Science Controversies
Anti-GMO activist campaign slams biofortified GM crops, claims biodiversity ‘far better’
Attempts to genetically modify food staples, such as crops and cattle, to increase their nutritional value and overall performance have ...
Study claiming organic more nutritious captures why it’s harder to figure out risk
A study in the news last week perfectly captures why it’s getting harder and harder to figure out what’s risky ...
Video: Africa’s leaders need education about role of biotech in agriculture
As a boy growing up on the shores of Lake Victoria in Kenya, Harvard international development professor Calestous Juma noticed ...
How GM crops can help address India’s food security problems
The new environment minister Prakash Javadekar is yet to take a call on allowing further trials of genetically-modified (GM) crops ...
NaturalNews’ Mike Adams asks anti-GMOers to kill scientists, supporters of crop biotech
Mike Adams, self-styled 'Health Ranger' behind what's called the world's #1 anti-science website, NaturalNews, has issued a call to action: ...
Genes reveal biological processes underlying schizophrenia
Scientists found more than 100 genes that make people more susceptible to schizophrenia- 83 of which have never been pinpointed ...
Artificial chip mimics bone marrow, generates platelets
Scientists at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) have developed a scalable, next-generation platelet bioreactor to generate fully functional human platelets ...
Q&A illuminates the ‘golden age’ of memory science
When it comes to the study of memory, we might be living in something of a golden age. Researchers are ...
Q&A illuminates the ‘golden age’ of memory science
When it comes to the study of memory, we might be living in something of a golden age. Researchers are ...
Indian biotech regulator approves field trials for 15 GM crops, draws harsh criticism
India's Genetic Engineering Approval Committee okayed field trials for 15 varieties of genetically modified crops, but the decision came under ...
Snipping HIV out of the genome
Like other retroviruses, the genetic material of HIV wedges itself into the genome of its human host. While antiretroviral therapies ...
Three-parent IVF possibly to begin next year in Britain
New regulations to allow mitochondrial DNA transfer will now be put before parliament following a three month consultation. If passed, ...
Kauai seeks $50,000 more for private attorneys defending anti-GMO, pesticides law
Kauai’s county attorney has asked the county council for more money to defend a new law regulating genetically engineered crops ...
Survey says majority of Americans ‘unaware’ of personalized medicine
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – A significant majority of Americans are not familiar with personalized medicine, but when told how it ...
Q&A illuminates the ‘golden age’ of memory science
When it comes to the study of memory, we might be living in something of a golden age. Researchers are ...
Q&A illuminates the ‘golden age’ of memory science
When it comes to the study of memory, we might be living in something of a golden age. Researchers are ...
Q&A illuminates the ‘golden age’ of memory science
When it comes to the study of memory, we might be living in something of a golden age. Researchers are ...
Editorial: Consumers want transparency, Congress should mandate GMO labeling nationwide
The fight over genetic engineering boils down to this underlying disagreement: Consumers want to know what is in the foods they ...
Plant-based, animal-free cow’s milk soon to be reality with GM yeast
Biohackers Ryan Pandya and Perumal Gandhi are working on crafting a plant-based concoction that’s nearly identical in makeup to what’s ...
Why GM debates do not persuade public opinion
When, earlier this year, SciDev.Net decided to host a live online debate around genetically modified (GM) plants and animals, it was because we knew ...
No fooling science with anti-GMO myths
The internet is full of false information about genetically modified crops and derived food. Unfortunately the average person — including many ...
Debunking claims of no long-term and independent GMO studies
One of the complaints I hear most is “there are no GM food studies done by independents, it’s all company ...
Editorial: Congress should step in on GMO labeling wars
Congress might not be accomplishing much these days, but that doesn't mean it's not wrestling with significant issues. One of ...
Faces of Molokai dependent on biotech industry with little say in proposed GMO ban
Civil Beat photographer turned his lens on employees, farmers and their families on Molokai, the island where Big Biotech is ...
Will consumers accept GM yeast that could save our oceans?
Scientists at DuPont have genetically modified a yeast to produce a long-chain omega-3 fatty acid, essential to human health and ...
Video: Sequencing of bread wheat genome ‘game-changer’ for meeting climate change challenge
Scientists reported a draft sequence of bread wheat's genetic blueprint, boosting efforts to produce new varieties of bread wheat that ...
Handy genome-editing fact sheet
Genome editing comprises a range of molecular techniques that allow targeted changes to be made to the genomes of organisms ...
