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November 13, 2019

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How the pursuit of better education, career opportunities may be creating regional genetic inequalities

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Fighting climate change with gene editing: Can we slash cows’ methane production?

Patrick Whittle

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Viewpoint: Intensive ‘industrial’ agriculture boosts farm productivity, promotes environmental sustainability

Alex Smith, Caroline Grunewald

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Podcast: CRISPR advances, HIV cures and a perfect predator for superbugs

Jane Brody, Kat Arney, Katie Couric, Ravi Gupta, Steffanie Strathdee, Vinod Jaskula-Ranga

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Agricultural Laws & Regs

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Mandatory calorie counts on fast-food menus have little impact on customer purchases, latest study finds

Efforts to block CRISPR crop cultivation in Australia unlikely to gain political support, parliament member says

Foodborne illnesses strike almost 48 million Americans annually. Do we need better food safety testing?

Ancestry & Evolution

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9 significant archaeological discoveries of the past decade, including a Neanderthal-Denisovan hybrid

Enduring misconception: Why are we still drawing evolution as a straight line?

Extra copies of Denisovan, Neanderthal DNA helped humans adapt to ancient environments

Biomedical Regs & Ethics

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Ectogenesis: How artificial placentas could aid premature babies, upend entrenched abortion views

Viewpoint: Moving forward with human gene editing requires scientists to ‘educate, engage, and empower’ the public, policymakers

Viewpoint: ‘Denouncing’ HBO, Bill Maher for helping Dr. Jay Gordon spread vaccine misinformation

Biomedicine & Disease

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‘Super rare’ mutation protected Colombian woman from Alzheimer’s disease

Podcast: CRISPR advances, HIV cures and a perfect predator for superbugs

Keto diet as a cancer treatment? Researchers explore potential to treat diseases, seizures

Biotech Communications

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77% of Generation Z willing to eat CRISPR, GMO-derived foods, new report shows

Podcast: CRISPR might save the banana from deadly disease. Will consumers get behind the technology?

Fifth US retailer announces plan to ‘phase out’ neonic pesticides from supply chain

Brain / Neuroscience

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‘Super rare’ mutation protected Colombian woman from Alzheimer’s disease

Deep sleep may be critical to flushing out your brain’s ‘toxic waste’

Neural stem cell transplants show promise for treating stroke, Parkinson’s, spinal injuries

Chemicals & Pesticides

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Commonly used pesticide 1,3-D has smaller impact on soil microbes than tillage, cover crops or irrigation, study shows

Video: ‘What will I eat today’ vs. ‘will I eat today?’ – It’s time to trust African scientists (on access to GMO and gene edited crops)

Eat your veggies! California testing confirms organic and conventional produce well below EPA pesticide limits

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Mandatory calorie counts on fast-food menus have little impact on customer purchases, latest study finds

Can TELA maize solve the acute food shortages in sub-Saharan Africa?

Viewpoint: Intensive ‘industrial’ agriculture boosts farm productivity, promotes environmental sustainability

Gene Editing / CRISPR

5-17-2019 phage news

Podcast: CRISPR advances, HIV cures and a perfect predator for superbugs

CRISPR got an upgrade. ‘Prime editing’ offers more accurate ‘search-and-replace’

Viewpoint: Moving forward with human gene editing requires scientists to ‘educate, engage, and empower’ the public, policymakers

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Viewpoint: Netflix’s new horror movie ‘Eli’ is a fright. But why did they have to ‘tarnish gene therapy’?

Gene therapy pioneer James Wilson makes a comeback after disastrous start

Gene editing used in China in a failed but promising attempt to cure HIV

Health & Wellness

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Bangladesh could approve GMO Golden Rice in November 2019—after 10-year delay caused by regulation, activism

Foodborne illnesses strike almost 48 million Americans annually. Do we need better food safety testing?

Podcast: CRISPR advances, HIV cures and a perfect predator for superbugs

New Breeding Techniques

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Efforts to block CRISPR crop cultivation in Australia unlikely to gain political support, parliament member says

‘Tuning’ plant flowering signals with CRISPR could yield heartier crops suited to harsh environments

5 classic American foods CRISPR gene editing could protect from climate change, declining yields

Personal Genomics

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Why the genetic database GEDmatch represents a ‘security risk’ for the US

ISIS leader al-Baghdadi’s remains may have been identified with new rapid DNA testing technology

Can DNA predict a person’s facial features? New forensic tool gets us closer, by deducing hair, eye and skin color

Science of the Future

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Futurist Jamie Metzl: How genetic engineering could help us live longer

Podcast: CRISPR advances, HIV cures and a perfect predator for superbugs

These gene-edited pigs could eliminate shortage of human organ transplants

Sustainability / GreenGenes

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Can TELA maize solve the acute food shortages in sub-Saharan Africa?

Viewpoint: Intensive ‘industrial’ agriculture boosts farm productivity, promotes environmental sustainability

Winter honeybee losses cut in half since 2012 as beekeepers battle deadly varroa mite

Synthetic Biology

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Podcast: Can we ‘outsmart’ cancer with synthetic biology? Dr. Tim Lu talks customized disease treatments

Meet the ‘flavorists’: Food chemists who make plant-based Beyond, Impossible burgers taste like ‘meat’

Create a fetus without an egg or sperm? Researchers have done it with mice