Health
New EPA head Scott Pruit poised to challenge ‘politics driven’ farm chemical regulations
[Editor’s note: Henry Miller is a physician and molecular biologist, and was the founding director of the FDA’s Office of Biotechnology.] ...
Kenya puts the breaks on GMO corn field trial
Kenya is withholding approval for field trials of genetically-modified corn because some officials argue that a ban on GMO imports ...
Injured MLB pitchers opt for unproven stem cell injections over Tommy John surgery
[Editor's note: Tommy John surgery is a surgical procedure in which the ulnar collateral ligament in the elbow is replaced with ...
Evolutionary tradeoffs: Genes linked to autism may persist because they make us smarter
Autism genes may have been conserved during human evolution because they make us smarter, say scientists. More inherited genetic variants ...
African scientists developing GMO sorghum with higher levels of vitamin A to tackle childhood blindness
Up to half a million children around the world are going blind every year due to a lack of Vitamin ...
Tanzania’s first ever GMO field trial: Drought-tolerant, insect-resistant corn ‘shows promising results’
Tanzania's first-ever genetically-modified crop trial was planted only a 30-minute drive from the capital. ... A year ago the Tanzanian ...
Human brain could evolve to require very little sleep, study of tiny Mexican cavefish suggests
Neuroscientists at Florida Atlantic University have been studying Mexican cavefish to provide insight into the evolutionary mechanisms regulating sleep loss ...
Only 1 percent of US farmland is certified organic. Why aren’t more farmers making the switch?
There are two stories to tell about the state of organic agriculture in the US. The first is a success ...
For precision medicine to work, physicians must incorporate holistic health factors, like belief
[Editor's note: Dr. Sharon Bergquist is a clinician in the division of general medicine and geriatrics at Emory University. She also ...
‘Superbugs’ could be killed with ‘genetic chainsaw’ version of gene editor CRISPR
When folks talk about the gene-editing tool CRISPR, they’re usually talking about CRISPR-Cas9, a combination of DNA and enzymes that ...
Loud noises kill cells vital for hearing, but gut stem cells may help regrow them
Humans are born with around 15,000 hair cells — think tiny, sound-sensing fibers — in each ear. The cells can’t ...
5 non-GMO ‘frankenfoods’ that can carry organic label
One of the most common food myths of our time is that GMOs are “frankenfoods” while heirloom or organic varieties ...
Human rights and CRIPSR: Will gene editing be monopolized by the rich?
We are all subject to the genetic lottery. That’s how it’s always been, and for a while, we thought that was ...
Massachusetts mulls restrictions on neonicotinoid pesticides over bee safety concerns
A type of pesticide many beekeepers blame for mass bee die-offs would come under tighter regulation under a bill filed ...
UK farmers push back against ‘pseudo-science attack’ on herbicide glyphosate
Hundreds of farmers across Britain are coming together in a concerted effort to show politicians and the public why glyphosate ...
Newest ally in fight against cancer, Alzheimer’s? Immune systems of plants
A natural defense that helps plants ward off insect predators, discovered at Washington State University, could lead to better crops ...
Will Europe regulate gene-edited crops and research the same as they do genetically modified ones?
[The] European Court of Justice has entered the fray and may put a damper on research in Europe, even as ...
Lung, pancreatic cancers linked to critical gene mutation
Researchers ... have identified a critical gene, FOSL1, in the development of lung and pancreatic cancer. Approximately 25% of patients ...
Neanderthals’ legacy genes: Some people taller, protect against schizophrenia
Neanderthals are still affecting what illnesses some people develop, how tall they are and how their immune systems work, despite ...
Blight-resistant genetically engineered potatoes that cut fungicide use approved
Three types of potatoes genetically engineered to resist the pathogen that caused the Irish potato famine are safe for the ...
Fighting bioterrorism, disease: ‘Radically redesigned’ antibiotics show promise
Early tests of radically redesigned antibiotics suggest the drugs could bolster defenses against biowarfare and bioterrorism. [R]esearchers used two inhibitors ...
GLP’s Jon Entine: Rules on human germline gene editing must be flexible to encourage innovation
[Editor's note: Marcy Darnovsky is the executive director of the Center for Genetics and Society. Jon Entine is the executive director ...
He’s baaaack: Natural News restored to Google, as founder Mike Adams escalates ‘censorship’ claim
[Editor's note: NaturalNews.com was delisted from Google search results on February 23, 2017, for what was later revealed to be ...
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, ...
Locavore’s dilemma: When buying food grown in distant locations may be best for the environment
[Editor's note: Pierre Desrochers is an associate professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Toronto. Hiroko Shimizu ...
Bias at The New York Times? Stephanie Strom botches report on bees and neonicotinoid pesticides
Covering food and modern farming has not been the New York Times' strong point, writes GLP's Jon Entine. Is the ...
Tiny CRISPR-Cas9 injections could treat retinal diseases, with no off-target effects
Scientists at the Center for Genome Engineering, within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) in Korea, in collaboration with ToolGen, ...