Science Literacy Project Daily Digest
Banning GM foods: Is it ethical to deny a hungry child a meal because of theoretical risks?
In declaring a sweeping ban on all genetically modified products, the government unwittingly invoked the Hyderabad Declaration made during the ...
Governments must defend GM crops against the naysayers
People everywhere are increasingly vulnerable to the use of what Nobel Prize-winning chemist Irving Langmuir dubbed “pathological science” – the ...
Genetic effects on intelligence and society
Fewer subjects are more controversial than the study of genetics and its relation to just about every facet of human ...
Young and carrying a deadly gene: Do you really want to know?
Most people have a deep intuition that a life lived clear-eyed has inherent value, independent of whether the truth makes ...
GM labelling comes to India
On the New Year’s day India joined a select band of countries in the world which have mandated labeling of food containing ...
When should you give genetic testing as a gift?
When 23andMe offered their DNA test for just $99, I started to think about giving it for Christmas presents. It was an ...
New Mexico considers GMO labeling amendment
“The premise of this amendment is simple – New Mexicans deserve the right to know what's in the food they ...
Can genetic testing help prevent the next mass murder?
PolicyMicJames Holmes and Adam Lanza: Their DNA May Hold Clues On What Makes a ...PolicyMicNot only would Adam Lanza's genetic ...
U.S. Clears DNA Firm’s Acquisition by Chinese
The federal government has given national security clearance to the controversial purchase of an American DNA sequencing company by a ...
GM salmon could hurt Alaska’s commercial fishermen
Kenai River angler Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, was railing against "Frankenfish'' again on Friday after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration gave a green flag ...
Gene technology innovations reshaping future of medicine
The ability to map human DNA cheaply and quickly is yielding a torrent of data about the genetic drivers of ...
The curious genetics of “werewolves”
Forgive my lapse in political correctness, but I recalled those cards when I saw the word “hypertrichosis” in a recent ...
Genetics’ effect on intelligence and society
Fewer subjects are more controversial than the study of genetics and its relation to just about every facet of human ...
Obama’s Science Commitment, FDA Face Ethics Scrutiny in Wake of GMO Salmon Fiasco
Will the President’s Office of Science and Technology Policy’s John Holdren investigate the White House after violations of the Executive Office guarantee ...
Genome of Chinese plum provides hope of improved fruit
A Chinese research team, led by Beijing Forestry University, BGI, Beijing Lin Fu Ke Yuan Flowers Co., Ltd, and other ...
Cadaver stem cells offer new hope of life after death
Medical DailyRadical New Technique Extracts Stem Cells From CadaversMedical DailyHuman bone marrow holds mesenchymal stem cells, which can be converted ...
Patents and trademarks: My plants broke the law
Patents and trademarks: My plants broke the lawThe Idaho StatesmanDistinctiveness has always been a potential bone of contention, especially since ...
Identifying genetic markers will not stop crime
Discussion turned, in the wake of the Newtown killings, to better mental health services. If we could simply identify homicidal ...
Anti-GMO movement should follow the money instead of wasting its time on labels
Over the past several years I have spent a great deal of time in high-security, limited-access genetic modification laboratories. While ...
Evolution may contradict ‘dumb jock’ notion
According to a popular stereotype, intellectual achievement and athleticism are inversely linked. Now a controversial view of evolution suggests that ...
DNA tests target Native Americans
The Center for Genetics and Society, which takes an ultra-conservative view of genetic screening and genetic technology, takes a one-sided ...
Is Obama kowtowing to anti-biotech activists?
Reason (blog)Is Obama Kowtowing to Anti-Biotech Activists?Reason (blog)For the past 17 years, AquaBounty Technologies has been doggedly pursuing Food and ...
Something fishy in the White House?
Emily Anthes, science writer and author of the upcoming book about biotechnology Frankenstein's Cat, responds to Jon Entine's piece about the ...
Lessons from Prop 37 — the future of genetic engineering in agriculture
To me, the bread and butter of GM will be control of plant diseases. Control of plant diseases are not ...
Food movement needs to follow the money, not waste time on labels
Over the past several years I have spent a great deal of time in high-security, limited-access genetic modification laboratories. While ...
Bats evolved to fix DNA from damage caused by flight
[N]ow, thanks to our ability to sequence genomes, some researchers have provided a new picture of how bats manage to ...
Personalized medicine’s perverse economics
In pharmacogenetics, genetic typing is used to determine a patient's likely response to drugs, and create a personalized drug regime ...
