Science Controversies
‘Irresponsible’: China bans clinical research on germline human gene editing
All clinical research involving germline genome editing has been banned by China under a newly released ethics guideline ...
Viewpoint: AI-guided human gene editing? Rewriting code of life, guided by the precision and power of AI, could transform us in ways we are only beginning to imagine
As AI continues to advance, its application in genetic modification heralds a transformative era for disease prevention and treatment ...
Ghana approves first biotech crop — Pest-resistant black-eyed peas
What happens when a state or country forces organic production on all of its farmers? There are a couple of ...
‘Gene editing poses no unique risks’: European Food Safety Authority finding lowers the regulatory barrier for crop biotechnology innovation
A new opinion from the EU Food Safety Authority (EFSA) concludes that microorganisms optimized using the CRISPR gene scissors do ...
Viewpoint: ‘Rhetoric of fear’ around GMO safety prevents EU from fact-based debate on genetically modified crops
Crazy soy alert”: this is the headline in the newspaper Libération on November 1, 1996, that launched the controversy in ...
Conscious Greens: Bayer and Pairwise team up to market first CRISPR food in North America, gene edited lettuce
Twelve months ago, Pairwise, a gene-editing company based in North Carolina, launched its first commercial product in the United States ...
Chill-proof tomatoes? CRISPR gene-editing breakthrough
In a significant advancement for agricultural biotechnology, researchers have identified a genetic mechanism that enhances the cold tolerance of tomatoes ...
Thailand becomes 25th country to formally approve gene edited crops
Thailand has approved Genome Editing (GEd) technology for advanced plant breeding to increase yields while using fewer chemicals in the farming industry, ...
Did fentanyl ‘over-prescription’ drive the opioid epidemic? Here’s why that’s a false narrative
The federal government’s narrative about the epidemic of addiction and overdose deaths in the U.S. has been that it is ...
Even as the UK and EU move towards relaxing restrictions on gene-edited crops, Scotland remains firm in CRISPR rejection
Scotland will keep its ban on gene-edited crops, even as the European Union considers lifting restrictions, it has emerged ...
European Union approves two more GMO corn crops for import for food and animal feed, but not for cultivation
The European Commission [July 2] authorised two genetically modified (GM) maize crops and renewed the authorisation for another genetically modified ...
Eco-terrorists destroyed an Italian scientist’s gene-edited sustainable rice project. Here is how her team is rebuilding it
What is there to fear in Assisted Evolution Techniques (TEA)? Recently, the first TEA [gene editing] experimentation field ever inaugurated ...
EU Parliament endorses revamped gene editing regulations that include 2025 Commission review and ban on patents
Parliament adopted its position for negotiations with member states on the Commission proposal on New Genomic Techniques (NGTs), which alter ...
Analysis: Trump-inspired Project 2025 and US farming — Blueprint recommends streamlining non-science based biotechnology and pesticide regulations
Project 2025 — the strategically detailed playbook that the Republican Party has crafted in anticipation of a second Donald Trump ...
Discount weight loss drugs? India and China vying to make lower-cost versions of blockbuster Wegovy
Companies in India and China are vying to make lower-cost versions that will widen access to such treatments ...
Viewpoint: ‘Resistance to food altered by biotechnology holds back development of new crops that may improve our health and help us adapt to climate change’
Genetic engineering remains extremely contentious in Europe. This matters because resistance to food altered by biotechnology is holding back development ...
Benefits and risks of newly-approved early Alzheimer’s disease drug, Eli Lilly’s Kisunla (donanedab)
The Food and Drug Administration on July 2 approved a new drug for Alzheimer’s disease, the latest in a novel ...
Peru remains almost alone globally, again affirming GMO crop rejection until 2035
In the second vote, [Peru's] Plenary Session of Congress rejected the request [...] to end the moratorium on GMOs and ...
Viewpoint: Cybersecurity and food security — Partnerships between universities, governments and companies can help protect US genetic engineering trade secrets
In 2017, a major cyber-espionage incident underscored vulnerabilities within the U.S. seed industry. A Chinese company was accused of hacking ...
Shifting tide of public opinion: The more Americans know about gene editing, the more likely they are to deem it safe to use in agriculture
The more that people know about gene editing, the more likely they are to feel it is safe to use ...
Italian risotto rice is vulnerable to a deadly fungus that destroys enough food to feed 60 million people. Vandals just ruined the country’s first gene-edited rice tests
If you have ever had a good risotto, you most likely had it with arborio rice. This variety is ideal ...
Bananas that don’t turn brown? Philippines approves CRISPR-edited fruit, fighting battle to reduce food waste
New banana varieties with improved reduced-browning characteristics have been determined as non-genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in the Philippines. The Certificates ...
Italy’s first gene-edited crop trial, fungus-resistant rice, destroyed by vandals
Italy’s first field trial of a gene-edited crop is in tatters, after vandals completely destroyed a test plot of experimental ...
How Canada is blazing the gene editing global regulatory pathway
A map at the recent World Seed Congress in Rotterdam, Netherlands, showed most major crop-producing regions now have rules for gene editing ...
Viewpoint: Scientific American’s credibility crash
In the twenty-first century, American scientific media, including Scientific American, has slipped into lockstep with progressive beliefs ...
GLP podcast: Assessing the Cass report; Fetal genome surgery could treat disease during pregnancy; How ‘body-tracking data’ threatens privacy
The recently released Cass report has intensified an already ferocious debate over gender-affirming care for children. What are the key ...
Viewpoint: Here’s why the European Parliament’s plan for loosening crop biotech editing regulations is two steps forward, three steps backward
Many welcomed the European Parliament's adoption, with a narrow majority of 307 votes for, 263 against and 41 abstentions, of ...
