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New EPA head Scott Pruit poised to challenge ‘politics driven’ farm chemical regulations

Henry Miller | 
[Editor’s note: Henry Miller is a physician and molecular biologist, and was the founding director of the FDA’s Office of Biotechnology.]  ...
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Kenya puts the breaks on GMO corn field trial

Samuel Gebre | 
Kenya is withholding approval for field trials of genetically-modified corn because some officials argue that a ban on GMO imports ...
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Injured MLB pitchers opt for unproven stem cell injections over Tommy John surgery

Jeff Passan | 
[Editor's note: Tommy John surgery is a surgical procedure in which the ulnar collateral ligament in the elbow is replaced with ...
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Evolutionary tradeoffs: Genes linked to autism may persist because they make us smarter

John von Radowitz | 
Autism genes may have been conserved during human evolution because they make us smarter, say scientists. More inherited genetic variants ...
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African scientists developing GMO sorghum with higher levels of vitamin A to tackle childhood blindness

Deb Carstoiu | 
Up to half a million children around the world are going blind every year due to a lack of Vitamin ...
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Tanzania’s first ever GMO field trial: Drought-tolerant, insect-resistant corn ‘shows promising results’

Mark Lynas | 
Tanzania's first-ever genetically-modified crop trial was planted only a 30-minute drive from the capital. ... A year ago the Tanzanian ...
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Human brain could evolve to require very little sleep, study of tiny Mexican cavefish suggests

Gisele Galoustian | 
Neuroscientists at Florida Atlantic University have been studying Mexican cavefish to provide insight into the evolutionary mechanisms regulating sleep loss ...
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Only 1 percent of US farmland is certified organic. Why aren’t more farmers making the switch?

Joe Fassler | 
There are two stories to tell about the state of organic agriculture in the US. The first is a success ...
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For precision medicine to work, physicians must incorporate holistic health factors, like belief

Sharon Bergquist | 
[Editor's note: Dr. Sharon Bergquist is a clinician in the division of general medicine and geriatrics at Emory University. She also ...
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‘Superbugs’ could be killed with ‘genetic chainsaw’ version of gene editor CRISPR

Kristen Brown | 
When folks talk about the gene-editing tool CRISPR, they’re usually talking about CRISPR-Cas9, a combination of DNA and enzymes that ...
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Loud noises kill cells vital for hearing, but gut stem cells may help regrow them

Jeff Karp, Megan Thielking | 
Humans are born with around 15,000 hair cells — think tiny, sound-sensing fibers — in each ear. The cells can’t ...
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5 non-GMO ‘frankenfoods’ that can carry organic label

Kavin Senapathy | 
One of the most common food myths of our time is that GMOs are “frankenfoods” while heirloom or organic varieties ...
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Human rights and CRIPSR: Will gene editing be monopolized by the rich?

June Javelosa | 
We are all subject to the genetic lottery. That’s how it’s always been, and for a while, we thought that was ...
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Massachusetts mulls restrictions on neonicotinoid pesticides over bee safety concerns

Gerry Tuoti | 
A type of pesticide many beekeepers blame for mass bee die-offs would come under tighter regulation under a bill filed ...
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UK farmers push back against ‘pseudo-science attack’ on herbicide glyphosate

Oliver Hill | 
Hundreds of farmers across Britain are coming together in a concerted effort to show politicians and the public why glyphosate ...
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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 ...
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Will Europe regulate gene-edited crops and research the same as they do genetically modified ones?

Pelle Neroth | 
[The] European Court of Justice has entered the fray and may put a damper on research in Europe, even as ...
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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 ...
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Neanderthals’ legacy genes: Some people taller, protect against schizophrenia

Andy Coghlan | 
Neanderthals are still affecting what illnesses some people develop, how tall they are and how their immune systems work, despite ...
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Blight-resistant genetically engineered potatoes that cut fungicide use approved

Keith Ridler | 
Three types of potatoes genetically engineered to resist the pathogen that caused the Irish potato famine are safe for the ...
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Fighting bioterrorism, disease: ‘Radically redesigned’ antibiotics show promise

Matt Swayne | 
Early tests of radically redesigned antibiotics suggest the drugs could bolster defenses against biowarfare and bioterrorism. [R]esearchers used two inhibitors ...
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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 ...
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He’s baaaack: Natural News restored to Google, as founder Mike Adams escalates ‘censorship’ claim

Barry Schwartz | 
[Editor's note: NaturalNews.com was delisted from Google search results on February 23, 2017, for what was later revealed to be ...
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Should we worry about safety of gene drive when using it to fight malaria?

James Collins | 
[Editor's Note: Excerpts are from a presentation by James Collins, an evolutionary ecologist from the Arizona State University in Tempe, ...
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Locavore’s dilemma: When buying food grown in distant locations may be best for the environment

Hiroko Shimizu, Pierre Desrochers | 
[Editor's note: Pierre Desrochers is an associate professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Toronto. Hiroko Shimizu ...
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Bias at The New York Times? Stephanie Strom botches report on bees and neonicotinoid pesticides

Jon Entine | 
Covering food and modern farming has not been the New York Times' strong point, writes GLP's Jon Entine. Is the ...
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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, ...
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