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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.

GLP Features

GLP Podcast: Chemical risks doubled in five years? Vaccines from plants; Henrietta Lacks’ stolen cells

GLP Podcast: Chemical risks doubled in five years? Vaccines from plants; Henrietta Lacks’ stolen cells

Cameron English, Kevin Folta

Gene editing and agriculture: Challenges and opportunities to significantly address climate change

Gene editing and agriculture: Challenges and opportunities to significantly address climate change

David Hart, Robert Rozansky, Val Giddings

More than 5,000 US children recovered from COVID — then the virus roared back at life-threatening levels. Here's what we know

More than 5,000 US children recovered from COVID — then the virus roared back at life-threatening levels. Here’s what we know

Viewpoint: Do phthalates and other chemicals used in food packaging threaten your health, as recent headlines claim? Here’s the science

Viewpoint: Do phthalates and other chemicals used in food packaging threaten your health, as recent headlines claim? Here’s the science

Susan Goldhaber

Viewpoint: Gilles-Éric Séralini, Vandana Shiva, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. — Anti-GMO characters join together in book diatribe misrepresenting the science about glyphosate and Monsanto

Viewpoint: Gilles-Éric Séralini, Vandana Shiva, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. — Anti-GMO characters join together in book diatribe misrepresenting the science about glyphosate and Monsanto

Andrew Porterfield

Learning about early human development from an aborted embryo

Learning about early human development from an aborted embryo

Viewpoint: Organic industry-funded EWG issues absurd critique of EPA science-based regulation of chemicals in public water systems

Viewpoint: Organic industry-funded EWG issues absurd critique of EPA science-based regulation of chemicals in public water systems

Susan Goldhaber

How soon will we be able to breed allergy-free cats?

How soon will we be able to breed allergy-free cats?

Temma Ehrenfeld

A nutritionist reflects on the sad state of health education about GMOs and farming at schools and universities

Climate change-induced health problems and deaths are accelerating

Climate change-induced health problems and deaths are accelerating

Seth Borenstein

Featured Articles

Gene editing and agriculture: Challenges and opportunities to significantly address climate change

Gene editing and agriculture: Challenges and opportunities to significantly address climate change

David Hart, Robert Rozansky, Val Giddings

GLP Podcast: Chemical risks doubled in five years? Vaccines from plants; Henrietta Lacks’ stolen cells

GLP Podcast: Chemical risks doubled in five years? Vaccines from plants; Henrietta Lacks’ stolen cells

Cameron English, Kevin Folta

More than 5,000 US children recovered from COVID — then the virus roared back at life-threatening levels. Here's what we know

More than 5,000 US children recovered from COVID — then the virus roared back at life-threatening levels. Here’s what we know

Viewpoint: Do phthalates and other chemicals used in food packaging threaten your health, as recent headlines claim? Here’s the science

Viewpoint: Do phthalates and other chemicals used in food packaging threaten your health, as recent headlines claim? Here’s the science

Susan Goldhaber

Viewpoint: Gilles-Éric Séralini, Vandana Shiva, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. — Anti-GMO characters join together in book diatribe misrepresenting the science about glyphosate and Monsanto

Viewpoint: Gilles-Éric Séralini, Vandana Shiva, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. — Anti-GMO characters join together in book diatribe misrepresenting the science about glyphosate and Monsanto

Andrew Porterfield

Learning about early human development from an aborted embryo

Learning about early human development from an aborted embryo

Viewpoint: Organic industry-funded EWG issues absurd critique of EPA science-based regulation of chemicals in public water systems

Viewpoint: Organic industry-funded EWG issues absurd critique of EPA science-based regulation of chemicals in public water systems

Susan Goldhaber

How soon will we be able to breed allergy-free cats?

How soon will we be able to breed allergy-free cats?

Temma Ehrenfeld

A nutritionist reflects on the sad state of health education about GMOs and farming at schools and universities

Climate change-induced health problems and deaths are accelerating

Climate change-induced health problems and deaths are accelerating

Seth Borenstein

GLP Podcasts More...

