Science Controversies
Diagnosing rare infectious diseases with genetic sequencing
Early last spring, as flu season hit its peak, a woman checked into a Houston hospital with all the familiar ...
Cartoons offer ‘simple’ whimsical look at cancer immunotherapy through the eyes of scientists
Four years ago, I was hired for a new and terrific job: to help my colleagues at Solebury Trout and ...
Scientific fraud and why it’s not just a problem with ‘a few bad apples’
Last week, the whistleblowers in the Paolo Macchiarini affair at Sweden’s Karolinska Institutet went on the record here to detail ...
Science-based regulations in US weaken influence of anti-GMO groups, study suggests
We applied institutional theory to examine the effect of differences in institutional pressures on strategic decisions of .... Greenpeace, in ...
High profile dispute over GMO safety shines spotlight on China’s biotech handwringing
A dispute between two state-run newspapers over an interview has highlighted China’s unabated fear of genetically modified food. Science and ...
CRISPR gene editing offers hope for struggling French seed maker Vilmorin
U.S. sanctions against Iran and a slide in Turkey’s currency are contributing to an uncertain short-term outlook for seed maker ...
Calls for a halt to heart stem cell trial based on controversial research
Days after Harvard Medical School said it found extensive falsified or fabricated data from the laboratory of a prominent heart researcher, ...
EU parliament urged to reverse de facto ban on gene-edited crops
The European Union Court of Justice’s (ECJ) recent decision that new gene-editing techniques must go through the same lengthy approval ...
Why we should worry about the rapid spread of ketamine clinics
As ketamine clinics pop up across the U.S. to offer experimental infusions for depression, anxiety, and a slew of other conditions, training ...
Exploring color blindness through human retinas grown in lab
A paper published October 11 in Science uses a retina grown outside the body to show how cones develop into the eyes’ color sensors ...
Anti-GMO consumers more likely to oppose nanotechnology as well, study finds
Researchers at the University of Missouri have found that an individual's perception of genetically modified organisms might impact their judgments ...
‘Body on a chip’ could revolutionize drug research, replace animal testing
Bringing a new drug to market takes roughly a decade and requires expensive and arduous testing on humans and animals. But a ...
Viewpoint: Success of first ever gene-edited soybean exposes folly of EU’s hostility to crop biotech
In the US, genome-edited crops have been grown and harvested for the first time – soybeans with a changed and ...
Merging soldiers and machines: Inside the quest to weaponize the brain
What lies beyond bionics? [DARPA director Justin] Sanchez described his work as trying to “understand the neural code,” which would ...
Farmer to FDA: Get rid of misleading ‘non-GMO’ and other fad food labels
If you’ve made a grocery run at any point in the last few months, you may have noticed the proliferation ...
Biotech industry, anti-GMO activists face off over new NAFTA trade deal
The U.S., Canada and Mexico collectively addressed agricultural biotechnology like genetically modified organisms for the first time in the new ...
Nigerian officials warn anti-GMO groups to end campaigns against biotech crops
National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA) has warned activists to stop campaigning against genetically modified crops, describing the act as being ...
Seeking a simple blood test to detect deadly preeclampsia disorder earlier in pregnancy
When Leigh Ann Torres was in her 29th week of pregnancy, she experienced a sudden, 14-pound weight gain along with terrible swelling ...
India to investigate Monsanto for allegedly inflating prices of GMO insecticide Bt cotton seeds
The Delhi High Court [October 12] dismissed biotechnology firm Mahyco Monsanto Biotech’s plea challenging the fair trade regulator’s order to ...
World’s most popular banana faces extinction. Can gene editing save it?
Suring the summer of 1989, Randy Ploetz was in his laboratory just south of Miami, when he received a package ...
Viewpoint: Do male doctors tend to be paternalistic when treating ‘female’ diseases?
When my silent assassin emerged last autumn, I pressed my surgeon about the prognosis for a form of peritoneal cancer ...
In order to thrive, precision medicine requires ‘novel business solutions’
Oncology currently leads the way in precision medicine advancements, but its forward progress is slowed by inefficiencies such as clinical ...
Post-Brexit, UK should abandon EU’s misguided biotech crop rules, researcher urges
Failure to diverge from some aspects of EU regulation of crop biotechnology and new breeding techniques (NBTs) after Brexit will ...
What’s the difference between choosing healthy embryos and picking a baby’s eye color?
Blair and James are trying to start a family. Like many parents, they hope their future offspring will be healthy ...
Viewpoint: New Zealand’s ‘Pig-headed’ biotech crop regulations threaten nation’s economy
There is a new agricultural-based green revolution beginning around the world, and it’s a technique you’ve probably heard of before: ...
Biological clock blood test can predict disease risk
[G]enes tied to our body clocks play a critical role in everything from our hormone levels and body temperature to ...
Buyer beware: ‘Organic,’ ‘cage-free’ and other food labels aren’t always what they seem
Certain terms, such as “organic” and “gluten-free,” are strictly regulated by [federal] agencies .... Others are voluntary seal and certification ...
