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Global Gene Editing Regulation Tracker

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GLP Features

Live to 150? That’s what some AI algorithms claim is possible. What does the science say?

Live to 150? That’s what some AI algorithms claim is possible. What does the science say?

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Do GMO farmers ‘douse’ their fields in glyphosate and other agrochemicals?

Podcast: Should you clone your pets? Drought-tolerant crops work; We really need more antibiotics

Podcast: Should you clone your pets? Drought-tolerant crops work; We really need more antibiotics

Cameron English, Kevin Folta

‘There’s quite a rich world inside their minds’: As evidence grows that insects can feel emotions and pain, should we protect them in research?

‘There’s quite a rich world inside their minds’: As evidence grows that insects can feel emotions and pain, should we protect them in research?

Katarina Zimmer

Part II: Viewpoint — Kenyan protestors aggressively promote disinformation in campaign to scuttle GM crop imports and cultivation

Part II: Viewpoint — Kenyan protestors aggressively promote disinformation in campaign to scuttle GM crop imports and cultivation

Peter Wamboga-Mugirya

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‘Molding science to fit ideology’: 5 ways the Nazis leveraged pseudoscience to support fascism

Part II: Jewish skeletal remains in a Norwich well — Do they undermine the controversial theory of ‘Jewish IQ’?

Part II: Jewish skeletal remains in a Norwich well — Do they undermine the controversial theory of ‘Jewish IQ’?

Patrick Whittle

Part I: Analysis — Secret alliance: How Kenyan anti-GMO activists are scrambling to block President’s decision authorizing GM corn imports and local cultivation

Peter Wamboga-Mugirya

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Insect food? Public skepticism remains a major hurdle but here is the sustainability case for including them in our diet

Peter Alexander

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‘The Price of Immortality’: How long can gene therapy and cellular regeneration extend life?

Featured Articles

Live to 150? That’s what some AI algorithms claim is possible. What does the science say?

Live to 150? That’s what some AI algorithms claim is possible. What does the science say?

ag chemicals x

Do GMO farmers ‘douse’ their fields in glyphosate and other agrochemicals?

‘There’s quite a rich world inside their minds’: As evidence grows that insects can feel emotions and pain, should we protect them in research?

‘There’s quite a rich world inside their minds’: As evidence grows that insects can feel emotions and pain, should we protect them in research?

Katarina Zimmer

Podcast: Should you clone your pets? Drought-tolerant crops work; We really need more antibiotics

Podcast: Should you clone your pets? Drought-tolerant crops work; We really need more antibiotics

Cameron English, Kevin Folta

Part II: Viewpoint — Kenyan protestors aggressively promote disinformation in campaign to scuttle GM crop imports and cultivation

Part II: Viewpoint — Kenyan protestors aggressively promote disinformation in campaign to scuttle GM crop imports and cultivation

Peter Wamboga-Mugirya

eugenics testing

‘Molding science to fit ideology’: 5 ways the Nazis leveraged pseudoscience to support fascism

Part II: Jewish skeletal remains in a Norwich well — Do they undermine the controversial theory of ‘Jewish IQ’?

Part II: Jewish skeletal remains in a Norwich well — Do they undermine the controversial theory of ‘Jewish IQ’?

Patrick Whittle

Part I: Analysis — Secret alliance: How Kenyan anti-GMO activists are scrambling to block President’s decision authorizing GM corn imports and local cultivation

Peter Wamboga-Mugirya

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Insect food? Public skepticism remains a major hurdle but here is the sustainability case for including them in our diet

Peter Alexander

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‘The Price of Immortality’: How long can gene therapy and cellular regeneration extend life?

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Podcast: Should you clone your pets? Drought-tolerant crops work; We really need more antibiotics

Podcast: Should you clone your pets? Drought-tolerant crops work; We really need more antibiotics

Cameron English, Kevin Folta | December 15, 2022

Podcast: Life-saving snake venom? Palm oil from gene-edited soybeans; Fighting plastic pollution with biotech

Podcast: Life-saving snake venom? Palm oil from gene-edited soybeans; Fighting plastic pollution with biotech

Cameron English, Kevin Folta | December 8, 2022

Food & Ag Daily Digest

News from Around the Web

Misinformation has stymied conversation on genetic innovations in food. Here’s how climate change, the war in Ukraine and rising scientific literacy are changing people’s minds

Jon Entine, Sarah Davidson Evanega | YouTube

Viewpoint: ‘Less starvation and less malnutrition are a priceless benefit of GM crops’

Robert Paarlberg, Stuart Smyth | Western Producer

Preventing billions of rooster chick deaths annually: Here’s how gene editing could end the culling of male chickens

Pallab Ghosh | BBC News

GM crops safe and viable option for Africa, say African science academy experts

Joseph Maina | Cornell Alliance for Science

Precision agriculture, satellites and drones critical to feed 800 million food-insecure people

Ismahane Elouafi | Parliament Magazine

Addressing the plague of invasive mice: This gene drive solution could totally remove island pests

Kristin Houser | Freethink

Human Daily Digest

News from Around the Web

Minding the climate: How studying the brain can help us solve the world’s environmental crisis

Somini Sengupta | New York Times

Viewpoint: Evolutionary theory is predicated on gender equality. Here’s why

Nigel Barber | Psychology Today

GOP House house report claims possible link of COVID to China biological weapons

Adam Sabes, Kelly Laco | Fox News

Single-dose CRISPR gene editing technology helps train patients’ immune systems to fight cancer

Beth JoJack | Medical News Today

What can teeth tell us about how human pregnancy evolved?

