Regulation & Bioethics
Europe missed out on GMO biotech revolution. What’s going to happen with gene editing?
As a plant geneticist in Europe, I must carefully pick my way through some of the most onerous constraints to ...
Viewpoint: Congress should reign in IARC cancer agency’s ‘corruption, distortion and fraud’
In November 2017, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space and Technology sent the UN’s International Agency for ...
Can CRISPR gene drives save New Zealand’s native birds and other wildlife?
[Many] non-native animals — known as invasive species — have been preying on the native birds, some of which don’t ...
Viewpoint: Gene editing poised to revolutionize agriculture—if we can fix biotech regulations
In his speech at the recent American Farm Bureau convention, President Trump said his administration was "streamlining regulations that have blocked cutting-edge ...
Good and potentially bad about FDA’s greenlighting of 23andMe direct-to-consumer BRCA mutation tests
News that consumers will soon be able to purchase a genetic test for three BRCA mutations may seem like déjà ...
Nutritional and dietary advice based on your DNA is pseudoscience
A new generation of food-tech companies has appeared that, for just a few hundred pounds, will test your DNA and ...
Study of 54,000 farmers finding no glyphosate-cancer link could sink Monsanto lawsuit
More than 300 lawsuits have been filed on behalf of farmers and others who said that Monsanto's popular weed killer, Roundup, gave them ...
How foods created with CRISPR and other New Breeding Techniques (NBTs) can earn consumer trust
An Interview with Alison Van Eenennaam, Animal Biotechnology & Genomics Extension Specialist at the University of California-Davis: From your perspective, ...
Video: Why CRISPR gene-edited foods aren’t subject to USDA’s GMO regulations
In April 2016, the USDA gave the first approval to a CRISPR crop, clearing white-button mushroom that had been edited to ...
Italian election results in rise of anti-science political parties opposed to GMOs, vaccines, animal testing
The outcome of ... parliamentary elections in Italy was a stunning victory for populist and nationalist parties, and a clear ...
Cost of pet cloning is dropping: Should you do it?
After photographer Monni Must's 28-year-old daughter Miya committed suicide...the grieving mother adopted Miya's spunky black Labrador, Billy Bean. Last year, ...
Genetically modified livestock in Africa: Kenya hopes to become animal biotech research leader
Kenya is on its way to start using genetically modified (GM) animals in research, an official said.... Dorington Ogoyi, Acting ...
Will Australia ban neonicotinoid insecticides despite no evidence of bee declines on the continent?
European farmers are facing a total ban on a common group of pesticides after a report confirms they harm bees, ...
India likely to cut Monsanto’s royalty for GMO insect-resistant Bt cotton seeds
In an attempt to offer some respite to cotton farmers battered by repeated pest attacks and crop losses, the centre ...
German coalition could lead to eventual ban of glyphosate in Europe despite ‘no harm’ findings
Perhaps as a sign of how unstable Germany’s political landscape has become, a weed killer has become an unlikely bargaining ...
Greece approves glyphosate herbicide for 5 years, reversing prior position supporting rejection by EU
The Greek ministry of agriculture officially approved on Tuesday (6 March) the re-authorisation of the world’s most commonly used weedkiller, ...
Digitizing DNA: Real reasons to worry about cyberbiosecurity
The intersection between biology and digital technology opens the door for incredible discoveries, but also creates opportunities for dangerous events, ...
Current biotech regulations create animal and crop approval blocks and bottlenecks but gene editing may open new doors
The cost of current biotech industry regulations might not be obvious to consumers, but it’s clear to researchers. “We’ve got ...
Meat wars: Sourcing from animals may not be what distinguishes meat from ‘meat alternatives’
The US Cattlemen's Association is making a pre-emptive strike against potentially misleading marketing for the next wave of meat alternatives ...
Risk In Perspective: Hazard and Risk Are Critically Different Things
The difference between hazard and risk is a critical distinction. Hazard and risk describe two different but related concepts. The ...
Non-GMO crops don’t earn farmers more, report on South Australia GMO ban shows
[South Australia] farmers are receiving no premiums for growing non-genetically-modified crops, according to a report by market analysis group Mecardo ...
WHO’s IARC cancer agency under fire for ‘underplaying’ risks of benzene
Emails from its own scientists show the International Agency for Research on Cancer failed to comprehensively review evidence on human ...
Ghanaian scientist: GMO food safer, more sustainable than conventional crops
Crops produced using Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) technology are safer than conventionally produced ones, a Research Scientist at [Ghana's] Crop ...
Consumer genetics first: 23andMe gets OK to sell limited DNA test for cancer risk
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared 23andMe to sell directly to customers a DNA test for gene mutations ...
Viewpoint: China’s push to export its traditional medicine threatens to pump up ‘pseudoscience’
[T]raditional Chinese medicine is thoroughly institutionalized: Every major city has a traditional medicine hospital and university. A special government department exists ...
Lawsuits against Monsanto alleging glyphosate-cancer connection face court scrutiny
U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria will spend a week hearing from experts to help decide whether there is valid scientific ...
Immunotherapy mystery: Drugs treat ovarian cancer ‘when they should not have’
[Four women with rare ovarian cancer], strangers to one another living in different countries, asked their doctors to try new ...