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Global Gene Editing Regulation Tracker

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GLP 2021 Annual Report

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GLP Features

50+ scientists challenge Boston College, Florida International for hosting philosopher Vandana Shiva, disseminator of science disinformation on vaccines and crop biotechnology

50+ scientists challenge Boston College, Florida International for hosting philosopher Vandana Shiva, disseminator of science disinformation on vaccines and crop biotechnology

homo sapiens ruled the earth

8 billion milestone: Here’s the story of how Homo sapiens came to rule the earth

GLP Podcast: Smoking, drinking fueled by genetics? Women more empathetic than men; Enthusiasm for HIV vaccine wanes

GLP Podcast: Smoking, drinking fueled by genetics? Women more empathetic than men; Enthusiasm for HIV vaccine wanes

Cameron English, Kevin Folta

Have any of Earth's creatures stopped evolving?

Have any of Earth’s creatures stopped evolving?

David Warmflash

GLP Podcast: Smoking, drinking fueled by genetics? Women more empathetic than men; Enthusiasm for HIV vaccine wanes

GLP Podcast: Smoking, drinking fueled by genetics? Women more empathetic than men; Enthusiasm for HIV vaccine wanes

Cameron English, Kevin Folta

As seafood demand soars and the ocean is denuded of fish, plant-based salmon offers sustainable path forward

As seafood demand soars and the ocean is denuded of fish, plant-based salmon offers sustainable path forward

Nazimi Açıkgöz

It’s not just humans that get COVID — other animals are susceptible too

It’s not just humans that get COVID — other animals are susceptible too

Viewpoint: Why leftist GMO rejectionists should take notice of Cuba's emergence as biomedicine and ag-biotech innovator

Viewpoint: Why leftist GMO rejectionists should take notice of Cuba’s emergence as biomedicine and ag-biotech innovator

Cystic fibrosis chronicle: Why has the often-deadly CF gene not passed out of the human genome? And what new treatments are being developed?

Cystic fibrosis chronicle: Why has the often-deadly CF gene not passed out of the human genome? And what new treatments are being developed?

Viewpoint: Controversial EU ruling banning neonicotinoid pesticides that will devastate beet industry is not based on evidence-based science

Viewpoint: Controversial EU ruling banning neonicotinoid pesticides that will devastate beet industry is not based on evidence-based science

Gil Rivière Wekstein

Featured Articles

homo sapiens ruled the earth

8 billion milestone: Here’s the story of how Homo sapiens came to rule the earth

Have any of Earth's creatures stopped evolving?

Have any of Earth’s creatures stopped evolving?

David Warmflash

50+ scientists challenge Boston College, Florida International for hosting philosopher Vandana Shiva, disseminator of science disinformation on vaccines and crop biotechnology

50+ scientists challenge Boston College, Florida International for hosting philosopher Vandana Shiva, disseminator of science disinformation on vaccines and crop biotechnology

Here's a primer on the technology behind lab-grown meat

Here’s a primer on the technology behind lab-grown meat

GLP Podcast: Smoking, drinking fueled by genetics? Women more empathetic than men; Enthusiasm for HIV vaccine wanes

GLP Podcast: Smoking, drinking fueled by genetics? Women more empathetic than men; Enthusiasm for HIV vaccine wanes

Cameron English, Kevin Folta

As seafood demand soars and the ocean is denuded of fish, plant-based salmon offers sustainable path forward

As seafood demand soars and the ocean is denuded of fish, plant-based salmon offers sustainable path forward

Nazimi Açıkgöz

It’s not just humans that get COVID — other animals are susceptible too

It’s not just humans that get COVID — other animals are susceptible too

Viewpoint: Why leftist GMO rejectionists should take notice of Cuba's emergence as biomedicine and ag-biotech innovator

Viewpoint: Why leftist GMO rejectionists should take notice of Cuba’s emergence as biomedicine and ag-biotech innovator

Cystic fibrosis chronicle: Why has the often-deadly CF gene not passed out of the human genome? And what new treatments are being developed?

Cystic fibrosis chronicle: Why has the often-deadly CF gene not passed out of the human genome? And what new treatments are being developed?

