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Podcast: Tackling ethical questions about CRISPR with GLP’s groundbreaking Global Gene Editing Regulation Tracker and Index

Bernadine Strik, Jon Entine, Kayleen Schreiber, Kevin Folta

Why the UK wants to share everything it knows about the genetics of 500,000 Britons

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Viewpoint: Glyphosate causes kidney disease? Debunking anti-GMO activist Vandana Shiva’s herbicide junk science

Alison Van Eenennaam

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Examining our history of advertising for OxyContin and other opioids: Have we learned enough about the dangers of addiction?

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Viewpoint: Is a coronavirus vaccine on the horizon? Antiquated FDA regulations make it unlikely one will emerge in the US

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Viewpoint: Free speech vs science—Should colleges invite anti-GMO speakers they know spread misinformation?

Alison Van Eenennaam

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Salt tolerant plants are on the horizon – and critical to address the looming crisis of a shortage of arable farm land

Tautvydas Shuipys

Featured Articles

February 24, 2020

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Searching for the ‘big break’ that could turn stem cells into a weapon against dementia

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Viewpoint: We can sustainably feed 10 billion people. Here’s how CRISPR and GMO crops can help

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Gene therapy shows success against some cancers and inherited disorders. Can it tackle obesity?

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Gene drives could revolutionize how we deal with pests—if the technology avoids the controversial fate of GMOs

Andrew Porterfield

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Podcast: Tackling ethical questions about CRISPR with GLP’s groundbreaking Global Gene Editing Regulation Tracker and Index

Bernadine Strik, Jon Entine, Kayleen Schreiber, Kevin Folta

Why the UK wants to share everything it knows about the genetics of 500,000 Britons

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Viewpoint: Glyphosate causes kidney disease? Debunking anti-GMO activist Vandana Shiva’s herbicide junk science

Alison Van Eenennaam

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Examining our history of advertising for OxyContin and other opioids: Have we learned enough about the dangers of addiction?

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Viewpoint: Is a coronavirus vaccine on the horizon? Antiquated FDA regulations make it unlikely one will emerge in the US

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Viewpoint: Free speech vs science—Should colleges invite anti-GMO speakers they know spread misinformation?

Alison Van Eenennaam

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Salt tolerant plants are on the horizon – and critical to address the looming crisis of a shortage of arable farm land

Tautvydas Shuipys

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Agricultural Laws & Regs

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Post Brexit, UK prepares to separate itself from anti-GMO and anti-gene editing farm policy at upcoming WTO summit

Podcast: Tackling ethical questions about CRISPR with GLP’s groundbreaking Global Gene Editing Regulation Tracker and Index

Viewpoint: FDA creating mess in its mishandling of animal gene editing regulations: Leave oversight to the USDA

Ancestry & Evolution

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Human brains have more in common with our ‘ape cousins’ than previously thought

Exploring the uneasy relationship between Charles Darwin and his skeptical publisher

Viewpoint: Biologist Jerry Coyne challenges view that sex is ‘a spectrum⁠, not a binary’⁠—such claims ‘undermine public trust in science’

Biomedical Regs & Ethics

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Gene therapy shows success against some cancers and inherited disorders. Can it tackle obesity?

Why the UK wants to share everything it knows about the genetics of 500,000 Britons

‘It’s the wild west out there’: Courts frequently use controversial psychological tests

Biomedicine & Disease

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Viewpoint: US spends huge on cancer medicine but doesn’t have a lot to show for it

Video: Why labs are printing synthetic copies of the coronavirus genome

Gene therapy shows success against some cancers and inherited disorders. Can it tackle obesity?

Biotech Communications

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GMO labeling manifesto: Probiotic company ZBiotics explains why it proudly displays the new USDA ‘Biogineered’ icon

African science literacy: Ugandan teachers are being trained in agricultural biotechnology

Viewpoint: Europe’s paranoid fear of chemicals fueled by disinterest in learning

Brain / Neuroscience

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‘There’s so much going on.’ Why human brains may be too complex to be ‘understood’

‘It’s the wild west out there’: Courts frequently use controversial psychological tests

Finding where ‘consciousness resides in the human brain’ could help us awaken comatose patients

Chemicals & Pesticides

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‘Bee-washing’ by advocacy groups and product pushers: We should shift the focus to native bees not honeybees

Kenya begins pesticide spraying to fight ‘locust swarm of the century’ but critics abound

Viewpoint: Europe’s paranoid fear of chemicals fueled by disinterest in learning

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‘Bee-washing’ by advocacy groups and product pushers: We should shift the focus to native bees not honeybees

Bucking US pressure, key European politicians pushing to make its farming policies a global green standard

Kenya begins pesticide spraying to fight ‘locust swarm of the century’ but critics abound

Gene Editing / CRISPR

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Dreaming of hypoallergenic cats and how CRISPR could ‘come to the rescue’

Why China scientist’s CRISPR baby scandal won’t be the last ethical ‘grenade’ for human gene editing

Immunotherapy breakthrough? CRISPR-edited immune cells proven safe for use in cancer patients in early stage trial

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900 gene therapy drugs are in the pipeline. How does the FDA want to regulate them?

Gene therapy for Alzheimer’s? Biotech startup suggests new approach, using dementia ‘off switch’

Teenager’s experimental gene therapy treatment could change the lives of millions of sickle cell patients worldwide

Health & Wellness

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Before Gwyneth Paltrow and Goop: 19th century’s Madame Yale and her ‘Religion of Beauty’

Mediterranean diet boosts gut bacteria linked to ‘healthy’ aging in older people, study shows

US birth rate hits record low—and that might be a good thing

New Breeding Techniques

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Podcast: Tackling ethical questions about CRISPR with GLP’s groundbreaking Global Gene Editing Regulation Tracker and Index

Viewpoint: FDA creating mess in its mishandling of animal gene editing regulations: Leave oversight to the USDA

CRISPR gene editing means more high-yield, disease-resistant crops likely to hit the market

Personal Genomics

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Whole genome sequencing could be the next big thing for consumers

Why the UK wants to share everything it knows about the genetics of 500,000 Britons

Consumers are losing interest in DNA tests. Is it ‘market saturation, privacy concerns, limited usefulness’?

Science of the Future

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This robotic face will wince if you hit it. How does it process pain?

Viewpoint: Artificial intelligence ‘without guard rails’ is growing global threat

Can artificial intelligence diagnose diseases? Promising apps in development but kinks remain

Sustainability / GreenGenes

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Bucking US pressure, key European politicians pushing to make its farming policies a global green standard

African farmers helping to grow quality seed for ‘neglected’ crops

Some organic farming advocates poised to embrace CRISPR and other New Breeding Techniques because of their sustainability benefits

Synthetic Biology

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Boosting Australia’s fire recovery by ‘terraforming’ damaged lands with synthetic biology

Re-engineering yeast to create biofuel appears possible, ‘but the effort involved is intimidating’

‘Living, self-healing xenobots’ made from frog stem cells could lead to new drug delivery system