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Global Gene Editing Regulation Tracker

Our interactive GLP global map explains the status of each country’s regulations for human and agricultural gene editing and gene drives.

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Anti-GMO Advocacy Funding Tracker

This GLP project maps contributions by foundations to anti-biotech activists and compares it to pro-GMO industry spending.

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‘Rethinking Monsanto’: Ex-GMO skeptic explains what he got wrong about Big Ag and the pitfalls of plant breeding

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Will ‘cancel culture’ claim Darwin?

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What I got wrong: GMO skeptic turned crop biotech advocate explains his ‘slow-motion conversion’

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Why evolution always goes in one direction

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Another study finds glyphosate herbicide kills tumor cells. Is the much-maligned weedkiller a cancer fighter?

Cameron English

Viewpoint: Great Barrington Declaration arguing for herd immunity ‘takes page from denialist propaganda playbook’

GM insect-resistant Bt cotton boosted India’s crop yields? Activist study says no, but crop biotech experts say yes

Cameron English, Jon Entine, Matin Qaim

Final weeks to approval: NIH’s Anthony Fauci and FDA’s Peter Marks on what’s ahead before we can expect a safe COVID vaccine

October 20, 2020

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‘Rethinking Monsanto’: Ex-GMO skeptic explains what he got wrong about Big Ag and the pitfalls of plant breeding

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Viewpoint: Uganda battles anti-GMO, anti-vaccine coalition agitating against COVID-19 immunization

Peter Wamboga-Mugirya

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What I got wrong: GMO skeptic turned crop biotech advocate explains his ‘slow-motion conversion’

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Will ‘cancel culture’ claim Darwin?

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Why evolution always goes in one direction

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Another study finds glyphosate herbicide kills tumor cells. Is the much-maligned weedkiller a cancer fighter?

Cameron English

Viewpoint: Great Barrington Declaration arguing for herd immunity ‘takes page from denialist propaganda playbook’

GM insect-resistant Bt cotton boosted India’s crop yields? Activist study says no, but crop biotech experts say yes

Cameron English, Jon Entine, Matin Qaim

Final weeks to approval: NIH’s Anthony Fauci and FDA’s Peter Marks on what’s ahead before we can expect a safe COVID vaccine

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Podcast: Facebook vs junk science; ‘Brain-boosting’ supplements; Whole grains really healthy?

Cameron English, Kevin Folta | October 14, 2020

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Kevin Folta, Toby Bradshaw | August 28, 2020

Genetics Unzipped

Podcast: From Philadelphia to Baltimore—Tales of Chromosomes, Cancer Cells and Henrietta Lacks

Kat Arney | October 8, 2020

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Agricultural Laws & Regs

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Despite federal court ruling, California may put Prop 65 cancer label on glyphosate weedkiller

World Food Day: Post-pandemic food security and resilience in Bangladesh

Gene-edited crops approved by USDA jumps from 7 to 70 between 2019 and 2020

Ancestry & Evolution

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Why evolution always goes in one direction

Recreating the Neanderthal Y chromosome helps explain how modern humans emerged

Neanderthals probably were not full time cave dwellers

Biomedical Regs & Ethics

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Viewpoint: Uganda battles anti-GMO, anti-vaccine coalition agitating against COVID-19 immunization

Are vaccines now in development safe? The companies making them uniformly won’t release data

Controversial Great Barrington ‘focused protection’ herd immunity declaration finds support at the White House

Biomedicine & Disease

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Viewpoint: Uganda battles anti-GMO, anti-vaccine coalition agitating against COVID-19 immunization

COVID vaccine ‘bio-factories’: Step-by-step look at how GMO tobacco plants could help end the pandemic

Slideshow: Canine COVID detectors soon may be coming to an airport or business near you

Biotech Communications

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Wealthy countries fear GM crops, while developing nations say they will ‘mostly help,’ poll shows

Viewpoint: Uganda battles anti-GMO, anti-vaccine coalition agitating against COVID-19 immunization

What I got wrong: GMO skeptic turned crop biotech advocate explains his ‘slow-motion conversion’

Brain / Neuroscience

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These kinds of personality types are most likely to embrace conspiracy theories

Viewpoint: Trump’s inflammatory appeals triggered support for him in 2016. Here’s why scientists think it won’t happen again

It might soon be possible to shape your own dreams

Chemicals & Pesticides

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Despite federal court ruling, California may put Prop 65 cancer label on glyphosate weedkiller

Another study finds glyphosate herbicide kills tumor cells. Is the much-maligned weedkiller a cancer fighter?

Insect-resistant GM eggplant could boost Philippines’ crop yields 192%, reduce pesticide use 48%

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Biofortified GM crops may be a long-term solution to global micronutrient deficiencies

Rewilding farmland can protect biodiversity and sequester carbon, new study finds

Ending hunger: Researchers are giving smallholder farmers the wrong advice, study claims

Gene Editing / CRISPR

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‘Editing Humanity’: Kevin Davies’ new book on CRISPR, the ‘miracle of our age’

CRISPR pioneers Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna awarded 2020 Nobel Prize for Chemistry

Debate emerges over using CRISPR gene editing to prevent opioid overdoses

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Herpes cure? Gene therapy may work

Gene therapy for hemophilia delayed until 2022 after FDA rejects one-time treatment, shocking doctors and scientists

One year in, 9 boys with muscular dystrophy show remarkable progress from gene therapy

Health & Wellness

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Wealthy countries fear GM crops, while developing nations say they will ‘mostly help,’ poll shows

Infographic: Airlines have installed ‘hospital quality’ air circulation systems and other safety measures

CBD is hyped as a ‘miracle cure’ for just about everything. Here is the reality

New Breeding Techniques

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Gene-edited crops approved by USDA jumps from 7 to 70 between 2019 and 2020

COVID vaccine ‘bio-factories’: Step-by-step look at how GMO tobacco plants could help end the pandemic

Analysis: Problematic provisions in new USDA rule for GE plants

Personal Genomics

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How anti-Semitism shaped the genes of Jewish people

The Goldilocks phenomenon: Why as many as 45% of patients get COVID and show no symptoms

The Great migrations in the US in the first half of the 20th century show up in our genes

Science of the Future

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Scientists create mutant enzyme that chomps plastic bottles for lunch

4 of the most promising planets where we might find alien life

‘Editing Humanity’: Kevin Davies’ new book on CRISPR, the ‘miracle of our age’

Sustainability / GreenGenes

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Genetic engineering reveals how Venus flytrap spots prey, shedding light on plant’s short-term ‘memory’

What I got wrong: GMO skeptic turned crop biotech advocate explains his ‘slow-motion conversion’

Rewilding farmland can protect biodiversity and sequester carbon, new study finds

Synthetic Biology

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How do you make meat without animals? The 5-step ‘recipe’ for a lab-grown, cell-based burger

Synthetic biology ‘apps’: Here comes a revolution in medicine, chemicals, agriculture and food

‘We can’t make dinosaurs come to life – yet.’ How far can synthetic biology turn science fiction into fact?