic trend gone stale? After 10 years of growth, organic food sales have started to fall in the UK

Insect food? Public skepticism remains a major hurdle but here is the sustainability case for including them in our diet

Philadelphia Cream Cheese launches plant-based version

‘Obesity is way more complex than we thought’: Risk of being overweight likely influenced by what happened in the womb

‘Obesity is way more complex than we thought’: Risk of being overweight likely influenced by what happened in the womb

‘When we exercise, we’re not just doing it for ourselves’: Why going on a run today could benefit your future grandkids

How different is your real age from what your genes predict?

Gene Editing / CRISPR

He Jiankui released after 3 years in prison

He Jiankui — CRISPR babies mastermind — is out of prison. What’s next for his career?

Single-dose CRISPR gene editing technology helps train patients’ immune systems to fight cancer

Poor cholesterol? A gene-edited solution could lower ‘bad’ LDL and reduce heart disease risk

Podcast: 'Regenerative' farming—a green fad; Gene-edited bacteria destroy tumors; Banana-flavored beer

Podcast: ‘Regenerative’ farming—a green fad; Gene-edited bacteria destroy tumors; Banana-flavored beer

Gene therapy approvals now at four with treatments for inherited anemia and degenerative brain condition — but costs are stratospheric. Why?

Novel gene therapy study offers hope for definitive colorblindness cure

Health & Wellness

Why some women survive longer than others when diagnosed with ovarian cancer

Super survivors: Some women outlive deadly ovarian cancer prognoses by more than a decade. Here’s why

Physicians rebuke threats against hospitals that offer resources for gender-affirming care

Our individual genetic makeups drive how we respond to a COVID infection

New Breeding Techniques

Podcast: Time to eat bugs? Fighting high cholesterol with CRISPR; mRNA flu vaccines coming soon?

Podcast: Time to eat bugs? Fighting high cholesterol with CRISPR; mRNA flu vaccines coming soon?

Misinformation has stymied conversation on genetic innovations in food. Here’s how climate change, the war in Ukraine and rising scientific literacy are changing people’s minds

Preventing billions of rooster chick deaths annually: Here’s how gene editing could end the culling of male chickens

Personal Genomics

Snatched as a baby 51 years ago, woman reunited with her family after a 23-and-Me DNA match

Snatched as a baby 51 years ago, woman reunited with her family after a 23-and-Me DNA match

How do genes interact with culture to shape food preferences?

What is ‘genetic nurture’ and how does it impact educational achievement?

Science of the Future

Live to 150? That’s what some AI algorithms claim is possible. What does the science say?

Live to 150? That’s what some AI algorithms claim is possible. What does the science say?

Natural, plant-based air purifiers? This bioengineered houseplant can clean pollutants from the air

AI can predict 10-year risk of heart attack or stroke with an X-ray scan

Sustainability / GreenGenes

Is your festive Christmas tree damaging the planet?

Is your festive Christmas tree damaging the planet?

Viewpoint: ‘Unless we want to cut down our forests, we need to improve our crop yields’ — Practical biotech-based sustainable solutions are right in front of us

Sustainable metrics: How much carbon, land and energy does your dinner require?

Synthetic Biology

How a genetic tweak boosted ethanol production and serendipitously yielded beef and dairy sustainability benefits

How a genetic tweak boosted ethanol production and serendipitously yielded beef and dairy sustainability benefits

80% of US consumers are willing to try lab grown, cell-cultured meat

Mosquitoes genetically engineered to kill off their own kind reduce local populations by up to 96%, study shows