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The future creeps closer: While two-thirds of Americans say they’d pick an embryo based on genetic profiling, some concerns escalate

Carey Goldberg | Boston Globe | 
Nearly one third of those surveyed even say they would consider going through IVF for the sole purpose of such ...
The investment bubble surrounding indoor farming has burst. One plodding but high-tech startup is bucking the trend, and here's how

The investment bubble surrounding indoor farming has burst. One plodding but high-tech startup is bucking the trend, and here’s how

Thomas Lee | Boston Globe | 
Indoor farming startups seeking to revolutionize the nation’s food supply have endured a rocky year. Investors have significantly pulled back ...
Why carbon capture alone will not put a dent in our ballooning health crisis

Why carbon capture alone will not put a dent in our ballooning health crisis

Gina McCarthy, Kari Nadeau | Boston Globe | 
Technology that captures carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels and stores them underground is being touted as necessary ...
Ovaries in a dish? Lab-grown eggs are on the horizon

Ovaries in a dish? Lab-grown eggs are on the horizon

Ryan Cross | Boston Globe | 
George Church is known for pushing the boundaries of biology. Now one of his latest projects could have enormous implications ...
Can genetically engineered mice permanently curb Lyme disease?

Can genetically engineered mice permanently curb Lyme disease?

David Abel | Boston Globe | 
As spring emerged on this island of manicured estates and idyllic beaches, a group of scientists from the Boston area ...
Who owns the rights to CRISPR? In startling blow to Nobel Prize winners Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier, Boston’s Broad Institute awarded patent

Who owns the rights to CRISPR? In startling blow to Nobel Prize winners Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier, Boston’s Broad Institute awarded patent

Megan Molteni | Boston Globe | 
Ending the latest chapter in a years-long legal battle over who invented CRISPR, the US Patent and Trademark Office ruled ...
What happens next after the Omicron wave abates? Only the coronavirus knows for sure

What happens next after the Omicron wave abates? Only the coronavirus knows for sure

Martin Finucane | Boston Globe | 
The surge fueled by the Omicron variant will likely fade in the weeks ahead in the United States, experts say, ...
Vaccine opponents often cite concerns about new mRNA technology. Can science dispel those fears?

Vaccine opponents often cite concerns about new mRNA technology. Can science dispel those fears?

Emily Mullin | Boston Globe | 
Thanks to Moderna’s and Pfizer’s highly effective COVID-19 vaccines, “messenger RNA” has become a household term — and a source ...
Is science really about evidence? How convention trumps new findings on obesity and health

Is science really about evidence? How convention trumps new findings on obesity and health

Amy Crawford | Boston Globe | 
In 2005, Katherine Flegal, a senior scientist studying obesity at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, published a counterintuitive ...
Viewpoint: Republican war against ‘cancel culture’ moves from targeting Dr. Seuss to transgender children, claim LQBTQ activists

Viewpoint: Republican war against ‘cancel culture’ moves from targeting Dr. Seuss to transgender children, claim LQBTQ activists

Liz Goodwin | Boston Globe | 
What does a wave of legislation targeting transgender children in state houses across the country have in common with the ...
COVID variants present new threat as US virus cases plateau

COVID variants present new threat as US virus cases plateau

Dr. Ashish K. Jha, dean of the Brown University School of Public Health and a leading expert on infectious diseases, ...
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After watching family member suffer ALS-related anxiety, family launches campaign to encourage patients to try medical marijuana

Boston Globe | 
[Pete Frates, a] Boston College graduate who had been diagnosed with ALS years earlier, was already seeing top psychiatrists and ...
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Vitamin D from sunshine or supplements does not reduce risk of depression

Brittany Bowker | Boston Globe | 
According to [a] study from Massachusetts General Hospital released [August 5], vitamin D, also known as the sunshine supplement, does ...
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Disease-fighting GMO mosquitoes are coming. Was EPA too quick to approve them?

[In May], the US Environmental Protection Agency approved the release of genetically modified mosquitoes. Under a 2-year Experimental Use Permit, ...
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‘It’s the only strategy’: Coronavirus pandemic cannot end without herd immunity

Jeff Howe | Boston Globe | 
For weeks, the most pressing policy challenge has been relieving the life-and-death pressure on our hospitals. But all that justifiable ...
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‘Soylent,’ ‘clean meat,’ ‘Impossible Burger’: What we call food is just as important as how it tastes

Kory Stamper | Boston Globe | 
When we talk about the food of the future, we conjure images from science fiction: the pureed brown stuff in ...
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Hypoallergenic foods: Genetic engineering could help prevent 30,000 US ER visits annually

Linda McRobbie | Boston Globe | 
Hortense Dodo has genetically engineered a hypoallergenic peanut. But she isn’t targeting people with peanut allergies. Not directly, anyway. ...
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Viewpoint: Why ‘do-it-yourself’ genetic testing is a dangerous game

Catharine Wang | Boston Globe | 
A few years back, I learned of a patient who had her DNA tested by one company and then interpreted ...
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Future of biofuels: Are alternative, sustainable, GMO bacteria-based fuels a pipe dream?

Scott Kirsner | Boston Globe | 
[Joule Unlimited] was designing a system that would produce diesel fuel or gasoline using nothing more than the sun, carbon ...
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Life hacking: Gene editing won’t solve all of society’s problems

Jim Kozubek | Boston Globe | 
Science is threatening a new era of “market-based eugenics,” whereby gene editing in combination with in vitro fertilization techniques will ...

Broad Institute’s Eric Lander warns we must not overpromise genomic medicine

Eric Lander | Boston Globe | 
Is the promise genomic medicine overhyped? ... I think the answer is a clear yes — and a resounding no ...

GMO yeast could make flavorful home-brews less expensive

Curt Woodward | Boston Globe | 
Ginkgo Bioworks [is] a Boston company that tinkers with the genes in microorganisms, transforming everyday yeast and bacteria into living factories capable of pumping ...
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With gene editing, can society achieve immortality?

Alex Beam | Boston Globe | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Within my lifetime, it ...
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President Obama explains why America needs precision medicine

Barack Obama | Boston Globe | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. HEALTH CARE is always ...

Murky world of stem cell tourism ensnares hopeful patients

Liz Kowalcyzk | Boston Globe | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. When Jim Gass suffered ...
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Boston Globe calls Massachusetts GMO labeling bill “worst bill of all”

Boston Globe | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . . [H]ere’s ...
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FDA says Whole Foods not adequately responsive to listeria, dripping pipes at MA facility

Megan Woolhouse | Boston Globe | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The Food and Drug ...

Rise in opioid abuse leads to more newborns experiencing withdrawal symptoms

Felice Freyer | Boston Globe | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The scourge of opioid ...
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