Science Controversies
Spinal cord tumor illustrates long-term risks of controversial stem cell therapies
Stem cell therapies have the potential to treat many conditions, but so far there’s little proof that they do. Even ...
India’s pro-GMO cotton farmers make case for relaxed biotech crop rules to prime minister
Farmers who want to grow GM crops have met senior ministers of the [federal] government to represent their case. A ...
IVF nightmare: Fertility clinic glitch results in babies being born to wrong parents
Anni and Ashot Manukyan wanted their daughter to have a younger sibling, so they used a fertility clinic to try ...
Argentina developing pest-resistant, GMO cotton using gene-silencing technology
In Argentina, the presence of the cotton weevil represents a challenge for cotton production due to the productive losses it ...
Putting CAR-T cancer therapy ‘on a leash’ could halt deadly runaway immune reactions
Unlike traditional chemicals, CAR-T cells are living drugs that further proliferate inside the body. While great for replenishing their cancer-killing ...
Farmer coalition in India urges government to stop illegal GMO crop cultivation
A clutch of farmer groups from a wide spectrum of political views .... are planning to petition the official regulator ...
What can CRISPR do for agriculture? Deep dive into crop gene editing’s sustainable future
CRISPR is often thought of as "molecular scissors" used for precision breeding to cut DNA so that a certain trait ...
Viewpoint: YouTube, Facebook and Google should do more to stop spread of dangerous cancer quackery
Many outlets are covering the story of Mari Lopez, a YouTuber who claimed, along with her niece, Liz Johnson, that ...
Pakistan suspends GMO corn imports, field trials to protect crop exports from ‘contamination’
Pakistan has imposed a ban on further trials of Genetically Modified (GM) maize for [an] unspecified period in a bid ...
Deadly superbug Candida auris is wreaking havoc in hospitals. Where’s the research money needed to stop it?
In the universe of scary drug-resistant pathogens that can kill, Candida auris is having a moment. The freaky fungus, which ...
Ghana’s Supreme Court allows suit to move forward that could block GMO crop commercialization
The Supreme Court has shot down an attempt by the Ghana National Farmers and Fishermen Association (GNAFF) to quash a ...
Plant-based, cell-based food producers resume lawsuit against Missouri over meat labeling law
That anticipated out-of-court settlement between Missouri and Turtle Island Foods is not happening. The many parties involved “do not believe ...
USDA identifies second GMO wheat variety found on Washington farm
USDA investigators have identified a second GMO wheat variety from samples found in a fallow farm field in Washington state ...
Viewpoint: ‘Anti-GMO lobby’ campaign against AquAdvantage salmon won’t end as fish heads for American plates
It’s been an 11-year, $30 million regulatory journey for genetically modified salmon to end up on American plates, and it ...
‘Tremendous ethical challenge’: What if lab-grown brains are capable of developing consciousness?
At what point does electro-chemical activity in dissected brain-like tissue become conscious? Yes, I’m talking about the classic sci-fi “brain ...
AI promises to improve cancer care through precision medicine. Oncologists are starting to agree.
To get a better handle on the collective “take” on artificial intelligence for cancer care, my colleagues and I at ...
The ‘secretive’ nonprofit CERT made millions off California Prop 65 lawsuits. Where’d the money go?
Warning! Chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer and reproductive toxicity, including acrylamide, are present in coffee ...
Lone Star tick is notorious for making people allergic to red meat. It may also carry deadly Bourbon virus.
Scientists know almost nothing about how Bourbon virus behaves or how it got here or where it will show up ...
Will China tell the world about its third controversial CRISPR baby?
The Second International Summit on Human Genome Editing, held in Hong Kong last November, was meant to debate the pros ...
Viewpoint: FDA’s CRISPR-edited animal rules threaten US farming innovation
“Keep America First in Agriculture” was launched June 25 by the National Pork Producers Council, stressing the need for establishing ...
Night owls may have a greater risk of breast cancer, study says. But altering sleep habits is unlikely to change that.
Sleep traits could be a risk factor for breast cancer, new research suggests. Women who said they preferred to get ...
Artificial intelligence could change the way we detect, treat breast cancer
The same technology that powers Siri and face recognition on your iPhone has also found success in medicine. By automatically ...
FDA rejects call for USDA takeover of CRISPR gene-edited animal regulation
The Food and Drug Administration is standing its ground in the latest battle over its regulatory turf, warning livestock groups ...
HPV vaccinations could eliminate cervical cancer, researchers say
The success of the HPV vaccination offers hope of one day eradicating cervical cancer, say scientists who carried out a ...
‘Uncharted territory’: Doctors struggle with patient demand for unproven CBD supplements
[Jacqueline] French, a neurologist at New York University’s Langone Health, tries to steer her patients away from sprinting to the ...
CRISPR gene edited soybeans suited for hotter climates offer ‘enormous’ crop yield boost
Chinese agricultural scientists using gene-editing technology have created new soybean mutants, which could lead to soybean crops in much warmer ...
Ghana’s Christian leaders join GMO debate, with some vouching for the technology’s goodness
Christian leaders in Ghana have joined the debate on whether the country should adopt genetically modified (GM) crops, with some ...
