Viewpoint: As Earth’s temperatures reach record and accelerating highs, EPA rejects the science

Viewpoint: As Earth’s temperatures reach record and accelerating highs, EPA rejects the science

Peter Jensen | Baltimore Sun |
“There is unequivocal evidence that Earth is warming at an unprecedented rate. Human activity is the principal cause.” Those two ...
Viewpoint: Here is what Trump’s order banning federal support for transcare gets wrong about the science of gender dysphoria

Viewpoint: Here is what Trump’s order banning federal support for transcare gets wrong about the science of gender dysphoria

Oscar Taube | Baltimore Sun |
President Donald Trump's executive order, “Protecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation,” ... promises to protect children from “destructive and ...
HeLa cells controversy: Court poised to consider whether Henrietta Lacks' family lawsuit claiming her cells were stolen 70 years ago can continue

HeLa cells controversy: Court poised to consider whether Henrietta Lacks’ family lawsuit claiming her cells were stolen 70 years ago can continue

Lee Sanderlin | Baltimore Sun |
A federal judge will decide whether the family of Henrietta Lacks has enough legal standing to continue their lawsuit against ...

Consumer Reports: Most processed foods labeled “natural” contain GMOs

Carey Gillam | Baltimore Sun |
A majority of U.S. packaged foods labeled as "natural" and tested by Consumer Reports actually contained a substantial level of ...
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Winning rape conviction, woman loses privacy and control over her DNA

Ian Duncan | Baltimore Sun |
As Maryland's highest court upheld a rape conviction based on DNA collected from the arm of a police station chair, a veteran ...

The red herring of human gene patents

The following is an excerpt. Just a few words and little thought separate yet another stronghold of the American economy ...

Gene patent case could impact patients, research

Meredith Cohn | Baltimore Sun |
Every time a woman is tested for gene mutations linked to significantly higher rates of breast and ovarian cancer, her ...

The importance of getting educated on GMOs

Karen Kolowski | Baltimore Sun |
Organic, free-range, grass-fed — you need a dictionary just to get around the grocery store aisles these days. Products are ...
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Researcher hunts for sickle cell anemia cure with gene targeting, stem cells

Gus Sentementes | Baltimore Sun |
Halfway around the world in India, Sivaprakash Ramalingam had heard of Johns Hopkins researchers using a promising new technique for ...