Featured Stories Sep 21, 2017
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CRISPR opens window into early stages of human embryo development
Work in the UK involving CRISPR and human embryos illustrates the value of the gene editing technique in basic research at a time when attention has been focused on its potential for germline editing and creating designer babies.
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Reconsidering LSD, other psychedelic drugs for treating depression, anxiety
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‘Designer babies’ just around the corner? More scare than science
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Genetics and obesity: Expanding waistlines can’t be blamed on poor lifestyle choices alone
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Will the public embrace CRISPR to ‘edit out’ birth defects as it has other reproductive technologies?
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Did GMO connection prompt Gates Foundation to halt support for corn-aflatoxin breakthrough?
When Gates Foundation reviewers rejected a researcher’s bid for new funding, one of the reasons cited was a concern over public acceptance of a GMO solution for the troublesome corn toxin.
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Intensive modern farming, not organics, credited with reducing greenhouse gases
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Left and right share anti-science instincts, rooted in fears of ideological misuse
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9 misdirected arguments against GMOs
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Viewpoint: Anti-GMO online series promotes fear and ‘less sustainable’ farming
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Profiling the critics shaping the debate
IARC (International Agency for Research on Cancer): Glyphosate cancer determination challenged by world consensus
Despite every other major health agency, including three others at the World Health Organization, finding glyphosate does not cause cancer, IARC continues to stand behind its controversial claim.
Jane Goodall: Famed chimp researcher embraces questionable science on GMOs, gene drives
Primatologist has stirred controversy because of her vocal opposition to crop biotechnology, and more recently, CRISPR gene editing, and her promotion of what many scientists say is quack science.