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Podcast: Geneticist George Church on the future of synthetic biology
George Church's Harvard lab is one of the most celebrated fonts of innovation in the world of life sciences. George's ...
Audio: How genetic engineering is creating flavors like vanilla, saffron and grapefruit
While the technology to evaluate the flavor molecules of a particular food have become increasingly sophisticated in the past century, ...
More risk from conventional breeding than with genetic modification
Fred Gould, an entomologist at North Carolina State University, used Lenape potatoes as an example of risk and uncertainty. Often, people frame ...
How the ‘Poison Potato’ impacted the GMO debate
The Lenape potato, first bred for potato chip production, has played a big role in shaping the USDA policy towards ...
Patent life: How the Supreme Court fell short
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia admitted he doesn’t really understand it. Justice Clarence Thomas wrote an entire court opinion implying—unconvincingly, ...
What does the $1000 genome mean for you?
The cost of genome sequencing is starting to sink into the affordable range. Should you save up and get one? ...
