American Council on Science and Health
Golden Potatoes: Vitamin-A fortified GMO variety could help tackle childhood blindness in Africa
We've been praising the development of Golden Rice, genetically engineered to contain the vitamin A precursor beta-carotene, for years. Since vitamin ...
Why does testicular cancer respond better to chemotherapy? Stem cells
It’s because of the stem cells. Cornell University researchers determined that for testicular cancer, those cells are more capable of responding ...
Biopesticides: Creating a mosquito-fighting bacteria wasn’t easy—or fast
[A]fter decades of international scientific effort, a new mosquito biopesticide (a pesticide that uses natural bacteria) has been approved. And it only took a year and ...
Veterans’ suicide attempts linked to gene expression
Though they only compose 8.5% of the U.S. population, veterans make up 18% of all suicides. Complicating matters is that ...
Viewpoint: Anti-pesticide activists exploit chemical testing technology to scare public
One religious group forecast an apocalypse a few weeks ago. They used the Bible as their source. More recently, a newer religion ...
Mild to murderous: Zika’s one mutation evolution
Zika has been around for some time – first identified in 1947 in Uganda - but it was never really given much thought. It ...
40 percent of cancer cases linked to lifestyle, obesity; minor impact of chemicals
Decades ago, when activist groups were promoting every trace chemical they could find as a carcinogen, the American Council on ...
Questioning the benefits of caffeine for Parkinson’s patients
A few years ago we were told that something as basic as drinking coffee conferred benefits upon those with Parkinson's ...
Biologics joining fight against asthma
Should you be unfortunate enough to suffer from asthma, things are looking up. There are new biological therapies out there that ...
Viewpoint: No, we are not facing an imminent global food shortage
The Quartz article [“The world could run out of food two decades earlier than thought”] leaned heavily upon the testimony ...
Collapsing bubbles may have given rise to life
The origin of life is a profound mystery. Once life arose, natural selection and evolution took over, but the question ...
Genetic engineering could increase biofuel production by fattening plant leaves
While there are legions of plant researchers dedicated to the idea of using GMOs to maximize food production, there's a ...
Baby or your life: Pregnant women with cancer face impossible choice
Sadly, a woman’s tragic story-- recently all over the news-- plays out in the real world more often than people may ...
Viewpoint: Politico exaggerated link between climate change and food ‘nutrient collapse’
Politico offered the following headline, The great nutrient collapse, The atmosphere is literally changing the food we eat, for the ...
Junk science: Journal paid to publish ‘food industry conspiracy’ paper—funded by organic industry
Gary Ruskin, the chief junkyard dog of US Right To Know, an industry front group created by Organic Consumers Association ...
Obesity linked to increased breast cancer risk–if you have certain hormone receptors
It's pretty common knowledge that obesity increases the chance that a woman will develop breast cancer, and how her excess ...
How much can you make on a successful cancer drug? Billions
[Editor's note: Dr. Jamie Wells, MD, FAAP, is a Board-Certified physician and the Director of Medicine at the American Council on Science and ...
Homeless ‘tent cities’ ripe for infectious disease outbreaks
[The] luxury of modern life is due to the strong defense provided by the "pillars" of our public health system. According ...
New pathway for spread of antibiotic resistance: ‘Membrane blebbing’
Unlike animals, bacteria can readily share genetic information with other bacteria, even those of entirely different species. [...] For decades, ...
Ethanol injections cure skin cancer in hamsters, offering hope for cheap treatments
[C]heap, uncomplicated, portable, and preferably non-surgical treatments that do not require electricity are needed [to treat cancer in developing countries] ...
Even ‘good’ HDL cholesterol can be dangerous at high concentrations
So-called "good" cholesterol, the HDL, anything above 60 mg/dl is considered protective against heart disease. That's because HDL facilitates removing ...
Blood test cancer diagnosis could be as easy as checking cholesterol
Imagine a world where it is as easy to check for cancer as it is high cholesterol. New research out of ...
Newly approved CAR-T therapy could mark breakthrough in cancer treatments
Carl H. June, MD, is a professor of immunology at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. He developed ...
What’s behind EU’s skepticism of Bayer-Monsanto merger?
[Bayer’s acquisition of Monsanto] may not go through. Multiple media outlets have reported that European Union regulators are skeptical of ...
Ebola ‘family tree’ suggests virus becomes more deadly as it evolves
From 2013 to 2016, western Africa faced an enormous outbreak of Ebola in which 28,616 people fell ill and 11,310 ...
Sustainable wheat: New GMO variety could reduce need for fertilizers, preserve phosphorus
One of the troubles with agriculture is the need for farmers to apply fertilizer. The plants don't soak up all ...
Viewpoint: Media focus on ‘scare fears’ like trace chemicals ignores real dangers like dietary supplements
There can hardly be a better example of […] logical disconnect than the silly July 12th hit piece in the [New York] Times about ...
White collar jobs may carry greater risk for Lou Gehrig’s, Parkinson’s
The causes of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease) and Parkinson's disease are not known. Both diseases are ...