Viewpoint: Controversial EU ruling banning neonicotinoid pesticides that will devastate beet industry is not based on evidence-based science

Viewpoint: Controversial EU ruling banning neonicotinoid pesticides that will devastate beet industry is not based on evidence-based science

Gil Rivière Wekstein

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Podcast: Gene-edited mixed salad greens are coming in 2023, one of the first CRISPR foods to be released

Podcast: Gene-edited mixed salad greens are coming in 2023, one of the first CRISPR foods to be released

Willie Vogt | February 6, 2023

GLP Podcast: Smoking, drinking fueled by genetics? Women more empathetic than men; Enthusiasm for HIV vaccine wanes

GLP Podcast: Smoking, drinking fueled by genetics? Women more empathetic than men; Enthusiasm for HIV vaccine wanes

Cameron English, Kevin Folta | February 2, 2023

Food & Ag Daily Digest

News from Around the Web

No extinct species has yet been brought back to life. Not discouraged, Colossal Biosciences adds the Dodo to its list of de-extinction targets

Isaac Schultz | Gizmodo

Viewpoint: ‘One of the greatest human accomplishments’ — GM insect-resistant cowpea quintuples yields without pesticides

Joe Cornelius | Agri-Pulse

Podcast: Gene-edited mixed salad greens are coming in 2023, one of the first CRISPR foods to be released

Willie Vogt | Farm Progress

CRISPR could protect crops from pest infestations without chemicals but innovation slowed by current regulations

Emma Merchant | MIT Technology Review

From 2,000 to 330,000: Monarch butterfly count soars in California since 2020 low — but still far below millions in the 1980s

Olga Rodriguez | Associated Press

Viewpoint: Deciding between growing conventional or biotech crops in Africa? Here’s what farmers need to know

Charles Matlou, Octavia Avesca Spandiel | Food For Mzansi

Human Daily Digest

News from Around the Web

SCOTUS expected to decide on women’s access to abortion pills by summer

Christine Vestal | Pew Charitable Trusts

Challenging ‘blank slate’ theories: Most evolutionary researchers agree genes play outsized role in shaping human behavior

Daniel Kruger | University of Michigan

How Neanderthals thrived hunting prehistoric elephants

Chris Lefkow, Lucie Aubourg | Phys.org

Zinc fingers: New AI-powered biotech innovation could offer unique advantages over CRISPR when building gene-editing disease therapies

Christopher McFadden | Interesting Engineering

CRISPR gene editing can treat heart disease and repair damaged tissue after a heart attack

Corrie Pelc | Medical News Today

Hike a day keeps the doctor away? Spending time in nature could reduce need for anxiety and blood pressure medications, study suggests

Sheri Walsh | United Press International (UPI)

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GLP Library Search

The GLP Library contains over 30,000 articles—it is among the largest online repositories of genetics knowledge

Agricultural Laws & Regs

CRISPR could protect crops from pest infestations without chemicals but innovation slowed by current regulations

CRISPR could protect crops from pest infestations without chemicals but innovation slowed by current regulations

Kenyan GMO debate: ‘Widespread disinformation on GMOs and biotechnology makes the task of educating the public an onerous one’

It’s been 1 year since the FDA required labels for food made with genetically modified crops. How have consumers reacted?

Ancestry & Evolution

Challenging ‘blank slate’ theories of human behavior: Most evolutionary researchers agree genes plays outsized role in shaping behavior

Challenging ‘blank slate’ theories: Most evolutionary researchers agree genes play outsized role in shaping human behavior

How Neanderthals thrived hunting prehistoric elephants

No extinct species has yet been brought back to life. Not discouraged, Colossal Biosciences adds the Dodo to its list of de-extinction targets

Biomedicine & Disease

GLP Podcast: Smoking, drinking fueled by genetics? Women more empathetic than men; Enthusiasm for HIV vaccine wanes

GLP Podcast: Smoking, drinking fueled by genetics? Women more empathetic than men; Enthusiasm for HIV vaccine wanes

AIDS vaccine: Why the COVID shot was developed so quickly but one for HIV remains elusive

Cystic fibrosis chronicle: Why has the often-deadly CF gene not passed out of the human genome? And what new treatments are being developed?

Biotech Communications

Kenyan GMO debate: ‘Widespread disinformation on GMOs and biotechnology makes the task of educating the public an onerous one’

Kenyan GMO debate: ‘Widespread disinformation on GMOs and biotechnology makes the task of educating the public an onerous one’

50+ scientists challenge Boston College, Florida International for hosting philosopher Vandana Shiva, disseminator of science disinformation on vaccines and crop biotechnology

Low serotonin is not a cause of depression? Controversial study spawns misinformation about the effectiveness of SSRIs

Brain / Neuroscience

Video: Why and how consciousness evolved?

