Science Controversies
Lack of regulation could slow introduction of lab-grown meat, former FDA attorney says
[A] former leading FDA attorney has warned that the speed at which companies in the cell-based meat sector are developing ...
Unproven stem cell treatments gain popularity boost from Max Scherzer, Tiger Woods, other pro athletes
Stem cells and related therapies, such as platelet injections, have been used for the past decade by top athletes: golfer ...
Why are autistic people 50% more likely to die during a hospital stay?
Adults with autism are nearly 50 percent more likely to die in the hospital than their neurotypical peers, according to ...
Viewpoint: ‘Irrational anti-GMO fears and anti-science’ in the developed world ‘negatively impacts the developing world’
One of the tools that is readily available to help alleviate shortages of food produced in many countries, is the ...
Price of progress: Debating the ethics of charging families to participate in stem cell trials for autism
During four visits to Panama over nine months, Aaron [a 9-year-old boy with autism] received infusions of stem cells harvested ...
Viewpoint: How dubious California Prop 65 cancer warnings and confusing non-GMO labels mislead consumers
California’s Office of Administrative Law (OAL) recently made it official: Your morning cup of coffee won’t give you cancer. Next ...
Application for pricey gene therapy Zolgensma contained manipulated data, but drug will remain on market, FDA says
The Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday [August 7] that Novartis submitted manipulated data as part of its application for ...
Fighting cancer by stimulating the immune system with injections directly into the tumor
This past April, Mount Sinai oncologist Joshua Brody and his team announced a clinical trial that delivers immune modulators directly ...
Weird Science Beer: GMO start-up offers sustainable brew with intriguing yeast flavor
Weird Science – as the new beer is appropriately called – is a 5.2-percent ABV pale ale described by Drake’s [Brewery] ...
Calling for a halt to gene-edited babies, World Health Organization stops short of ‘all-out moratorium’
The world’s largest public health authority has weighed in with the most authoritative statement yet on the use of Crispr ...
Deep dive into US stem cell clinics gives reason to worry about ‘unsafe or useless treatments’
Medical clinics that provide largely unregulated stem cell treatments are popping up all over the U.S. But a new study ...
FDA v USDA v EPA: US agencies vie for role in revised animal and crop biotechnology regulations
On June 11, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that would set in motion a review by three federal ...
Once-a-year drug implant could solve one of the biggest obstacles for effective HIV treatments
An early test of a new drug and method of blocking HIV infection suggests they could overcome one of the ...
Nutritionist: It will take decades to eliminate misleading non-GMO, natural, gluten-free food labels
Misleading food marketing is aimed at unsuspecting customers who simply want to purchase healthy foods for their family ...
HPV vaccine better than expected at shielding against cancer. Why are anti-vaxxers fighting it?
New research shows that the HPV vaccine is exceeding expectations in protecting individuals from HPV infection and precancerous cells. ...
Nigeria readies GMO cowpea field trials ahead of 2020 commercialization
The African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) has disclosed that it would commence the trial of the pod borer resistant cowpea ...
Podcast: Should you get your entire genome sequenced? The pros and cons of diving into your DNA
Given how little we know about how variations in the genome affect health and disease, is direct-to-consumer whole genome sequencing ...
GMO Impossible Burger soy ingredient that ‘bleeds’ approved by FDA, clearing way for US grocery store sales
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on [July 31] approved a key ingredient in plant-based burger patties made by Impossible ...
Viewpoint: We need to consider the psychological, behavioral implications of Elon Musk’s brain-computer interface
Despite the technical promise of wireless read-write brain-machine interfaces, companies like Neuralink are in danger of getting so wrapped up ...
Are plant-based proteins ‘meat’? Dueling food companies face off over labeling rules
A fierce constitutional fight is under way over how to label “veggie bacon” and other food items that use meat ...
Priming the body’s immune system with personalized cancer vaccines
In 2014, at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, six melanoma patients received infusions of an anticancer vaccine ...
Activists plan to call Vandana Shiva as ‘expert’ witness in Ghana GMO court case
Calling Indian activist Vandana Shiva an “expert witness” has been mocked by defendants in the case ...
China’s multi-billion-dollar investment in CRISPR could help feed its ‘massive’ population
[Cell biologist Gao Caixia] is one face of the Chinese government’s bet that CRISPR can transform the country’s food supply ...
Curaleaf’s unproven claims that CBD treats cancer, Alzheimer’s, chronic pain draws FDA warning
The company Curaleaf claims that it has developed products that can treat a slew of the most formidable conditions found ...
USDA hints that CRISPR gene-edited crops should be allowed in organic farming
USDA Undersecretary of Agriculture Greg Ibach testified before the House Agriculture Subcommittee [in July] that plants grown with the aid ...
Bipartisan congressional group urges FDA to develop ‘workable’ GMO, CRISPR-edited animal rules
More than 20 House Energy & Commerce Committee members sent a letter to acting FDA Commissioner Ned Sharpless on [July 26] ...
Stem cell therapies could treat diabetes by helping the body boost insulin production
Each year, 40,000 people in the United States are diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, an autoimmune disease that wipes out ...