GLP Podcast: Chemical risks doubled in five years? Vaccines from plants; Henrietta Lacks’ stolen cells

GLP Podcast: Chemical risks doubled in five years? Vaccines from plants; Henrietta Lacks’ stolen cells

Cameron English, Kevin Folta | December 9, 2021

GLP Podcast: At-home dementia test raises concerns; mRNA flu vaccines? Chemical-free pesticides

GLP Podcast: At-home dementia test raises concerns; mRNA flu vaccines? Chemical-free pesticides

Cameron English, Kevin Folta | December 2, 2021

GLP Podcast: Monsanto owns farmers? Evolution of pet parenting; Soylent abandons GMO advocacy

GLP Podcast: Monsanto owns farmers? Evolution of pet parenting; Soylent abandons GMO advocacy

Cameron English, Kevin Folta | November 22, 2021

Food & Ag Daily Digest

News from Around the Web

Viewpoint: Scientific American article claiming pesticides harm beetles and earthworms is ‘more hype than substance’

Jack DeWitt | AGDAILY

Nigeria needs biotechnology to weather climate change impacts on farming, say West African scientists

Joan Conrow | Cornell Alliance for Science

4 million tons of rice is destroyed each year to flooding in Southeast Asia. This genetically-engineered rice variety could limit losses

Marcelle Hutchins, Scott Tong | WBUR

Yearning for self-reliance and wary of imports, China edges closer to bucking wary public and embracing GMOs

Adam Minter | Bloomberg

The world’s most popular banana variety is under threat of extinction — and genetic engineering solutions are blocked. Here are alternatives.

Oliver Morrison | Food Navigator

No bones, no scales, no waste: Is that enough to convince consumers to eat cultured, cell-based seafood?

Emily Waltz | Nature

Human Daily Digest

News from Around the Web

What are the chances that we’ll get a universal flu vaccine?

Matthew Hutson | New Yorker

Sleep and screen time: Digital tools auto-transmit helpful data from your smartphone to your therapist

Laura Landro | Wall Street Journal

Evidence emerges that this early human species swung from trees but also walked upright

Lauren Fuge | Cosmos

Life span vs. health span: How physical activity wards off age-related disease

Daniel Lieberman, Elizabeth Cooney | STAT

Couples undergoing IVF can get genetic testing to prevent birth defects

Richa Jagtap | Health Site

Viagra could cut risk of Alzheimer’s disease by as much as 70%

Peter Dockrill | Science Alert

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GLP Library Search

The GLP Library contains over 25,000 articles—it is among the largest online repositories of genetics knowledge

Agricultural Laws & Regs

Viewpoint: 'Plant breeding innovations help ramp up food production while making farms more climate resilient, profitable, and environmentally friendly'

Viewpoint: ‘Plant breeding innovations help ramp up food production while making farms more climate resilient, profitable, and environmentally friendly’

USDA’s bioengineered label is coming soon. What can it tell consumers?

Viewpoint: Gilles-Éric Séralini, Vandana Shiva, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. — Anti-GMO characters join together in book diatribe misrepresenting the science about glyphosate and Monsanto

Ancestry & Evolution

Life span vs. health span: How physical activity wards off age-related disease

Life span vs. health span: How physical activity wards off age-related disease

‘Many sites were hidden in plain sight’: How digital tools are revolutionizing archeology

Are humans doomed to go extinct?

Biomedicine & Disease

How did the Delta variant impact vaccine efficacy?

How did the Delta variant impact vaccine efficacy?

Slew of injection-free COVID vaccines are in the pipeline

GLP Podcast: Chemical risks doubled in five years? Vaccines from plants; Henrietta Lacks’ stolen cells

Biotech Communications

‘Misinformation kills’: Websites cataloguing unvaccinated people who died from COVID stir controversy

‘Misinformation kills’: Websites cataloguing unvaccinated people who died from COVID stir controversy

A nutritionist reflects on the sad state of health education about GMOs and farming at schools and universities

‘Critical Race Theory’ critics set sights on suicide prevention programs, claiming they ‘indoctrinate’ students

Brain / Neuroscience

Scentless chemical in human body odor triggers protective mechanism in men and aggression in women

Scentless chemical in human body odor triggers protective mechanism in men and aggression in women

Video: UHI (unexplained health incidents) — What’s the science behind the Havana Syndrome?

