Regulation & Bioethics
Who owns the most CRISPR patents worldwide? Surprisingly, it’s agrochemical giant DowDuPont
A new study of the global CRISPR patent landscape ... provides the most detailed insight yet into how entities are ...
Australian farmers protest state GMO ban, demand right to grow ‘revolutionary’ omega-3 canola
South Australian grain growers are loudly lamenting the cost of their state’s ban on genetically modified (GM) crops which threatens ...
USDA data confirm organic yields significantly lower than with conventional farming
Government data comparing yields of organic vs. conventional farms finds a sharp yield edge for conventional on more than 84 ...
Disease-resistant GMO cassava developed by Kenyan scientists moves closer to approval
Cassava farmers are about five years away from accessing disease-resistant genetically modified varieties, currently being tested in specific locations around ...
California may soon label coffee as a cancer risk—more than 100 studies suggest the opposite
In what's got to be the dumbest idea yet from the nanny state of California (sorry, guys, but it's true), coffee sold ...
Epigenetics and doping: Steroids may have long-lasting performance enhancing effects
Editor's note: E. Paul Zehr is a professor of neuroscience and kinesiology at the University of Victoria in Canada [Olympic ...
NIH retiring chimps as test animals. What other animal testing reforms are in store?
Recent tests of car exhaust on monkeys have renewed the debate around animal testing. While researchers say eliminating animal testing ...
USDA report: Pesticide data shows US food supply ‘one of the safest in the world’
More than 20% of food sampled by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 2016 show no detectable pesticides and less ...
Australia approves GMO canola high in omega-3 fatty acids for human consumption and animal feed
Nufarm is turning its attention to Asian markets after Australian regulators approved its genetically modified omega-3 canola for human consumption and use in animal ...
Genetic engineering promises cornucopia of future products—but biotechnology critics take lethal aim
Genetic engineering may soon be giving us products that appear to be pulled from the realm of science fiction. Researchers ...
Do cell phones cause cancer? Unlikely, but activists are skeptical of journalists who present the facts
While it has been theorized that radiation from cellphone usage has the ability to cause cancer, there is no evidence ...
Second patient added to human gene-editing study, with no side effects so far
A second patient has been treated in a historic gene editing study in California, and no major side effects or ...
India’s moves to limit Monsanto’s patent royalty payments on GMO seeds could put country’s cotton industry at risk
If India is to reverse the rapid decline in its cotton exports ... it is clear it needs another big ...
Recombinetics joins battle over whether USDA or FDA should oversee gene-edited animal regulations
Editor's note: Tammy Lee Stanoch is the president & CEO of Recombinetics, an animal gene-editing company based in St. Paul, Minnesota ...
Spain expands GMO corn production by 20%, UK eyes gene editing
Four countries in the EU grew commercial genetically modified (GM) maize in 2016, with Spain adopting the largest area. According ...
3-parent embryos: UK doctors identify two women to undergo breakthrough, controversial procedure
Doctors in Newcastle have been granted permission to create Britain’s first “three-person babies” for two women who are at risk ...
Olympic gene doping: How WADA is managing new performance-enhancing technologies
The start of the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang has once again brought questions of unethical athletic performance-enhancement, or doping, to ...
Proposed California ballot initiative aligns GMO opponents with anti-vaxxers
Backers of an initiative that would ban genetically engineered food, plants and animals and over 300 listed substances from being ...
Will India’s government scrap Monsanto’s patent royalties on insect-resistant GMO Bt cotton seeds?
Will the pressure to be seen as farmer-friendly, especially with national elections looming, lead the Narendra Modi government to scrap the “trait ...
How should the FDA regulate CRISPR gene-edited animals?
Gene editing is touted as a promising new way of altering the DNA of plants or animals to speed their ...
Future Olympic athletes could be required to have their entire DNA sequenced to test for ‘gene doping’
For years, the World Anti-Doping Agency has considered requiring all Olympic athletes to submit copies of their genetic code. It ...
Should you test your baby for genetic disease risks at birth?
Before Cheryl Connolly gave birth to her first child, Loudon, she ran through the checklist of all the things expecting ...
China’s tightening GMO regulations cause corn buyers to cancel purchases from US
Some Chinese buyers have canceled corn purchases from the United States and switched to rival supplier Ukraine, as Beijing tightens ...
Viewpoint: How WHO’s IARC set off a global panic that threatens science and agriculture around the world
It’s not just in Europe that glyphosate divides governments: the very same molecule is responsible for a string lawsuits and ...
DARPA: Biohackers should ‘think deeply’ about using themselves as research guinea pigs
[DARPA biotechnology director Justin] Sanchez was not only [at Body Hacking Con] to promote the agency’s expansive research portfolio. He ...
Nigeria on track to commercialize GMO cowpeas, rice, sorghum, corn and cotton
The Biosafety Bill was signed into law in 2015, putting Nigeria on the map of countries with requisite regulations for ...
IARC defends methodology, ‘probably carcinogenic’ glyphosate designation against criticisms
The World Health Organization's cancer agency is firmly defending its finding that a widely used herbicide is "probably carcinogenic" despite ...