Video: Why and how did consciousness evolve?

Cancer vaccine progress: CRISPR-developed shot stops brain tumors in mice

Autism diagnoses tripled in the 2000s. More accurate assessments, genetics and environmental factors likely culprits

Chemicals & Pesticides

Viewpoint: Controversial EU ruling banning neonicotinoid pesticides that will devastate beet industry is not based on evidence-based science

Viewpoint: Controversial EU ruling banning neonicotinoid pesticides that will devastate beet industry is not based on evidence-based science

Viewpoint: Challenging fearmongering — Environmental Working Group’s annual ‘Dirty Dozen’ uses chemophobia to scare people about safe produce

Viewpoint: Toxic torts — Taxpayers each pay over $1000 a year to subsidize ambulance-chasing lawyers targeting agriculture products

Cuba poised for production of wheat modified by radiation mutagenesis that adapts to extreme heat and climate fluctuations

Cuba poised for production of wheat modified by radiation mutagenesis that adapts to extreme heat and climate fluctuations

Europe’s sugar beet crop faces potentially devastating consequences in wake of EU court ruling blocking countries’ ability to grant neonicotinoid pesticide use exemptions

67 tons: Harvest of first commercial-quality GMO beta carotene-enriched Golden Rice nears completion in Philippines

‘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

CRISPR gene editing can treat heart disease and repair damaged tissue after a heart attack

CRISPR gene editing can treat heart disease and repair damaged tissue after a heart attack

Viewpoint: Malaria kills half a million people each year. Here’s how CRISPR gene edited mosquitoes could end this scourge

Cancer vaccine progress: CRISPR-developed shot stops brain tumors in mice

Single shot genetic cures are coming. Will insurance companies pay for these multi-million dollar therapies?

Single shot genetic cures are coming. Will insurance companies pay for these multi-million dollar therapies?

Gene therapy update: More than 2,000 treatments are in development worldwide as revolution spreads to low- and middle-income countries

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

Health & Wellness

Mouthfeel: Here’s why we find chocolate so irresistible

Mouthfeel: Here’s why we find chocolate so irresistible

Challenging the belief that ‘eating soy-based foods can increase the risk of breast cancer’ and 9 other nutrition myths

Anti-vaccine beliefs stoke growing cases of measles and chickenpox in the US

New Breeding Techniques

CRISPR could protect crops from pest infestations without chemicals but innovation slowed by current regulations

CRISPR could protect crops from pest infestations without chemicals but innovation slowed by current regulations

CRISPR co-creator: 2023 sees mobilization of gene editing to develop crops that resist climate change, as world food demand rises

‘Like turning on a light-switch’: Gene-edited duckweed poised to revolutionize biofuel by eating up pollution and spitting out oil

Personal Genomics

‘We’ve found 1-in-a-million type of cancers’: A common prenatal blood test ‘accidentally’ identifies rare tumors

‘We’ve found 1-in-a-million type of cancers’: A common prenatal blood test accidentally identifies rare tumors

Do you drink alcohol or smoke tobacco? Your genes may play a role

2022 in genetics: 8 discoveries that are changing our understanding of the world

Science of the Future

AI Chat GPT summaries fool even expert scientists

AI Chat GPT research summaries fool even expert scientists

How do we build houses on Mars? Bricks made of bacteria and fungi filaments could help

What should you say to a potential date? AI takes on the online dating world

Sustainability & Climate

From 2,000 to 330,000: Monarch butterfly count soars in California since 2020 low — but still far below millions in the 1980s

From 2,000 to 330,000: Monarch butterfly count soars in California since 2020 low — but still far below millions in the 1980s

Big Meat is alive and thriving: Plant-based and cellular meat may be a commercial flop

Here’s a primer on the technology behind lab-grown meat

Synthetic Biology

Big Meat is alive and thriving: Plant-based and cellular meat may be a commercial flop

Big Meat is alive and thriving: Plant-based and cellular meat may be a commercial flop

Here’s a primer on the technology behind lab-grown meat

Viewpoint: It’s time for consumers to get over the ‘ick factor’ of lab-created food