Animal Biotechnology
Online genetic database helps breeders make healthier cattle
Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in Clay Center, Nebraska, have sequenced the whole genomes of a panel of 96 bulls—representing ...
UK could become gene-editing leader in farming post-Brexit
Scientists at the Roslin Institute, near Edinburgh, said [February 2017] that they had edited the genomes of pigs, rendering them ...
Alaskan legislators, fishermen take aim at USDA’s approval of GMO salmon, want labels
[Alaskan] legislators have under consideration House Joint Resolution 12, urging [the US] Congress to enact legislation to require prominent labeling ...
Return of the woolly mammoth and 3 other ways CRISPR could change the world
The woolly mammoth has been extinct for more than 4000 years. Now scientists are talking about bringing it back with ...
Cow eugenics: Colombian ranchers breed cattle to stand their ground against big cat predators
If big cats don’t kill livestock, farmers won’t shoot them. ... Panthera, a charity that manages “corridors” for jaguars that ...
Designer dogs? In pursuit of the perfect, healthy canine companion
Centuries of inbreeding have left many dog breeds with a severely limited gene pool, and this lack of genetic diversity ...
CFI Research: Does Celebrity Visibility On Issues Translate To Credibility?
Center for Food Integrity research finds consumers don’t place a high degree of trust in celebrities. Doctors were rated highest, ...
Should we worry about safety of gene drive when using it to fight malaria?
[Editor's Note: Excerpts are from a presentation by James Collins, an evolutionary ecologist from the Arizona State University in Tempe, ...
Perplexing Case Of Consumer Confusion About GE Foods In a ‘Fake News’ World
Information issued by scientific organizations often do not change perceptions. This is especially true for people with rooted 'tribal' beliefs ...
Muscle-wasting disease in dogs cured using gene therapy, offering hope to suffering boys
For decades, some unlucky dog lovers have [witnessed their puppies'] seemingly healthy muscles literally waste away...until they could no longer stand ...
New Technology Adoption Is The Ethical Thing To Do
CFI's research shows much stronger support for teaching developing countries how to feed themselves instead of exporting food to them ...
Super pigs: CRISPR gene-edited virus-resistant pigs could cut piglet deaths, pork prices
Scientists have created a new breed of super pigs resistant to a killer virus... They now have two generations of ...
How European-Based NGOs Block Crop Biotechnology Adoption In Africa
European politicians and anti-biotech groups lobby to prevent Africa from adopting or trading GE crops. Farmers have been forced to ...
Meditation may reduce anxiety, stress levels by altering brain’s white matter
Researchers believe they have created the world’s first mouse model of meditation by using light to trigger brain activity similar ...
Google delists Natural News, founder Mike Adams calls it ‘modern day book burning’
[Editor’s note: Read the GLP’s profile on Natural News founder Mike Adams. Also: FBI turns up heat on Mike Adams ...
Avoiding the unexpected: Zika, malaria-fighting gene drive in mosquitoes has built-in safety net
Concerns about CRISPR gene drives and other CRISPR applications have to do with the possibility that something could go wrong ...
Chickens genetically engineered to act as surrogates could protect vulnerable breeds from avian flu
In a radical plan to preserve rare varieties [of chicken breeds] such as the Nankin, Scots Dumpy and Sicilian Buttercup, scientists ...
Drug addiction may be fueled by genetics, not just poor judgment
Scientists at the University of British Columbia have genetically engineered a mouse that does not become addicted to cocaine, adding ...
Woolly mammoth 2.0 could be walking the Earth within 10 years
The woolly mammoth vanished from the Earth 4,000 years ago, but now scientists say they are on the brink of ...
Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s linked to body’s mishandling of ‘garbage’
A new study...may help explain how diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s spread in the brain. Sometimes when neurons dispose of ...
GOP Congress could deploy long-standing law to repeal Obama-era FDA GMO animal biotech policies
A game-changer for regulatory reform, [the Congressional Review Act] could be a significant stimulus to job creation and economic growth ...
Synthetic conservation: Gene drives could revive extinct animals, protect endangered species, knock out pests
Scientists working in coördination with a U.S. conservation group say they’ve established an evolution-warping technology called a “gene drive” in ...
Technology In Farming And Food: Farmers And Producers Need To Build Trust
Consumers expect more than quality and safety; they want the supply chain to be transparent. Farmers and food companies that ...
Trump Administration has opportunity to base biotech regulations on science, not fears
At least when it comes to biotechnology, the president's order freezing recent regulations provides a chance to get regulations right ...
Scotland’s first minister: GMO ban will remain post-Brexit
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon extolled the importance of scientific advice in policy-making yet insisted her Government had no plans to ...
Norway mulling approval of gene-edited salmon that can’t reproduce with wild fish
The Norwegian Biotechnology Council is considering whether to approve the method of producing genetically modified type of salmon... The method, ...
Transparency Is Key To Consumer Acceptance Of New Technology
Can gene-editing technology avoid the stigma associated with GMOs? Center for Food Integrity research says food and agricultural companies must ...