Pregnancy and cannabis: Maternal marijuana use linked to stress, anxiety, aggression and hyperactivity in children

Chemicals & Pesticides

GLP Podcast: Chemical risks doubled in five years? Vaccines from plants; Henrietta Lacks’ stolen cells

GLP Podcast: Chemical risks doubled in five years? Vaccines from plants; Henrietta Lacks’ stolen cells

Viewpoint: Gilles-Éric Séralini, Vandana Shiva, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. — Anti-GMO characters join together in book diatribe misrepresenting the science about glyphosate and Monsanto

Viewpoint: Challenging the damaging myth that agrochemicals are the biggest threat to bees

Yearning for self-reliance and wary of imports, China edges closer to bucking wary public and embracing GMOs

Yearning for self-reliance and wary of imports, China edges closer to bucking wary public and embracing GMOs

The world’s most popular banana variety is under threat of extinction — and genetic engineering solutions are blocked. Here are alternatives.

Red-fleshed apples: The story behind the genetic anomaly with health and nutritional benefits

How epigenetics is poised to revolutionize food, farming and animal agriculture

How epigenetics is poised to revolutionize food, farming and animal agriculture

How tall will your children be? Here are the nature versus nurture factors

‘Genetic pain’: Prince Harry’s comments stir controversial debate over whether we can inherit our parents’ traumas

Gene Editing / CRISPR

Could CRISPR gene editing be a solution to antibiotic-resistant superbugs?

Could CRISPR gene editing be a solution to antibiotic-resistant superbugs?

CRISPR poised to move from the research laboratory to direct patient care

Video: What are the benefits — and potential threats — of the CRISPR gene editing revolution?

Gene therapy evolves to treat blood cancers and numerous other rare disorders

Gene therapy evolves to treat blood cancers and numerous other rare disorders

One-and-done intravenous gene editing infusion might eventually be able to cure HIV

mRNA COVID vaccines were decades in the making

Health & Wellness

Life span vs. health span: How physical activity wards off age-related disease

Life span vs. health span: How physical activity wards off age-related disease

Couples undergoing IVF can get genetic testing to prevent birth defects

The COVID vaccine mandate sharply divided one Washington state hospital

New Breeding Techniques

Yearning for self-reliance and wary of imports, China edges closer to bucking wary public and embracing GMOs

Yearning for self-reliance and wary of imports, China edges closer to bucking wary public and embracing GMOs

Viewpoint: How can we ensure disease-resistant CRISPR livestock are treated ethically?

Viewpoint: ‘As climate changes, we urgently need to engineer plants to withstand harsher climates’

Personal Genomics

Genome sequencing for newborns can save lives. Should governments mandate it?

Genome sequencing for newborns can save lives. Should governments mandate it?

What worms and fruit flies can tell us about living past 100

There could be a genetic link between your mental health and where you choose to live

Science of the Future

Can cell-cultured breast milk provide parents with another option?

Can cell-cultured breast milk provide parents with another option?

Taiwan Ironman project: Exoskeleton gives soldiers superstrength

Lab-grown fats may be key ingredient in diets of the future

Sustainability / GreenGenes

Nigeria needs biotechnology to weather climate change impacts on farming, say West African scientists

Nigeria needs biotechnology to weather climate change impacts on farming, say West African scientists

4 million tons of rice is destroyed each year to flooding in Southeast Asia. This genetically-engineered rice variety could limit losses

No bones, no scales, no waste: Is that enough to convince consumers to eat cultured, cell-based seafood?

Synthetic Biology

Can cell-cultured breast milk provide parents with another option?

Can cell-cultured breast milk provide parents with another option?

Animal-free real dairy products are beginning to roll out

Synthetic biology in Africa: ‘Golden opportunity’ once regulations are in place