Science Controversies
RNA-based nanomedicines arrive at cancer clinics
Researchers recently reported multidrug delivery using nanoparticles to mediate resistance in relapsing cancers and to improve triple-negative breast cancer treatment ...
What’s ethical when cops use DNA to find a suspect in a crowd?
A “DNA sweep” or “DNA dragnet” refers to the practice of police officers asking large numbers of people to voluntarily ...
CRISPR editing technique could reverse disease symptoms in living animals
Using a new gene-editing system based on bacterial proteins, MIT researchers have cured mice of a rare liver disorder caused ...
Monsanto launches “$hill Bucks” effort to sway GMO debate
The biotechnology industry, struggling to gain acceptance for their products, has looked at social media as a wild animal they’ve ...
University extension educator urges farmers to know basic biotech crop science
Farmers need to know the basic biotech crop science to educate consumers about what they do. Jenny Rees, a University ...
Oregon student group campaigns for GMO labeling
In February, Oregon Student Public Interest Research Group (OSPRIG) set off on its lead petition campaign for the 2014 winter term. With ...
Chinese officials accused of covering up illegal GM crops
Agriculture officials in Hainan have been accused of trying to suppress evidence that genetically modified crops have been grown illegally ...
Two scientists’ quests for immortality is the subject of new documentary
A pair of advocates—they do legitimate research too, but their ardor is so intense, it’s hard to call them scientists—believe ...
Borlaug’s Green Revolution: Neither green, nor revolutionary
The Rockefeller Foundation, always around for funding long-term investments such as food and agriculture which the US government views as ...
Zimbabwean farmers urged to adopt Bt cotton
Zimbabwe must seriously consider the adoption of Bt cotton by farmers to revamp production and revive the textile and clothing ...
Why political partisans don’t like facts
To paraphrase an observation attributed to the late Senator Daniel P. Moynihan, people are entitled to their own opinions, not ...
Misguided Californian bill panders to small group of anti-science alarmists
In a victory for California’s radical anti-technology minority, S.B. 131 passed the state’s senate Health Committee by a vote of ...
Leading Nigerian politician pushes for bio-safety law
The Speaker of the House of Representatives in Nigeria, Aminu Tambuwal, has indicated that the passage of the Bio-safety Bill ...
Jackson county could be first in Oregon to ban growing GMOs
If voters approve, Jackson County would become the first in Oregon to ban growing genetically modified crops. A local farmers’ ...
Spending a day with biotech pioneer Edwin Southern
A knock at the cottage door yields no answer. A light is on, but nobody seems to be home. Down ...
Virus and gene interaction speed Type 1 diabetes development
Rotavirus can accelerate the development of type 1 diabetes in children by getting rogue immune cells to attack the pancreas, ...
Virus adopted into human DNA may play roll in stem cell pluripotency
McGill Computational Biology Professor Guillaume Bourque suggests in a new paper just published in Nature Structural & Molecular Biology that ...
Most ‘dangerous’ anti-science GMO critic? Meet Mike Adams–Conspiracy junkie runs alternative ‘health’ empire
He just may be the most influential—and scientists say the most irresponsible—voice in the crusade to demonize GMOs and undermine ...
Glow-in-the-dark trees as street lights
In the not-so-distant future, your evening walk could be lit by gently glowing trees rather than standard street lights. That ...
GMOs in India face trials despite initial approval
The Indian environment ministry's Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) approved field trials of 11 varieties of genetically-modified (GM) crops that had ...
Fear and deception in anti-GMO efforts
The anti-GMO troops in the United States received some unwelcome news this week from Margaret Hamburg, commissioner of the U.S ...
Dow challenges Monsanto with new seed and herbicide system
Dow AgroSciences looked on for years as agribusiness giant Monsanto dominated the genetically modified seed market. Now the seed and ...
FDA to finalize guidance for voluntary GMO labeling soon
FDA will soon finalize its voluntary guidance on genetically engineered food labeling, agency Commissioner Margaret Hamburg told the House Appropriations ...
CNN’s irresponsible article on ’10 ways to avoid GMOs’–No, GMOs are not unsafe
CNN's article about 10 ways to avoid GMOs was not grounded in fact and misled many readers, a clear example ...
Gene makes saliva super-potent, linked to weight
Perhaps it should be renamed the Atkins gene. Scientists have found a small piece of genetic code that seems to ...
Integrated pest management with GM crops can outperform organic agriculture
Is organic agriculture always safer to the environment and human health? Can all consumers afford the generally 20 to 30 ...
MIT researchers use MRI to study genetic activity in brains
MIT researchers have used genetic engineering and a bit of chemistry to make it possible, for the first time, to ...
