Science Controversies
Computer program reads facial features to identify rare genetic diseases
Doctors faced with the tricky task of spotting rare genetic diseases in children may soon be asking parents to email ...
Tearing down bacteria’s walls offers hope for new class of treatment
Scientists at the University of East Anglia have made a breakthrough in the race to solve antibiotic resistance. New research ...
Republication of Séralini GM corn study does not sway critical scientists
A controversial paper linking genetically modified maize to the development of tumours in rats, which was published in 2012 and ...
Inconclusive results of republished Séralini GM corn toxicity study warrant further research
In 2012, a study was released that seemed at first glance to justify every anti-GMO advocate's worst fears: eating genetically ...
Major flaws remain unaddressed in republished Séralini GM corn toxicity study
A couple of years back a French research study (known as the Séralini.study after its primary author) claimed that rats ...
Examining Environmental Sciences Europe, journal that republished Séralini study
Following the publication of a retracted study claiming that genetically modified corn and the herbicide glyphosate causes tumors in rats, ...
Costco scares consumers about GM, yet most of its products contain GMOs
Last week, just days after I wrote a very critical article skewering Whole Foods for lying to all of its customers about ...
‘Science speaks for itself’: Séralini rat study on GM corn toxicity republished
GMOSeralini.org welcomes the news of the republication of the chronic toxicity study on the glyphosate-based herbicide Roundup and a commercialized genetically modified ...
Changing climates, mixing genes: Global warming may cause an increase in animal hybrids
A warming climate is shrinking many species' (e.g. polar bears, Bicknell's thrushes) habitats, to their detriment. It's also forcing many ...
Step toward gene screening in the doctor’s office also reality check
Clinical Genome and Exome Sequencing, CGES, is an exciting step forward in human medicine that should also be taken with ...
Republished retracted Séralini GMO corn rat study faces harsh criticism from scientists
The new Séralini rat corn study looks a lot like the old retracted one. According to independent scientists who have ...
23andMe to work with FDA for approval
23andMe, the health and ancestry startup, is slowly but surely moving along in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's regulatory ...
Epigentics: sorting out the hype from the substance
We haven't written much about epigenetics for a while, in part because it's so trendy that it's impossible to know ...
Genetics and beer consumption raise risk of mosquito bites
Blood type, metabolism, exercise, shirt color and even drinking beer can make individuals especially delicious to mosquitoes. You come in ...
Vast majority of lab-sounding GM work was completed in fields through selective breeding
Genetic modification (GM) sounds very laboratory-based – people in white coats inserting and deleting genes – but the vast majority of GM ...
Civic group accuses Taiwanese FDA of misleading with ad claiming GM foods do not cause cancer
The Homemakers United Foundation yesterday accused the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of trying to mislead the public by running ...
Seralini rat study on toxicity of GM crops republished
Republication of the infamous Seralini study on the toxicity of genetically modified (GM) food crops has been met with renewed ...
Retracted Seralini study on GM corn toxicity republished with another unusual embargo
A highly controversial — and retracted — 2012 study by Gilles Seralini and colleagues of the effects of genetically modified maize and the ...
Master gene controls stem cell development in brain’s movement centers
Athletes and artists perform their extraordinary feats relying on the cerebellum. As well, the cerebellum is critical for the everyday ...
Best chocolate for your gut bacteria
It’s said that, in a healthy human the bacteria cells in our gut and other areas of our body outnumber ...
Brain responds to sunbathing like other addictions
Can't resist getting a tan despite the risks? It might be more than a habit. That's the suggestion from a ...
Power to edit who you are
Gene editing in humans will soon become a treatment reality. But how will society determine which conditions deserve this treatment ...
Europe warns Kenyan farmers that GM crop exports will not be accepted
Local farmers will find it difficult to export their crops to Europe if they adopt the Genetically Modified (GM) crops, ...
Biotech and chemical companies pour money backing GMO-friendly candidates in Hawaii
Hawaii has become “ground zero” in the controversy over genetically modified crops and pesticides. With the seed crop industry (including ...
India condemns Greenpeace, Vandana Shiva as ‘national security threats’
India's intelligence agency has targeted an adviser to Prince Charles and British activists in a campaign against Greenpeace and other ...
To MA legislators: Poorly-designed GMO labeling bill will misinform consumers
I understand that you support H3996 because you believe it is a labeling requirement, and my comments below will be ...
