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Talking Biotech Podcast: Kevin Folta talks with a crime lab expert on how DNA can solve cold cases

Brian Hoey, Kevin Folta | 
DNA has been an invaluable tool to make certain matches between a suspect and a crime. Since its early use ...
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Podcast: Talking Biotech with Kevin Folta — How to respond when anti-biotechnology activists call scientists shills

Kevin Folta | 
If you've ever publicly communicated enthusiasm for a new product or technology, you inevitably have been accused to being a ...
Podcast: RFK Jr’s appearance on Joe Rogan podcast spreads dangerous misinformation about glyphosate, vaccines, cellphones and more

Podcast: RFK Jr’s appearance on Joe Rogan podcast spreads dangerous misinformation about glyphosate, vaccines, cellphones and more

Joe Rogan, Kevin Folta | 
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is recognized for his bad science around critical issues like vaccination and agricultural chemistry. Recently he ...
Podcast: Gene-edited avocados in development could stop quick browning and reduce food waste

Podcast: Gene-edited avocados in development could stop quick browning and reduce food waste

Jeff Touchman, Kevin Folta | 
The global consumption and trade of avocados have seen remarkable growth, but commercial challenges exist. A natural enzymatic process in ...
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Podcast: A scientist alerted a journal that an article was based on cherry-picked data. Its ‘response’ illustrates the challenges in counteracting disinformation

Kevin Folta, Lonni Besançon | 
Scientists are encouraged to step into the public conversation around controversial work, especially when that work seems to deliberately misinform, ...
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Podcast: ‘Disinformation feedback loop’ — GLP’s Jon Entine and geneticist Kevin Folta expose web of anti-biotech groups — and their anti-vaxx, cult-promoting funding sources

Jon Entine, Kevin Folta | 
The Genetic Literacy Project is a popular and respected science organization that promotes innovation and research using the cutting-edge tools ...
Podcast: Genetically-engineered houseplants can scrub household toxins from the air

Podcast: Genetically-engineered houseplants can scrub household toxins from the air

Kevin Folta | 
Indoor air contains a variety of harmful compounds.  We invite many of these compounds into our homes in electronics, and ...
Podcast: The story behind the vitamin-boosting purple tomato and its benefits to animal and human health

Podcast: The story behind the vitamin-boosting purple tomato and its benefits to animal and human health

Cathie Martin, Kevin Folta | 
Anthocyanins are a class of plant pigments associated with healthful qualities in food. While research continues to assess their true ...
Podcast: Gene editing and public acceptance — Agricultural economist Brandon McFadden on regulatory differences in agriculture and medicine for using CRISPR

Podcast: Gene editing and public acceptance — Agricultural economist Brandon McFadden on regulatory differences in agriculture and medicine for using CRISPR

Brandon McFadden, Kevin Folta | 
Gene editing with CRISPR/Cas, TALEN or other tools allows scientists to make directed and precise changes in DNA.  The technologies ...
Talking Biotech: Percy vs. Goliath—Hollywood aside, what really went down with Canadian farmer Percy Schmeiser’s court battle with Monsanto?

Talking Biotech: Percy vs. Goliath—Hollywood aside, what really went down with Canadian farmer Percy Schmeiser’s court battle with Monsanto?

Kevin Folta, Trish Jordan | 
The story of Percy Schmeiser is a well known tale of big biotech against the little farmer from rural Saskatchewan ...
Podcast: Prof Kevin Folta profiles Jeffrey Smith, a leading purveyor of crop biotechnology disinformation often cited by anti-biotech advocacy groups

Podcast: Prof Kevin Folta profiles Jeffrey Smith, a leading purveyor of crop biotechnology disinformation often cited by anti-biotech advocacy groups

Kevin Folta | 
We must be dedicated to fighting back against false information in food and medicine. Jeffery Smith is a personality with ...
Podcast: Here is how misinformation about GMOs and crop biotechnology mutates and spreads

Podcast: Here is how misinformation about GMOs and crop biotechnology mutates and spreads

