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In boon to poor farmers, Ghana poised to introduce GMO crops

Sarah Stanley | Borgen Magazine

Lab-grown fish? How biotechnology might save the endangered bluefin tuna

Tim Carman | Washington Post

Faster GMO crop import approvals in China could boost Brazil’s already record-breaking soy exports

Jake Spring | Reuters

Soil salinity cuts crop yields worldwide, but salt-tolerant crops are on the horizon

Leiden University

Using gene editing to improve animal welfare may quell fear of ‘Franken-animals’

Candice Choi | Associated Press

Glyphosate-cancer lawsuits spur farmers to embrace ‘precision farming’ to help reduce chemical inputs

10 African countries passed plant breeding protection laws to boost food security. Will Ghana join them?

Joseph Gakpo | Cornell Alliance for Science

California judge orders expedited trial for couple alleging glyphosate caused their cancer

Tina Bellon | Reuters

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Podcast: GLP’s Jon Entine on the spread of ‘chemophobia’

Jon Entine, Rodger Wasson

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As arguments rage over the sources of transgender identity, science weighs in

Emotions and memory: How your genes impact the way you see and feel the world

Emotions and memory: How your genes impact the way you see and feel the world

Organic fungicide copper sulfate poses dangers to humans, animals, insects—how does it compare to conventional pesticides?

Organic fungicide copper sulfate poses dangers to humans, animals, insects—how does it compare to conventional pesticides?

Andrew Porterfield

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How scientists are using CRISPR to create non-GMO crops

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Let’s say we can force the mosquito into extinction — should we do it?

Andrew Porterfield

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How Freddie Mercury got his voice: It wasn’t his teeth

Edible cotton: How genetically modified cottonseed could revolutionize food and feed production

Edible cotton: How genetically modified cottonseed could revolutionize food and feed production

BIOTECH 2.0 FAQs

Gene Editing / CRISPR

Synthetic Biology

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November 19, 2018

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Podcast: GLP’s Jon Entine on the spread of ‘chemophobia’

Jon Entine, Rodger Wasson

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As arguments rage over the sources of transgender identity, science weighs in

Organic fungicide copper sulfate poses dangers to humans, animals, insects—how does it compare to conventional pesticides?

Organic fungicide copper sulfate poses dangers to humans, animals, insects—how does it compare to conventional pesticides?

Andrew Porterfield

Emotions and memory: How your genes impact the way you see and feel the world

Emotions and memory: How your genes impact the way you see and feel the world

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How scientists are using CRISPR to create non-GMO crops

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Let’s say we can force the mosquito into extinction — should we do it?

Andrew Porterfield

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How Freddie Mercury got his voice: It wasn’t his teeth

Edible cotton: How genetically modified cottonseed could revolutionize food and feed production

Edible cotton: How genetically modified cottonseed could revolutionize food and feed production

Food & Agriculture
Daily Digest

News from around the Web

In boon to poor farmers, Ghana poised to introduce GMO crops

Sarah Stanley | Borgen Magazine

Lab-grown fish? How biotechnology might save the endangered bluefin tuna

Tim Carman | Washington Post

Faster GMO crop import approvals in China could boost Brazil’s already record-breaking soy exports

Jake Spring | Reuters

Soil salinity cuts crop yields worldwide, but salt-tolerant crops are on the horizon

Leiden University

Using gene editing to improve animal welfare may quell fear of ‘Franken-animals’

Candice Choi | Associated Press

Glyphosate-cancer lawsuits spur farmers to embrace ‘precision farming’ to help reduce chemical inputs

10 African countries passed plant breeding protection laws to boost food security. Will Ghana join them?

Joseph Gakpo | Cornell Alliance for Science

California judge orders expedited trial for couple alleging glyphosate caused their cancer

Tina Bellon | Reuters

Human Genetics
Daily Digest

News from around the Web

Health & Safety

BIOTECH 2.0 FAQs

Gene Editing / CRISPR

Synthetic Biology

Personal Genomics

Regulation & Bioethics

Bees & Butterflies
Facts about pesticides and pollinators

Viewpoint: As global honeybee population increases, activists blame neonicotinoid pesticides for 'bird-pocalypse' that's not happening

Viewpoint: As global honeybee population increases, activists blame neonicotinoid pesticides for ‘bird-pocalypse’ that’s not happening

Jon Entine | Genetic Literacy Project

Canada’s suspect move to phase out neonicotinoids to ‘protect bees’ sets stage for US regulatory battle

Jon Entine | Genetic Literacy Project

Paul Vincelli

Talking Biotech Podcast

Explore the future of food and biotech with hosts Paul Vincelli, PhD, & Kevin Folta, PhD

Kevin Folta

Talking Biotech: Meet the liquor store owner boycotting Smirnoff’s ‘non-GMO’ vodka

Meet Allison Nondorf, a farmer and co-owner of A&C Liquid Assets in Kansas. The liquor store refuses to sell Smirnoff's 'non-GMO' vodka.

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Analyzing the critics shaping the debate

Gilles-Éric Séralini: Activist professor and face of anti-GMO industry

Gilles-Éric Séralini: Activist professor and face of anti-GMO industry

Environmental Working Group: Known for scare campaigns, EWG challenges safety of GMOs, food pesticide residues

Environmental Working Group: Known for scare campaigns, EWG challenges safety of GMOs, food pesticide residues

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Genetic engineering is common practice in medicine and agriculture, but only the latter creates public concern. Is this fear of crop biotechnology justified?

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Food waste is a worldwide problem. GMO crops can help.

