Science Controversies
Gene-specific cancer treatment is common, but there are still some kinks
Elaine Mardis and her colleagues first encountered 39-year-old Lucy (not her real name) in 2010 at the Genome Institute at ...
Australian organic farmer to appeal lost landmark GM crop ‘contamination’ case
Organic Kojonup farmer Steve Marsh and his wife Sue will appeal the Western Australia Supreme Court’s decision in the high ...
Second mosquito genome targets dengue and yellow fever
Virginia Tech entomologists have developed a chromosome map for about half of the genome of the mosquito Aedes agypti, the ...
Activist Food Babe shames Anheuser-Busch to disclose beer ingredients in search for GMOs
Vani Hari, the blogger known as Food Babe, is an internet food activist who recently achieved one of her most high profile ...
US to European Union: Ease restrictions on GM foods and crops for trans-Atlantic trade pact
The top American agriculture official on Tuesday called on the European Union to do more to ease restrictions on gene-altered food and ...
Sales of GM canola seed increase in Australia
Seed company Monsanto has posted a 55 per cent jump in sales of genetically modified canola seed in Australia. The company ...
Bt brinjal could enter India from Bangladesh illegally despite moratorium
Despite India's moratorium on the release ofgenetically-modified (GM) Bt brinjal, there is a possibility of gene contamination of Indian brinjals ...
Ghana biotech group slams Vandana Shiva’s claim that GM foods poisonous
The Ghana Chapter of the Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology (OFAB) has said claims by Indian agro-ecologist, Dr. Vandana Shiva ...
Physician age, lack of education a major stumbling block to adopting genetics in practice
Insiders to genomics are looking around and bemoan the lack of forward progress on the clinical side of adoption. Why ...
GM giants on Kauai ‘drench’ test crops with pesticides causing islander illnesses
The four transnational corporations that are experimenting with genetically engineered crops on Kauai have transformed part of the island into ...
‘Right to try’ law, for profit stem cells make Colorado wild West of non-FDA clinical trials
Colorado passed a new law supported by the ultra-conservative Goldwater Institute, the so-called Right To Try Law. This law allows ...
Massachusetts legislator says Cornell GMO labeling study biased, uses ‘scare tactics’
A recently released study pointing to increased food prices if manufacturers are forced to label genetically modified ingredients in food ...
Chorus of neurons, singing together transfers messages in the brain
When a cartoon character gets an idea, you know it. A lightbulb goes on over Wile E. Coyote’s head, or ...
Pace of reproductive technology makes health effects hard to measure
Over the past 34 years, assisted reproduction like IVF has gone from exceptional to mainstream. The procedures have changed rapidly, ...
Little Lord Kahn and the edge of genome technology
An infant born earlier this month is the first known child to have his genome sequenced before birth. As more ...
Mutation rates may explain why plants can live much longer than animals
Scientists can’t offer a simple, straightforward answer to why plants can get so much older than animals. But they have ...
Vermont legislators ‘reckless’ with state funds defending GMO labeling law
On the front page of the May 9, 2014, Bennington Banner, Gov. Peter Shumlin was all smiles holding up a ...
Future of biotechnology, scientific research threatened by pro-organic misinformation campaigns
The organic food market is estimated at $63 billion globally, with more than half of those sales occuring in the United States ...
Filipino scientists forced to bring petition against GM field trial ban to Supreme Court
There has been talk about the impending legal battle concerning a petition filed by scientist-researchers from the University of the Philippines ...
GM debate distracts from common goal of making agriculture more sustainable
In an article published his week in PLOS Biology, Ottoline Leyser argues that the GM debate is distracting us from addressing the real challenges ...
DNA testing may be the only part of forensic science that’s actually scientific
Forensic science -- the wizardry on display on CSI -- is often bunk. Worse, the government has known this for ...
Video: YouTube series Healthcare Triage examines science behind GMO safety
What does the science say about the safety of GMOs? Aaron Carroll, professor of pediatrics at Indiana University School of ...
Consumers willing to pay premium for organics, but benefits mostly psychological
Consumers buying organic food based on a certified label believe they are getting a product guaranteed to be healthier or ...
Mexican genes, Mexican diseases, and the idea of race
Recently released study highlights misconceptions of 'Mexicans' as a 'race' despite the genomic and cultural diversity that exists within the ...
GMO bananas enriched with vitamin A to benefit millions in Africa set for human trials in US
A super-enriched banana genetically engineered to improve the lives of millions of people in Africa will soon have its first ...
How cells stick together when it’s needed, pull apart when not
When I was nine, biology gave me my first existential crisis. If I am built out of trillions of tiny ...
Big Food spends millions to defeat GMO labeling in key state New York
Agricultural, food and beverage companies have spent millions of dollars to defeat legislation in New York state that would require ...
