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Substitutions like Non-GMO can be inferior or harmful
Many supposedly health-conscious consumers who choose products with labels like “BPA-Free” or “non-GMO” may be getting less than they bargained ...
Chemophobe activists vilify glyphosate, herbicide less toxic than many ‘natural’ alternatives
The latest scare tactic of the chemophobe lobby promotes the fear of chemicals in food. They seem oblivious to the ...
Proposed New York bill misguided attack on GMOs, vaccines
In a bizarre juxtaposition of irrational fears, a New York State legislator has introduced a bill to ban GMOs in ...
FDA approval of 23andMe’s genetic test positive sign for the genomics industry
On February 19, the Food and Drug Administration approved a test made by 23andMe, the Mountain View, Calif.-based personal genetics company, ...
IBM, Mars collaborate to figure out what makes food safe
Is your food safe? Protecting the global food supply is a monumental public health challenge. In the U.S. alone, one ...
How prevalent is the belief in creationism today?
Dr. Amy Unsworth is a research fellow at the Faraday Institute for Science and Religion, St. Edmund’s College, Cambridge University ...
No scientific basis behind claims that Wi-Fi signals cause cancer
Last week, several media outlets including Forbes.com ran with an alarming-if-true story that equated the low frequency radiation emitted by Wi-Fi ...
Low vaccination rates linked to rapidly spreading California Disneyland measles outbreak
Most people have heard by now that two dozen individuals who visited Disneyland between Dec. 15 and Dec. 20, 2014, ...
Why new guidelines for sharing clinical trial data are important
We're in the middle of a major flu epidemic, and the CDC has recommended treatment with an antiviral (e.g., Tamiflu ...
23andMe enters biopharmaceutical business with Genentech deal
A deal being announced today with Genentech points the way for 23andMe, the personal genetics company backed by Facebook billionaire ...
What are the implications of the ‘bad luck’ cancer study?
It’s not every day that a scientific paper forces us to re-examine long-held views on a topic of great importance ...
Can this year’s flu vaccine quell the present pandemic?
As you’ve likely heard by now, the 2014-2015 influenza season is on a fast pace, now defined as a pandemic ...
Harvard stem cell researchers challenge accusations of scientific misconduct
Two embattled and highly controversial stem cell researchers are suing the Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School for ...
Tracking disease outbreaks through city’s sewer system
Disease prevention and mapmaking have been inextricably intertwined since 1854, when an English physician named John Snow plotted a cholera ...
Big Data shows value for farmers and industry
Who knew that the specific crossover of agriculture and big data was such a big deal? Everyone from Mother Jones ...
New app will let doctors review patients’ genome for cancer treatment
Patrick Soon-Shiong, the richest doctor in the world, and Blackberry Chief Executive John Chen made some news at Thursday’s Forbes ...
EPA accomplice in environmentalists’ war on neonics?
The Environmental Protection Agency is arguably the worst regulatory agency in the history of the world. But perhaps I understate ...
Repurposing genetics to search for ‘healthy’ genes
For most us, the scientific promise associated with understanding the human genome exists in uneasy tension with the quiet terror ...
Over-regulation of ag biotechnology squanders billions of dollars
The big agribusiness companies have achieved “regulatory capture” of government agencies–but not in the way that many people think. At ...
‘Miracle’ drug grows young girls limbs, costs of rare disease treatments pose challenges
Evie Elsaesser is 5 years old and she loves to run. And that is a medical miracle. When Evie was born, ...
Story of Darwinian evolution, as told by coffee plants
Charles Darwin did a fine job of showing why his theory of evolution explained the living world better than any ...
Cancer genome sequencing advancing personalized treatment
As the cost of DNA sequencing plummets, the possibility of testing all cancer patients’ tumor genomes is becoming a reality ...
What happens when 100 billion animals, over 18 years, eat GMOs?
Visit almost any anti-GMO website and you will find alarming headlines about the alleged dangers of GMO foods. They kill ...
Pipeline drugs for ovarian cancer will genetically match patients
September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. You might not notice. Ovarian cancer shares the back-to-school educational National Health Observances slot with ...
Genome sequencing is getting cheaper, but might make healthcare more expensive
Cheaper genomic sequencing will give more patients and their physicians access to genetics in the healthcare system. But will that ...
Economics of genetic testing and medicine
The first time scientists sequenced a person’s entire genome, it took more than a decade and cost hundreds of millions ...
European ‘green groups’ block science reform over independent advisor backing of GE research
It is, perhaps, not the best of times for Greenpeace. Many of its supporters are angered at the revelation that ...
FDA to regulate genetic diagnostic tests, will affect cancer testing
The Food and Drug Administration unveiled plans to regulate thousands of diagnostic tests, including many coming from the exploding field ...