Kevin Folta, Robert Bird | 
How does misinformation about genetically engineered crops (GMOs) start and how do we correct it? These are questions asked by ...
Podcast: Deploying genetic engineering to save the staple cassava vegetable in Kenya

Podcast: Deploying genetic engineering to save the staple cassava vegetable in Kenya

Douglas Miano, Kevin Folta | 
Cassava is a staple for one in ten people on earth, grown mostly by small farmers tending a few acres ...
Podcast: Trash transformation — Here’s how researchers are turning plastic waste into vanilla flavoring

Podcast: Trash transformation — Here’s how researchers are turning plastic waste into vanilla flavoring

Joanna Sadler, Kevin Folta | 
We have two major problems. Vanilla is mostly produced in a narrow set of unstable economies and the supply chains ...
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Podcast: Beyond CRISPR and gene therapy—How ‘gene writing’ is poised to transform the treatment of even the rarest diseases

Geoffrey von Maltzahn, Kevin Folta | 
In just a few short years, gene editing has launched a biomedical revolution, yielding previously unimaginable treatments for conditions ranging ...
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Podcast: Can we harness the power of germline editing without inviting disaster?

Christopher Gyngell, Kevin Folta | 
Gene editing has moved rapidly from the lab to real-world applications in medicine, yielding novel treatments for diseases like sickle ...
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Podcast: Activism’s dark side—Earth Liberation Front bombs ‘GMO’ tree lab, destroys endangered plants instead

Kevin Folta, Toby Bradshaw | 
Law enforcement agencies keep a watchful eye on environmental groups that have engaged in eco-terrorism, notably Greenpeace and PETA, and ...
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Talking Biotech: Where did GMOs come from? Former Monsanto scientist Robb Fraley recounts the advent of biotech crops

Kevin Folta, Robb Fraley | 
On the five-year anniversary of the Talking Biotech podcast, host and plant geneticist Kevin Folta sits down with former Monsanto ...
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Podcast: How domestication turned cattle into a key source of increasingly sustainable food

Hans Lenstra, Kevin Folta | 
Cattle provide meat, milk and hide products to people all over the world, and are used as work animals for ...
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Podcast: The misused meta-analysis—How statistical trickery yields impressive but bogus study results

Geoffrey Kabat, Kevin Folta | 
A meta-analysis allows researchers to compile data from many smaller studies and, hopefully, find more conclusive answers to critical public ...
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Podcast: Coronavirus—what it is, how it spreads and the surprising ways it might be treated

Chubby Emu, Kevin Folta | 
SARS-CoV-2, a novel coronavirus first detected in China in January, is emerging as a significant threat, with just under 128,000 ...
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Podcast: How oil from GMO plants could help prevent heart disease, preserve our oceans and cut fossil fuel use

Kevin Folta, Surinder Singh | 
Omega-3 fatty acids are critical to human health. Among their many benefits, these oils can help preserve eye and brain ...
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Podcast: How ‘anti-CRISPR’ viral proteins can fine-tune gene editing in medicine and agriculture

Joseph Bondy-Denomy, Kevin Folta | 
Researchers hope to exploit this viral countermeasure to regulate gene editing and minimize unintended mutations during the editing process ...
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Podcast: How ‘fake news’ about avian flu almost sent virologist Ilaria Capua to prison for life

Ilaria Capua, Kevin Folta | 
Capua now uses her harrowing experience to educate policymakers and law enforcement about science ...
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Podcast: Agricultural economist Stuart Smyth explains the risks and benefits of GMOs and the future of crop biotechnology

Kevin Folta, Stuart Smyth | 
Few academics eagerly engage the public on controversial scientific topics, content to quietly focus on their research. Agricultural economist and ...
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Podcast: How precision, customized medicine is reshaping health care

Julie Johnson, Karla Claudio, Kevin Folta | 
For all the life-saving pharmaceuticals, surgeries and devices it provides, modern medicine is still rather imprecise. Chemotherapy drugs, for instance, ...
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