Science Controversies
Portable DNA sequencer can identify plant species in hours, not months
In a paper published today in Scientific Reports , researchers at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, detail for the first ...
India may be forced to import more food if it doesn’t adopt biotech crops to increase yields
India is not keeping pace with its peers like China in adopting innovative farm technologies, especially biotechnology, a US embassy ...
Mozambique harvests first GMO corn field trial
Mozambique's Institute of Agricultural Research (IIAM) is harvesting its first genetically modified maize (GM maize), which has been grown in ...
Muscular dystrophy ‘death sentence’ targeted by gene therapy trials
[T]hree U.S. teams say they are ready to try to treat Duchenne [Muscular Dystrophy] with gene therapy. The first study ...
Why we hallucinate–and why it’s not always a bad thing
Hallucinations are often distressing—a suggestion that something is amiss in our brains. But new research suggests we’re all susceptible to ...
Newly elected government poised to open door to GMOs in Kenya
Food security played a major role during the presidential campaign. The price of unga—our staple food of maize meal—had risen ...
Will Britain fumble regulations on human and agricultural gene editing as it has on GMOs?
Britain has an opportunity to seize on the latest breakthroughs in gene editing and pioneer new approaches in agriculture, research ...
Podcast: Can the US learn from Canada’s ‘product-based’ GMO regulatory system?
Biotech legal expert Robert Potter: How GMOs are regulated differently in the US and Canada ...
Cancer early warning system: Blood test looks for bits of DNA shed from tumors
In a bid to detect cancers early and in a noninvasive way, scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center ...
Male sterility may be correctable through stem cell treatments, if mice studies lead to human cure
A common genetic cause of male infertility has been overcome in mice using a technique that creates healthy sperm in ...
Yoga may be good for your mind, body–but what about your genes?
Research suggests that yoga, and similar mindfullness-focused activities, may foster genetic changes that help people cope with stress and avoid ...
Why don’t two people with the same illness suffer equally? It’s genetic
Ever wonder why your friend, co-worker, or partner doesn’t get as sick as you, even though they caught the same ...
Using Freedom of Information Act to target biotech scientists boomerangs against anti-GMO activists
Teacher Stephan Neidenbach reflects on his experiences using--and being targeted by—Freedom of Information Act requests, the technique commandeered by US ...
Lesson for gene editing: How do we regulate a technology when we ‘can’t imagine’ the consequences of its use?
Humanity has a method for trying to prevent new technologies from getting out of hand: explore the possible negative consequences, ...
Mutation identified that contributes to Lou Gehrig’s disease and possibly Alzheimer’s
A team led by scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Mayo Clinic has identified a basic biological mechanism ...
At epicenter of GMO salmon debate, Prince Edward Island divided about need for labelling
Earlier this month, a public consultation session on food affordability, accessibility, safety and conservation in Charlottetown heard perspectives on GMO ...
GMO clover that could improve livestock digestion in field tests
Forage Genetics, which is best known for alfalfa that’s genetically modified to withstand glyphosate herbicides, began field testing the transgenic ...
10 unique GMO products and benefits, and more on the way
[Editor's note: Carol Lynn Curchoe is a scientist, teacher, consultant, advisor, and author.] [GMOs] have been used to benefit human ...
Viewpoint: Democrats’ GMO labeling push is an embarrassment to pro-science progressives
A group of House Democrats, who called the proposed federal GMO labeling standards 'weak' and 'confusing,' are being urged not ...
Genetic reason why tomatoes come in such a variety of sizes
The gradual increase in size of tomatoes is in part the result of breeders, ancient and modern, continually selecting and ...
Could a Planet of the (Talking) Apes ever really evolve?
War for the Planet of the Apes is the latest entry in the 50-year old franchise. A scientist asks: do ...
‘Futuristic star’: The scientist growing transplantable human organs in pigs
Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte had spent years probing the inner workings of embryos, ferreting out the genes that give a ...
Genetic Literacy Project’s Top 6 Stories for the Week – August 21, 2017
‘There is no contradiction to being a vegan and eating GMO foods’ | Diana Peña Viewpoint: Netflix movie Okja stokes unwarranted ...
Shifting political climate in Uganda may block greenlighting of GMOs
The Ugandan Parliament will resume debate on the stalled Biotechnology and Biosafety Bill when lawmakers return from recess later this ...
Alternative medicine can kill you
Chiropractic, homeopathy, acupuncture, juice diets, and other forms of unproven alternative medicine cannot cure cancer, no matter what some quacks ...
‘Super cows’: How genetic tinkering could turn farm animals into cancer-fighting drug factories
While the overall biotech industry in South Dakota is small — about 66 firms — the state is emerging as ...
‘There is no contradiction to being a vegan and eating GMO foods’
Should vegans support GMOs and biotechnology in agriculture as a means to optimize agriculture and minimize suffering and pain of ...
