Science Controversies
What causes drug-resistant ‘superbugs’? E. coli research provides clues
New data from a study conducted by the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute suggests that drug-resistant “superbugs” are not necessarily out-competing ...
Anti-GMO Indian environmentalists try to derail GMO mustard commercialization
Dr Pushpa M Bhargava, India’s premier geneticist, who was appointed to [India’s] GEAC [Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee] by the apex ...
GMOs are not an either/or debate
On the one hand, GM crops can help us feed poor people in far-flung parts of the world by making ...
Food Evolution interview: Could ‘pro science’ documentary inspire a pro-GMO food movement?
Food Evolution director Scott Hamilton Kennedy talks with the Genetic Literacy Project about the film's funding, and challenges the "ruthless ...
Zika tragedy reanimates ethical and medical debate about vaccines for pregnant women
Ever since the shocking realization in 1961 that the morning sickness pill thalidomide caused shortened limbs in babies, doctors have ...
Viewpoint: How the Monsanto-Bayer merger threatens livelihoods of rural America
[Writer Austin Frerick lives in Winterset, Iowa and is a former economist at the U.S. Department of the Treasury.] Iowa ...
Uganda ponders gene-edited crops to avoid restrictive GMO regulations
Scientists globally... are engaged in plant breeding using genetic modification methods where a gene from a different plant is identified ...
Life’s DNA blueprint: Rewriting yeast genome could help design better drugs and improve stem cell therapy
Scientists have long been able to make specific changes in the DNA code. Now, they’re taking the more radical step ...
Ethical rubicon: Should we take ‘next steps’ toward designer humans?
Scientists in Portland, Oregon, just succeeded in creating the first genetically modified human embryo in the United States, according to Technology ...
Food Evolution director Scott Hamilton Kennedy: ‘I wanted to reset the debate’ over food and farming
Oscar-nominated director talks with the Genetic Literacy Project about the reaction his documentary has received, both from GMO critics and ...
India’s GM mustard approval on hold pending outcome of anti-GMO lawsuit
India’s top court ... put the commercial release of a genetically-modified mustard variety on hold until it decides on a case ...
Biblical mystery solved: Ancient Canaanites DNA lives on in Lebanese
The Canaanites lived at the crossroads of the ancient world. They experienced wars, conquests and occupations for millennia, and as ...
‘Chemicals’ not biggest threat to food safety—and 9 other myths about modern farming busted
Next time you’re at the grocery store, consider these 10 modern myths about the most ancient occupation. 4. A pesticide ...
Indian scientist: Promoting ‘rich man’s’ organic food’ and delaying insect-resistant GMO eggplant hurts poor
Chairman of Review Committee for Genetic Manipulations (RCGM) Dr B Sesikeran ... said by stalling Bt brinjal [eggplant], India has only done more ...
Podcast: NY Times reports glyphosate in Ben & Jerry’s ice cream. What’s the science?
Biologist David Oppenheimer, nutritionist Shelley McGuire: Pro-organic group's glyphosate analysis no substitute for peer-reviewed science ...
Why one anti-GMO farmer switched to genetically engineered herbicide-tolerant seeds
Greg Guenther is now an enthusiastic user of genetically modified seed, despite steering clear of it in the mid-1990s, having ...
‘True blue’ chrysanthemum flowers created using genetic engineering
Roses are red, but science could someday turn them blue. That’s one of the possible future applications of a technique ...
Chipotle got rid of food with ‘scary-sounding chemicals’—So why are customers getting sick?
[Editor's note: Joseph Perrone is the Chief Science Officer at the Center for Accountability in Science.] [Spring 2017], Chipotle reinforced its ...
Over-fishing to supply fish oil with omega-3? GMO camelina may soon offer sustainable alternatives
Metabolic engineers have moved a step closer to sourcing fish oils from fields rather than from the oceans with a ...
Genetic Literacy Project’s Top 6 Stories for the Week – July 31, 2017
Herbicide-tainted Ben & Jerry’s ice cream? NY Times falls for anti-science group’s dubious attack on glyphosate | Kevin Folta Ignore at ...
India’s cotton farmers turn to black market herbicide-tolerant GM varieties to improve yields
The cultivation of genetically modified (GM) crops with new transgenic traits such as herbicide tolerance (HT) is spreading fast in ...
Tomorrow’s corn: Gene associated with resistance to multiple leaf diseases identified
Researchers at North Carolina State University have found a specific gene in corn that appears to be associated with resistance ...
Fountain of youth? Stem cells show promise in slowing aging, rejuvenating brain — in mice
Stem cells in the brain could be the key to extending life and slowing ageing. These cells — which are ...
Taming menopause? Antibody might restrain obesity, osteoporosis risks
Menopause often has some pretty negative effects on women. Their risks of heart disease, osteoporosis and obesity all increase, to ...
US first: CRISPR-edited human embryos
The first known attempt at creating genetically modified human embryos in the United States has been carried out by a ...
How EU could make GMO crop regulations more scientific
In recent years, the EU legislation on genetically modified (GM) crops has come under severe criticism. Among the arguments are ...
Canadian GMO salmon facility will require federal environmental risk assessment
A proposal to produce the world's first genetically modified salmon for human consumption in P.E.I. will face assessment, says the ...
