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Biotech executive facing end-stage cancer and the seduction of experimental drugs

Matthew Herper | Forbes | 
For years, Michael Becker was one of the drug executives navigating swarms of cancer doctors at the annual meeting of ...
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Can a drug help us grow old without our bodies falling apart?

Matthew Herper | Forbes | 
The idea behind [Biotech startup] Unity—preventing aging—sounds crazy, but it’s backed by dozens of scientific papers, the key two in Nature ...
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Viewpoint: Are you being duped? Some direct-to-consumer genetic tests are ‘complete trash’

Ellen Matloff | Forbes | 
[H]ow accurate are [direct-to-consumer] genetic tests?  The truth is that testing runs the gamut of quality, ranging from medical-grade accuracy to ...
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There are 3 types of alien life we might find out there

Ethan Siegel | Forbes | 
Our existence here is proof enough that it can happen. We can imagine that if life comes to exist anywhere else ...
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DNA sequencing as standard preventative care. Are we there yet?

Ellie Kincaid | Forbes | 
Geisinger doctors will soon start offering patients DNA sequencing as part of routine preventative care, the Danville, Pennsylvania-based health system's ...
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Is epigenetics the ‘secret superpower’ of invasive species?

Forbes | 
Due to the small numbers that are introduced, invasive species experience a genetic bottleneck that results in low levels of ...
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Can CRISPR and gene editing save our ‘devastated’ coral reefs?

Eric Mack | Forbes | 
Coral reefs have been devastated in recent decades by "bleaching" events caused by overheating oceans and other factors that kill off ...
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Battling cancer-causing aflatoxin contamination in Africa with genetic engineering, other technologies

Steve Savage | Forbes | 
We in the rich societies of the world don’t hear a lot about aflatoxin. It is probably one of the single ...
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Viewpoint: Universe started with a bang, will end with a frigid ‘slow, gradual death’

Ethan Siegel | Forbes | 
When will our universe reach the point of maximum entropy? And what other possibilities exist for our universe in the ...
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Artificial intelligence poised to revolutionize farming

Bernard Marr | Forbes | 
Computer vision specialist Blue River Technology has developed a solution for [pesticide risk], using advanced machine learning algorithms to enable ...
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Wading through California’s coffee-cancer controversy

Steven Salzberg | Forbes | 
California might soon start requiring Starbucks to warn its customers that coffee causes cancer. Has California gone nuts, or is ...
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Viewpoint: Why environmentalists should support GMO crops

Omri Ben-Shahar | Forbes | 
[G]enetic modification increases corn yields, by a lot. This is not surprising: pests account for a loss of almost one-third ...
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Viewpoint: From coffee to BPA to glyphosate, California activists misrepresent cancer risks

Geoffrey Kabat | Forbes | 
Coffee is only the latest example of a trend that has become all too common. Activists who profess concern for ...
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Farmer exposes Non-GMO Project’s Twitter crop patent misinformation campaign

Kavin Senapathy | Forbes | 
The Non-GMO Project spreads misleading and inaccurate information about food, agriculture and health on its website and social media. This ...
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Cancer treatment without chemotherapy? CAR T-cells could become the new standard

Victoria Forster | Forbes | 
Although rare, it is not unheard-of for new treatments to achieve substantial early successes in one or two patients only ...
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Viewpoint: Consumers fear GMOs because ‘Big Food’ companies bombard them with misinformation

Omri Ben-Shahar | Forbes | 
[Editor's note: Omri Ben-Shahar is a law professor at the University of Chicago and the author of the book More ...
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Top 5 most ridiculous types of Non-GMO Project labeled products

Kavin Senapathy | Forbes | 
The stuff with no G to M It would stand to reason that any Non-GMO Project certified item would have ...
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Exorbitant costs of gene therapy raise payment concerns for patients and government

Arlene Weintraub | Forbes | 
[Editor's note: Executives from several companies developing gene therapies gathered for a panel discussion at the recent Forbes Healthcare Summit, ...
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‘New Girl’ is no farm girl: Zooey Deschanel misinforms on organic food, farming

Kavin Senapathy | Forbes | 
In Zooey Deschanel’s third “Your Food’s Roots” video, part of a five episode educational series presented by media company Attn:, the ...
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Viewpoint: Anti-GMO movement perpetuates sexism, food insecurity

Kavin Senapathy | Forbes | 
An acronym that conjures specters like pesticides, cancer, obesity, the transformation of life forms into intellectual property, and corporate control ...
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CRISPR wine and beer? Rose, honey flavor-producing yeast gene identified

Thomas Pellechia | Forbes | 
When you taste a wine or beer that calls up the flavor of rose or honey think phenylethyl acetate; it’s ...
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‘Science Moms’ documentary counters anti-GMO, anti-vaccine misinformation

Kavin Senapathy | Forbes | 
In an era of fear-based marketing targeted to parents, one group of moms hopes to launch a movement of science-minded ...
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Is the universe really 13.8 billion years old?

Ethan Seigel | Forbes | 
[Editor's note: Ethan Siegel is an astrophysicist and author.] You've no doubt heard that the Universe itself has been around for ...
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Viewpoint: Why a broad public understanding of genetics is critical

Joselin Linder | Forbes | 
Most of us don’t yet realize that we have to understand genetics and DNA better. When I first started writing my ...
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Neil deGrasse Tyson, narrator of ‘Food Evolution’ movie: It’s not pro-GMO, it’s pro-science

Kavin Senapathy | Forbes | 
Film and entertainment news site Deadline Hollywood announced last week that Hulu has acquired rights to the Food Evolution documentary, directed by Oscar-nominated filmmaker ...
Viewpoint: Science-based consumers push back against Triscuit’s non-GMO label

Viewpoint: Science-based consumers push back against Triscuit’s non-GMO label

Kavin Senapathy | Forbes | 
[Triscuit] announced its new Non-GMO Project verified label across its entire portfolio of products last month, with a television ad ...
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Why trace pesticides found on food are not dangerous

Matan Shelomi | Forbes | 
There is no link between pesticide residues on food and disease. Period. You will find lots of people claiming the ...
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Color Genomics’ cholesterol and heart disease test: Are expensive genetic screens worth it?

Matthew Herper | Forbes | 
[Color Genomics] is releasing a genetic test for a condition called familial hypercholesterolemia, or FH, which causes sky-high cholesterol levels and ...
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