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No, this is not how the human face might look in 100,000 years
One artist’s vision of what humanity will look like in 100,000 years includes huge eyes and foreheads. Apparently, we’re all ...
Will genetically engineered animals bring home the bacon?
The following is an edited excerpt. The critics of biotechnology who predicted the eventual emergence of a fearsome Dr. Frankenstein's ...
Centenarian genetics: The search for longevity-enhancing biotech
People who live past age 100 develop diseases at much later ages than the rest of us. Scientists are working ...
Debunking ‘the big lie’ about genetically engineered crops
The following is an edited excerpt. Anti-GM activists will be out in full force on Saturday (25 May) for the ...
The curious case of human gene patents
The following is an excerpt. Critics who think the U.S. Patent Office has been too liberal in awarding protection for ...
Viable human embryonic stem cells created by cloning
The following is an excerpt of a longer story. A paper in this week’s Cell describes how a team in Oregon finally ...
Exposing the tyranny of the food fascists
The following is an edited excerpt of a longer story. Find a link to the full story below. Like backseat ...
New stem cell book highlights the patient perspective
The following is an excerpt. The Healing Cell, just out from Hachette Press, deals with promising stem cell therapies from the ...
Harvard professor re-identifies anonymous volunteers in DNA study
The following is an excerpt. From the onset, the Personal Genome Project, set up by Harvard Medical School Professor of ...
What if they treated gene patents like nautical charts?
The following is an excerpt. A human gene is nothing more than a sequence of A’s, T’s, C’s and G’s ...
Here we go again? Mandatory biotech food labeling initiative moves forward in Washington (state)
The following is an excerpt. Not even a year after fighting a bruising and costly battle over the “California Right ...
A rebuttal to Mark Bittman’s NYT op-ed
Former FDA official Henry Miller thoroughly debunks an anti-GMO rant in the New York Times ...
DNA data war reaches Supreme Court
The following is an excerpt. About 9 months ago – the DNA Spit Kit from 23andMe was $299. From their website today – ...
The Henrietta Lacks genome: Consent, trust, and common decency
The following is an edited excerpt. In today’s New York Times, Skloot commentson a recently published paper (PDF) detailing the complete genomic DNA sequence of ...
This protein could change biotech forever
The following is an edited excerpt. A tiny molecular machine used by bacteria to kill attacking viruses could change the ...
Storing and sorting Big Data in messy DNA memory
The following is an edited excerpt. The Library of Congress contains 35 million books and documents. Its Web Capture team ...
Bowman v. Monsanto: Supremes unsympathetic to farmer’s deception
In the battle over GM seeds and their progeny, the Supreme Court appears to favor intellectual property rights ...
Groundbreaking tech — including GM — smothered by anti-technology ideologues
The following is an excerpt Groundbreaking new technologies commonly face intractable opposition from various quarters–often from vested interests or societal ...
Researchers highlight warning signs on adult stem cell treatments
The following is an excerpt. Adult stem cell experiments don’t require the destruction of human embryos–they can be derived from ...
We consume DNA every day with no ill effects
A combination of rare-to-impossible events would be required for the so-called "toxic" CaMV 35S gene to be a human health ...
Can a rose catch your cold? Threat of ‘killer’ viral plant gene is latest anti-GMO rant
The latest "greatest danger to ever face humanity" has emerged from an obscure, technical study in GM Crops & Foods, ...
David Cox, genomics pioneer emblematic of Pfizer’s new era, dies unexpectedly
The following is an excerpt. David Cox, a geneticist and senior vice president at Pfizer, has died unexpectedly, the company ...
Is it possible to clone a Neanderthal?
The following is an excerpt. In an interview with Der Spiegel, geneticist George Church made some headlines by claiming that it will ...
Autism and genetics: It’s complicated
The latest news in autism and genetics, courtesy of Laura Blue writing at Time Healthland: In one of the largest-ever ...
‘I was wrong’: How one activist’s apology changes the GMO debate
'I Was Wrong:' How One Activist's Apology Changes the GMO DebateForbes... reaction to the speech by Mark Lynas serves as ...
How one activist’s apology changes the GMO debate
In the wake of Mark Lynas' public apology, the challenge now posed to environmentalists is to rely on science everywhere ...
Stem cells and sight: “And the blind shall see again”
Some days the future arrives faster than others—this is one of those days. Researchers from Oxford University just announced that ...
Label-It-Yourself activists should be prosecuted
GM labeling activists are not waiting for government-mandated labeling. Vigilantes are going through the aisles of supermarkets and applying their own ...
