Science Controversies
Netherlands wants CRISPR gene-edited crops exempt from Europe’s GMO laws
The Netherlands believes the new plant breeding techniques should not come under the GMO legislation as they are as safe ...
Video: How insect-resistant Bt GMO eggplant rescued Bangladesh’s staple crop
[Editor’s note: Pamela Ronald is plant pathologist and geneticist. She is a professor in the Genome Center and the Department ...
Simplot’s Innate GMO bruise-resistant potatoes approved for sale in Japan
Simplot Plant Sciences has obtained approval for its Innate brand of genetically modified potatoes in a few key foreign markets, ...
De-extinction: How far should humans go in resurrecting lost species?
The science of resurrecting lost species takes many forms, but collectively it has become known as “de-extinction.” According to advocates ...
Physicist Nigel Goldenfeld: Life started with physics, not biology
[Editor's note: The following is part of an interview with Nigel Goldenfeld, director of the NASA Astrobiology Institute for Universal Biology ...
Hidden hunger: How anti-GMO activists are blocking humanitarian biofortification in Africa and Asia
Many crops grown in the developing world are deficient in nutritional qualities--which makes biofortification critical if we hope to improve ...
Cambodian government denies presence of GMO crops amidst GM export concerns
The government has denied the presence of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in the agricultural sector amid persistent reports that some ...
Weakened Zika virus might help fight brain cancer in adults
A new study suggests that the same properties that make Zika a dangerous virus for unborn children could be useful ...
Impossible Foods opens first facility to produce ‘veggie burger that bleeds’ thanks to GM yeast
[September 7th marked] the opening of Impossible Foods’ new East Oakland plant, meaning that the cult veggie burger that San ...
HPV cancer vaccine 10 years old: Why aren’t more kids immunized?
[Editor's note: The following is part of an interview with US National Cancer Institute virologist John Schiller, whose research provided the basis ...
Viewpoint: Outdated regulations responsible for recall, destruction of harmless GE petunias
An outdated policy leading to the destruction of 50 varieties of harmless flowers provides evidence that regulatory GMO practices need ...
Why Sweden doesn’t regulate CRISPR gene-edited crops as GMOs
[Editor's note: The following is part of an interview with Staffan Eklöf, of the Swedish Board of Agriculture.] Could you give ...
Viewpoint: Activists push glyphosate cancer scare as proxy to limit use of genetically engineered crops
Monsanto pediatrician and toxicologist Dan Goldstein: As the glyphosate-cancer debate has grown louder, it's become less scientific ...
Korean agricultural research agency stops GM crop commercialization after anti-GMO protests
The Rural Development Agency (RDA) released a statement on September 1 declaring its decision to halt its efforts to foster ...
Drug that reverses diabetes and obesity in mice may strengthen brittle bones
A drug that can reverse diabetes and obesity in mice may have an unexpected benefit: strengthening bones. Experiments with a ...
Canakinumab not the ‘miracle’ heart attack and cancer prevention drug as hyped
On August 27th the results of a trial of an anti-inflammatory medicine called canakinumab were released at a meeting, in ...
Monsanto pushes back against Arkansas’ proposed dicamba herbicide restrictions
Monsanto Co filed a petition on Thursday [September 7] asking Arkansas agricultural officials to reject a proposed date next year ...
Genetic Literacy Project’s Top 6 Stories for the Week – Sept. 11, 2017
Viewpoint: Gulf that divides pro- and anti-GMO forces not easily bridged | Steven Cerier Preventing preterm birth: Preemie genes identified | Ricki Lewis ...
In world-first, Japanese scientists use CRISPR to change flower color
In a world-first, Japanese scientists have used the revolutionary CRISPR, or CRISPR/Cas9, genome-editing tool to change flower color in an ...
Viewpoint: Science-based consumers push back against Triscuit’s non-GMO label
[Triscuit] announced its new Non-GMO Project verified label across its entire portfolio of products last month, with a television ad ...
Viewpoint: Pakistan needs GM technology—not just fertilizer—to ensure food security
By adopting modern practices like use of genetically modified (GM) seeds, countries such as India, China and Bangladesh have succeeded ...
Clean meat: Scientists serve up 100% real meat without cruelty, limited resources
The argument that “meat is murder” could become a thing of the past, thanks to groundbreaking technology that produces real ...
Parkinson’s stem cell treatment shows promise in monkeys–human trials next
Japanese researchers report promising results from an experimental therapy for Parkinson’s disease that involves implanting neurons made from ‘reprogrammed’ stem ...
Ethanol injections cure skin cancer in hamsters, offering hope for cheap treatments
[C]heap, uncomplicated, portable, and preferably non-surgical treatments that do not require electricity are needed [to treat cancer in developing countries] ...
Namibia establishing first GMO research and testing facility
The National Commission on Research, Science and Technology (NCRST) is in the process of establishing a Biotechnology and Genetically Modified ...
Finding and destroying tumors with microscopic ‘spasers’
[Research by] Vladimir Zharov of the University of Arkansas and Mark Stockman of Georgia State University, in Atlanta involves injecting ...
Quest to colonize space demands boost from biotechnology, synthetic biology
The lack of technology for such sustainable life support systems is a major factor underlying criticism of human space exploration ...
