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Are plant-based proteins ‘meat’? Dueling food companies face off over labeling rules
A fierce constitutional fight is under way over how to label “veggie bacon” and other food items that use meat ...
Video: Can we keep this parasitic, bee-killing mite out of the US?
“Bees are not just an incredibly charismatic insect, they’re also incredibly vital to our way of life as human beings,” ...
With Burger King plant-based whopper available nationwide, meatless meat ‘here to stay’
Gone are the days when vegan meat was derided as tasteless — a sacrifice vegetarians made in service of a ...
As ‘GMO-free’ food market booms, Nestlé sued for mislabeling products containing GMOs
Nestlé is facing a federal class-action lawsuit in Los Angeles alleging it sold products labeled as having "No GMO Ingredients" ...
How gene editing has evolved into ‘worldwide CRISPR frenzy’
CRISPR sounds more like a refrigerator compartment than a gene-editing tool, but it's giving scientists power they could only imagine ...
Video: Kansas state lawmaker Steve Alford makes racially charged genetics comments, will not resign
A white Kansas lawmaker who suggested at a public forum that blacks were predisposed to abusing drugs resigned from two legislative committee ...
The quest to make CRISPR gene editing as easy as a smartphone app
[Biohacker Josiah Zayner] lives and works in Oakland, California, where he's converted a house into a scientific lab. Here, he ...
Can a DNA test predict your food allergies?
Companies are jumping on the nutrigenomics bandwagon – the emerging science of how nutrition interacts with your individual DNA. Every ...
Built for success: Nigerian football players benefit vastly from their genes, culture, brains
[In the eyes of Bobby Burton, who has been covering college football recruiting for more than 20 years, Nigerian players ...
BioHub to treat type 1 diabetes: Bioengineered insulin-producing cells shown effective in pilot patient
A 43-year-old single mother with dangerously difficult-to-control diabetes had insulin-producing islet cells transplanted into her omentum -- a fatty membrane ...
Cure for HIV? CRISPR gene editing shows promise
Have researchers taken a step closer to developing an eventual cure for HIV? A Temple University-led team hopes so, by ...
How selfies could help diagnose the rare genetic disease DiGeorge syndrome
1010Researchers with the National Institutes of Health’s National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) successfully used facial recognition software similar to ...
Video: Fruit, vegetable shelf life extended by spray made from plant extracts
[Editor's note: Watch the video here.] “We use food to preserve food,” [Apeel Sciences CEO James] Rogers said. They start ...
First human head transplant set in motion as Russian man volunteers
Italian neuroscientist Dr. Sergio Canavero made headlines [in 2015] when he announced his plans to perform the first human head ...
Alzheimer’s may be problem of accessing memories, not of storing memories
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Researchers at MIT may ...
Questionable genetic test marketing comes at expense of patients’ health and safety
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. An average of eight ...
CBS News: Anti-GMO movement hurts poor, hungry
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. ...What no one disputes ...
Artificial skin that ‘feels’ adds new layer to prosthetics
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In a step toward ...
Chipotle faces ad attack in response to its anti-GMO promotions
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Chipotle, the popular fast-food ...
More premature infants surviving thanks to improving postnatal care
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Elise Jackson was 20 ...
Screening for rare disorder saves couple from second childbirth nightmare
A Colorado couple has two healthy children thanks to sophisticated genetic screening. They were able to choose disease-free embryos over ...
Will glowing plants replace electrical lights in the future?
When it gets dark, we use streetlights to light our way, but what if we could replace them with a ...
Video: Inside Vermont’s GMO labeling controversy
Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin is expected to sign a bill on Thursday mandating the labeling of genetically modified foods. That ...
Breast cancer genetic tests have improved and doctors urge retesting
Over the past decade, the phrases ‘BRCA 1’ and ‘BRCA 2’ went mainstream as genetic testing to assess breast cancer ...
Racism may cause African-American men to age faster
Being the victim of racism and internalizing racist beliefs may speed up the aging process, a new study suggests. Research ...
Home DNA test kit offers peace of mind for parents
A $99 DNA kit is helping some families unlock genetic mysteries in the privacy of their home. Craig and Lynn ...
Could mass DNA testing change health care?
A simple genetic test could show whether you're likely to get a serious disease, and it only costs $99. The ...
Should you order a home DNA testing kit?
It’s one of the first questions you are asked when seen by a new doctor, “What is your family health ...
