Science Controversies
Epigenetic damage affects humans too says Washington State biologist
Michael Skinner, a professor of biology at Washington State University, ignited a firestorm of debate in 2005 when he and ...
Canada seeks to keep genetic data private from health insurers
Canada has no legislation barring insurers from requesting genetic testing information when customers apply for policies. The government is urging ...
Rules against patenting genes that occur in nature has bio-tech balking
Guidelines that forbid patents on a wide array of natural products, phenomena and principles have many in the biotechnology and ...
State holds children’s DNA via newborn screening cards without permission
As word of an Eyewitness News investigation spreads through Holliday Park, parents admit they are surprised. "You're kidding, right? I ...
Synthetic biologist wants to elegantly engineer genomes
Synthetic biologist Hamilton Smith wants to find the smallest genome that will keep a bacterium alive – and tidy up ...
Irish celebrity chef protests new EU-US trade deal over GM foods
Top chef Kevin Thornton has expressed his concerns over a new EU-US trade deal that could open the door to ...
Proponents and opponents of GMO labeling step up efforts in Colorado
Proponents of a proposed ballot initiative that would require labeling of genetically modified foods are nearing the end of their ...
Molokai voters have most to lose but least to say in Maui’s proposed GMO ban
Samson Kaahanui wakes up every weekday on the Hoolehua homestead, pulls on a neon long-sleeved shirt and goes to work ...
Poorest have most to gain from GMOs, hurt most by GMO scare-mongering
The Grocery Manufacturers Association brought a lawsuit in response to Vermont becoming the first state to require GMO labeling regardless ...
Study claiming organic food more nutritious ‘deeply flawed’, say independent scientists
Are organic foods better for you? A new study published in the British Journal of Nutrition appears to indicate so ...
Mexican farmers reject GM beans
Bean grower Manuel Alvarado is part of the majority of producers in Mexico who consider it unnecessary to introduce genetically ...
Video: Monsanto moving away from GMOs to crossbreeding
Agriculture giant Monsanto is spending significant money and resources to create 'new' all-natural vegetables and fruits through crossbreeding techniques. Cue ...
‘Synthetic biology’ is difficult to define, even for experts
He was looking quite lost. An eminent scientist and UN delegate was stumbling over the meaning of a term that ...
Fertility clinics adopting high-tech strategies to pick best embryo for implantation
Annika Levitt initially resisted the fertility clinic’s suggestion that only one embryo — rather than the usual two or more ...
“Parallel science” of NGO advocacy groups: How post-modernism encourages pseudo-science
Political ecologists—commentators in the media and among NGO advocacy groups—like science...when it confirms their views. When it contradicts them, rather ...
Alzheimer’s proteins in eyes may be key to early detection
Efforts to detect Alzheimer's disease earlier and more cheaply are focusing on signs of the ailment in the eye and ...
Cannabis Genome Project will discover medical mysteries of marijuana
Cannabis Genome Project plans to develop a fine-grained map of cannabis genes, involving two of the main strains of cannabis, ...
Going non-GMO often means returning to less environmentally friendly food production system
When consumers think about GMOs, they tend to contrast them with “some hypothetical alternative food that is pristine”, when in ...
Mom’s pregnancy diet affects her children and grandchildren
What mom eats during pregnancy dramatically influences not only the health of her kids but future generations as well. That’s ...
Brain recording lets scientists watch treatments in action, but could harm memory
The man in the hospital bed was playing video games on a laptop, absorbed and relaxed despite the bustle of ...
Missisippi baby with HIV cured by early therapy, now positive for virus’ DNA again
Two months shy of her fourth birthday, paediatricians gave the ‘Mississippi baby’ bad news: her HIV infection, seemingly vanquished by ...
Wealthy foreign NGOs block GMOs in India, hinder progress to food security
Six foreign NGOs based in wealthy countries, many of which themselves permit such innovations, have thus far succeeded in blocking ...
Video: Congressional panel concludes labeling would stoke GMO fears
It's pretty rare that members of Congress and all the witnesses they've called will declare out loud that Americans are ...
Zambian municipality destroys over 1000 lbs of cereals with GMOs
The Livingstone City Council swung into action seizing and destroying cereals from Shoprite Supermarket containing Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs). Livingstone City Council Chief Health Inspector ...
Scientists call to lift Kenyan GMO ban, claim it affects HIV-Aids patients who need nutrition
A group of scientists from public universities and research centres has faulted the government for banning genetically modified foods. The scientists ...
Individual’s genetic info unique in another way: The shape of RNAs
The information contained within a messenger RNA (mRNA) transcript goes beyond the protein recipe embedded in its sequence. mRNAs consist ...
In the future, brain implants will cure paralysis and disease
nside the biomedical electronics lab at GE Global Research in Niskayuna, New York, Jeff Ashe, a principal engineer, holds up ...