Tessa Koumoundouros | Science Alert

Zimbabwe has just 19 psychiatrists for 15 million people. Here’s how they’re transforming mental health care — and what the US could learn from this paradigm

Sigal Samuel | Vox

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Agricultural Laws & Regs

Part II: Viewpoint — Kenyan protestors aggressively promote disinformation in campaign to scuttle GM crop imports and cultivation

Part II: Viewpoint — Kenyan protestors aggressively promote disinformation in campaign to scuttle GM crop imports and cultivation

Viewpoint: Philippines’ food security crisis will continue to deepen without disruptive biotechnology innovations

Part I: Analysis — Secret alliance: How Kenyan anti-GMO activists are scrambling to block President’s decision authorizing GM corn imports and local cultivation

Ancestry & Evolution

The evolution of pregnancy

What can teeth tell us about how human pregnancy evolved?

As plants fight each other for access to sunlight, shorter crops with ‘unselfish’ genes could be more productive

Plaque on our teeth reveals secrets of our ancient ancestors

Biomedicine & Disease

3+ million lives saved: COVID vaccines prevented mass death in the US

3+ million lives saved: COVID vaccines prevented mass death in the US

Universal mRNA-based vaccine targeting 20 types of flu is a real possibility

7 to 10 years: That’s how long it’s expected to take to develop cutting-edge male contraceptives

Biotech Communications

GM crops safe and viable option for Africa, say African science academy experts

GM crops safe and viable option for Africa, say African science academy experts

‘There’s quite a rich world inside their minds’: As evidence grows that insects can feel emotions and pain, should we protect them in research?

Podcast: Should you clone your pets? Drought-tolerant crops work; We really need more antibiotics

Brain / Neuroscience

America should follow poorer countries examples in mental health

Zimbabwe has just 19 psychiatrists for 15 million people. Here’s how they’re transforming mental health care — and what the US could learn from this paradigm

COVID survivors show lingering brain abnormalities up to 6 months after infection

Do you know a second alphabet? Additional written languages give bilingual people’s brains a boost

Chemicals & Pesticides

Viewpoint: Pollinator ecotoxicologist on how much danger current pesticides pose to honeybees

Viewpoint: Pollinator ecotoxicologist on how much danger current pesticides pose to honeybees

Pesticides are critical to grow food, but concerns are widespread. Here’s why they are overblown – and a look at the cutting-edge RNA genetic tools designed to reduce health risks even more

Viewpoint: Environmental activists promote myth that farmers over-apply pesticides on US farmland

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Insect food? Public skepticism remains a major hurdle but here is the sustainability case for including them in our diet

Philadelphia Cream Cheese launches plant-based version

Reversal: As Kenyans face escalating threats of hunger, country’s High Court temporarily suspends import of GM corn

‘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

How CRISPR could help lower LDL

Poor cholesterol? A gene-edited solution could lower ‘bad’ LDL and reduce heart disease risk

Viewpoint: Gene editing is revolutionizing medicine — but it opens a Pandora’s box of ethical questions

Viewpoint: ‘What’s the biological equivalent of an atomic bomb’? Here’s how the gene editing revolution could go astray

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

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

Gene therapy approvals now at four with treatments for inherited anemia and degenerative brain condition — but costs are stratospheric. Why?

Novel gene therapy study offers hope for definitive colorblindness cure

Health & Wellness

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Viewpoint: ‘Less starvation and less malnutrition are a priceless benefit of GM crops’

Natural, plant-based air purifiers? This bioengineered houseplant can clean pollutants from the air

Bioactive compounds from potatoes and tomatoes could help us create new cancer drugs

New Breeding Techniques

Preventing billions of rooster chick deaths annually: Here’s how gene editing could end the culling of male chickens

Preventing billions of rooster chick deaths annually: Here’s how gene editing could end the culling of male chickens

Addressing the plague of invasive mice: This gene drive solution could totally remove island pests

Viewpoint: It’s a bad idea to ‘recognize anti-science reasoning’ by imposing overly stringent regulations on Canadian gene-edited crops

Personal Genomics

Snatched as a baby 51 years ago, woman reunited with her family after a 23-and-Me DNA match

Snatched as a baby 51 years ago, woman reunited with her family after a 23-and-Me DNA match

How do genes interact with culture to shape food preferences?

What is ‘genetic nurture’ and how does it impact educational achievement?

Science of the Future

Natural, plant-based air purifiers? This bioengineered houseplant can clean pollutants from the air

Natural, plant-based air purifiers? This bioengineered houseplant can clean pollutants from the air

AI can predict 10-year risk of heart attack or stroke with an X-ray scan

Bioactive compounds from potatoes and tomatoes could help us create new cancer drugs

Sustainability / GreenGenes

GM crops safe and viable option for Africa, say African science academy experts

GM crops safe and viable option for Africa, say African science academy experts

Precision agriculture, satellites and drones critical to feed 800 million food-insecure people

Addressing the plague of invasive mice: This gene drive solution could totally remove island pests

Synthetic Biology

Mosquitoes genetically engineered to kill off their own kind reduce local populations by up to 96%, study shows

Mosquitoes genetically engineered to kill off their own kind reduce local populations by up to 96%, study shows

An alternative to harvesting environmentally-destructive palm oil? Here’s a biotech solution using soybeans

Beyond the ‘yuck factor’: Precision fermentation of bacteria could dramatically soften environmental footprint of livestock-linked food production