Bees & Butterflies
Facts about pesticides and pollinators

Viewpoint: As global honeybee population increases, activists blame neonicotinoid pesticides for 'bird-pocalypse' that's not happening

Viewpoint: As global honeybee population increases, activists blame neonicotinoid pesticides for ‘bird-pocalypse’ that’s not happening

Jon Entine | Genetic Literacy Project

Canada’s suspect move to phase out neonicotinoids to ‘protect bees’ sets stage for US regulatory battle

Jon Entine | Genetic Literacy Project

Talking Biotech Podcast

Explore the future of food and biotech with hosts Paul Vincelli, PhD, & Kevin Folta, PhD

Talking Biotech: Meet the liquor store owner boycotting Smirnoff’s ‘non-GMO’ vodka

Meet Allison Nondorf, a farmer and co-owner of A&C Liquid Assets in Kansas. The liquor store refuses to sell Smirnoff's 'non-GMO' vodka.

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Analyzing the critics shaping the debate

Gilles-Éric Séralini: Activist professor and face of anti-GMO industry

Gilles-Éric Séralini: Activist professor and face of anti-GMO industry

Environmental Working Group: Known for scare campaigns, EWG challenges safety of GMOs, food pesticide residues

Environmental Working Group: Known for scare campaigns, EWG challenges safety of GMOs, food pesticide residues

Genetic engineering is common practice in medicine and agriculture, but only the latter creates public concern. Is this fear of crop biotechnology justified?

Featured Infographic

Food waste is a worldwide problem. GMO crops can help.

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Agricultural Laws & Regs

Faster GMO crop import approvals in China could boost Brazil's already record-breaking soy exports

Faster GMO crop import approvals in China could boost Brazil’s already record-breaking soy exports

Using gene editing to improve animal welfare may quell fear of ‘Franken-animals’

Glyphosate-cancer lawsuits spur farmers to embrace ‘precision farming’ to help reduce chemical inputs

Ancestry & Evolution

Evolved adaptation: Challenges to Darwin's belief that mutations are random and neutral

Evolved adaptation: Challenges to Darwin’s belief that mutations are random and neutral

How plants have shaped the course of human history

Resurrecting Earth’s ancient enzymes in quest to make more effective drugs and chemicals

Biomedical Regs & Ethics

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Let’s say we can force the mosquito into extinction — should we do it?

Viewpoint: Why our nation needs to expand access to genetic counselors

How religious beliefs shape our thinking on cloning, stem cells and gene editing

Biomedicine & Disease

You sound down: Using AI to spot depression in a person’s voice

You sound down: Using AI to spot depression in a person’s voice

‘It’s not too late’: The quest to reverse autism at any age

Using machine learning to hunt for the origins of new viruses

Biotech Communications

Gene-edited foods are coming, but how will they be regulated, and will consumers eat them?

Gene-edited foods are coming, but how will they be regulated, and will consumers eat them?

‘Secret Ingredients’: Expert says the latest anti-GMO ‘shockumentary’ is clever, provocative—and wrong

‘Soylent,’ ‘clean meat,’ ‘Impossible Burger’: What we call food is just as important as how it tastes

Brain / Neuroscience

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As arguments rage over the sources of transgender identity, science weighs in

You sound down: Using AI to spot depression in a person’s voice

How we can improve mortality rates for people with mental illnesses

Chemicals & Pesticides

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Podcast: GLP’s Jon Entine on the spread of ‘chemophobia’

California judge orders expedited trial for couple alleging glyphosate caused their cancer

Organic fungicide copper sulfate poses dangers to humans, animals, insects—how does it compare to conventional pesticides?

Faster GMO crop import approvals in China could boost Brazil's already record-breaking soy exports

Faster GMO crop import approvals in China could boost Brazil’s already record-breaking soy exports

Soil salinity cuts crop yields worldwide, but salt-tolerant crops are on the horizon

Gene-edited foods are coming, but how will they be regulated, and will consumers eat them?

Gene Editing / CRISPR

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Should parents be allowed to use gene editing to determine the sexual orientation of their children?

How religious beliefs shape our thinking on cloning, stem cells and gene editing

BRCA mutations can be deadly or harmless. Now CRISPR can tell the difference

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Gene therapy for autism? Rare Angelman syndrome could answer key questions

CAR-T cell therapy and the promise of immune cells engineered to fight cancer

Can we afford gene therapy’s million-dollar price tags?

Health & Wellness

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Why probiotics could actually be bad for you

As arguments rage over the sources of transgender identity, science weighs in

How a father’s stresses alter sperm and can ‘leave his children scarred’

New Breeding Techniques

Hypoallergenic foods: Genetic engineering could help prevent 30,000 US ER visits annually

Hypoallergenic foods: Genetic engineering could help prevent 30,000 US ER visits annually

How scientists are using CRISPR to create non-GMO crops

With regulation bottlenecks surrounding biotechnology, how do gene-edited crops get from the lab to the farm?

Personal Genomics

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Casting doubt on whether our DNA can be tweaked to increase human lifespan

Emotions and memory: How your genes impact the way you see and feel the world

Should parents be allowed to use gene editing to determine the sexual orientation of their children?

Science of the Future

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‘Synthetic media’: How AI could make the era of ‘fake news’ far worse

Self-driving cars and life or death decisions: Who gets to define morality for these machines?

Search for extraterrestrial life could be hampered by drama surrounding NASA’s telescope dreams

Sustainability / GreenGenes

Soil salinity cuts crop yields worldwide, but salt-tolerant crops are on the horizon

Soil salinity cuts crop yields worldwide, but salt-tolerant crops are on the horizon

New plant breeding strategy could counter blight pathogen that wreaked havoc during Irish potato famine

How GMO crops can be engineered to ‘rehydrate’ after intense drought

Synthetic Biology

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Resurrecting scents that went extinct 100 years ago

Creating life from the ‘bottom up’: Can we make cells from scratch?

Cell-based, synthetic, cultured? Debate intensifies over what to call lab-grown meat