Science Literacy Project Daily Digest
Engineered apples near approval
The following is an excerpt. Any parent will tell you, it’s hard to get a kid to eat an apple that’s ...
Monsanto, steaks, and chefs: Intellectual property and food
The following is an excerpt. The big problem with Monsanto is its reliance on intellectual property. Rather than on innovation, the ...
GM: Time for a more nuanced debate
The following is an edited excerpt. What is a person with a conscience to think about the fraught and complex ...
GMO scientist Séralini backs GMO awareness and labeling
Last year the French scientist Gilles-Eric Séralini published a study linking GMO foods and tumors in rats. The study has since ...
Genetic engineering joins the fight to save wildlife
Conservation workers will this week seek help from an unlikely set of allies. They will ask researchers working on synthetic ...
Response to Mark Bittman on the “biotech rider”
The following is an excerpt. Bittman continues writes misleading claims in an attempt to distract readers from what the issue ...
GMO labeling is better if voluntary
The following is an excerpt. Norwich, Conn. — The Legislature’s Public Health Committee this week gave favorable approval to a ...
Connecticut: Advocates push for GMO labeling law
The following is an excerpt. A public forum with state legislators and advocates for the labeling of foods containing Genetically ...
GMO pickle claim leaves you scratching your head
[UPDATE, 23 April 2013 -- The post excerpted here is satire. Our apologies for any confusion. You can see a ...
Food labels don’t tell what’s in the genes
The following is an excerpt. Josephine Burriesci already reads food labels and tries to avoid ingredients she can’t pronounce. But ...
India and GM crops: Time for a second Green Revolution?
The following is an excerpt. India is at the crossroads as far as the use of genetically engineered crops in ...
Modern genetics reshapes the tree of life
The following is an excerpt. Charles Darwin's "tree of life", which shows how species are related through evolutionary history, is ...
Researchers use single-cell genome sequencing to analyze hospital biofilm microbe
The following is an excerpt. A team of researchers led by scientists from the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) has ...
10 unusual genetic mutations in humans
The following is an excerpt. No two people are alike, due to the subtly different ways our genomes are expressed ...
Students explore their genetic futures in college course
The following is an excerpt. A controversial School of Medicine course has given hundreds of students the opportunity to learn ...
Genetic mutations linked to childhood obesity
The following is an excerpt. The rise in the number of overweight children in Britain may be as much to ...
Der Spiegel profiles leading stem cell scientist Robert Lanza
The following is an excerpt. Ethical worries have slowed medical research into applications for stem cells. But scientists like Robert ...
Editorial: Stem cell agency finally addresses potential for conflicts
The following is an excerpt. Politics is the art of the possible. Jonathan Thomas, who chairs the oversight committee for California's stem ...
Genetic ancestry testing is not ‘astrology’
In calling DNA-based ancestry tests 'astrology,' geneticist Mark Thomas wrongfully overlooks legitimate, peer-reviewed research ...
Letter to the editor: ‘Monsanto Protection Act’ is at root of ‘Farmer Assurance Provision’
The following is an excerpt. I was surprised to read Rekha Basu’s column (“Deception Undermines Democracy,” April 5) and learn that she ...
A developing world strategy for personalized medicine
The following is an excerpt. Because of its technology intensive platform, personalized medicine is seen as solely benefiting the populations ...
Sleep, the other gene therapy
The following is an excerpt. We've mentioned before that lack of sleep increases your risk of cardiovascular disease, obesity, diabetes, ...
Myriad Genetics patent would harm society
The following is an excerpt. Myriad argues that they should be allowed to patent the gene because they were the ...
Revolutionizing the “Out of Africa” story
The following is an excerpt. The discovery of the structure of DNA and the subsequent developments in genetics and genomics have had a great impact on ...
Gene pool rules: The ethics of human evolutionary engineering
The following is an excerpt. For thousands of years, humans have used genetic engineering to control the evolution of plants ...
Tough calls on prenatal tests
The following is an excerpt. New prenatal blood tests for genetic abnormalities such as Down syndrome are reshaping care for ...
Brain-building gene plays key role in gut repair
The following is an excerpt. A gene with a colorful name – mindbomb 1 – plays a key role far ...
