Science Controversies
Genetic analysis tracks spread of 3 primary coronavirus variants
Researchers from Cambridge, U.K., and Germany have used a genetic network technique known as phylogenetic network analysis to reconstruct the ...
‘A lot of secrets’ in coronavirus genomes: Why are some strains so deadly, while others remain more mild?
[In 1965, a] group of researchers in England, led by Dr. David Tyrrell, was learning more about the common cold ...
Anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine linked to higher death rate in VA coronavirus patient study
An anti-malarial drug President Trump has aggressively promoted to treat covid-19 had no benefit and was linked to higher rates ...
Washington Supreme Court orders reassessment of $18 million penalty against food industry group alleged to have concealed GMO labeling campaign funding
The Washington Supreme Court has ordered a lower court to reconsider the largest penalty for campaign finance violations ever assessed ...
Coronavirus pill? Oral antiviral medication shows promise, slated for human tests
An oral medicine was able to hinder the coronavirus behind COVID-19 as it attempted to replicate itself in human lung ...
Gene editing most innovative agricultural development in 30 years, USDA senior scientist says
With climate change, an increase in animal diseases and more demanding consumers wanting fewer antibiotics to be used, future agricultural ...
Wave of coronavirus conspiracies might be ‘just as dangerous for societies as the outbreak itself’
The coronavirus has given rise to a flood of conspiracy theories, disinformation and propaganda, eroding public trust and undermining health ...
Viewpoint: Excessive animal biotech rules hinder our efforts to battle coronavirus
To help the U.S. better prepare for the future, we need changes to the U.S. animal biotechnology regulatory system. The ...
Norwegians see advantages to gene editing food
Norwegian consumers are receptive to using gene editing tools in agriculture if they bring social, economic and environmental benefits, a ...
CRISPR coffee? And puppies? 10 novel uses for gene editing you probably didn’t know about
You might have heard of the tremendous potential CRISPR could have in treating disease. The technology is already accelerating the ...
Using artificial intelligence to predict who will get sickest from coronavirus
Scientists in the United States and China have developed a prototype artificial intelligence (AI) tool that, in a small-scale study, ...
Why social distancing is so crucial in the fight against COVID-19
While Covid-19 is different in many ways from the Spanish flu – particularly in terms of who it affects and its ...
3 million COVID-19 vaccines a week by June? British American Tobacco in pre-clinical trials on cloning-developed plant-based antigen
British American Tobacco (BAT), which makes Lucky Strike and Benson & Hedges, says it is developing a vaccine for Covid-19, ...
‘Stealth’ technology could mean universal blood transfusions—regardless of blood type
Scientists have created a “stealth” red blood cell that camouflages its immune status, meaning it could potentially be transfused into ...
Local officials in Uganda want scientists to help counter nation’s influential anti-GMO activists
Local government officials from over 10 districts in Central Uganda warned scientists of biotech critics whose efforts they claimed were ...
Consumer GMO fears could halt UK’s post-Brexit embrace of biotechnology
Since securing his premiership and withdrawal from the EU, Johnson has repeatedly made a point of championing deregulation and divergence ...
Viewpoint: Avoid these 6 bogus labels at the grocery store to save money
Are you paying more for certain food labels? Who can blame you! With the rise of labels and wanting to ...
GMO, climate change skeptics change their minds after learning the facts, study shows
The use of information provision has been criticized as an ineffective way to increase support for evidence-based environmental policies, but ...
No ‘temporary disruption’: Coronavirus threatens to change our lives forever
We all want things to go back to normal quickly. But what most of us have probably not yet realized—yet ...
Borrowing a trick from cancer cells could be key to improving organ and limb transplants
To help rats adopt transplanted limbs as their own, researchers have harnessed a ruse that cancer cells use to hide ...
Uganda’s agriculture minister wants churches to help promote genetic engineering
The Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF), Vincent Bamulangaki Ssempijja has commenced his campaign which he said is ...
Viewpoint: Plagued with unreliable results, cannabis testing industry has a long way to go
Because cannabis is still considered illegal at the federal level, the responsibility of regulating cannabis and cannabis-derived products falls to ...
How high-yielding CRISPR ‘waxy’ corn could boost public acceptance of gene editing
CRISPR-Cas is a breakthrough technology for crop improvement. But before CRISPR crops can be commercialized globally, public acceptance must be ...
EU’s negative attitude toward GMOs shaped by 20 years of anti-biotech ‘fear-mongering,’ USDA finds
For more than two decades, European consumers have been exposed to consistent fear-mongering from anti-biotech groups, resulting in negative consumer ...
Hunting for DNA signatures in blood could offer early warning system for cancer
The many companies developing liquid biopsies to try to detect cancer early have so far largely mined the blood in ...
Pill could put bread back on the plates of people with celiac disease
Celiac disease is caused by the body’s reactions to proteins found in wheat, barley and rye. Nearly 30 different drug ...
Podcast: Fighting drug-resistant bacteria; consumers embrace CRISPR-edited food; bomb-detecting plants; and life-saving biosimilar medicines
Our inability to rapidly detect the novel coronavirus has made it difficult to properly combat COVID-19 ...
