Genetic Literacy Project
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Who is most vulnerable by age and race to die from COVID-19?
While coronavirus is obviously concerning and a very real threat to some people (namely, the elderly and immunocompromised), these data ...
Podcast: Doctors have to think about sex; AI text generators spread ‘fake news’? Coffee can indeed make you poop
An ER physician says doctors have to consider biological sex to properly care for their patients. Coffee can send some ...
Viewpoint: How biotech crops, lab-grown meat and other food innovations could jump start post-COVID economic recovery
COVID-19 threatens to slow or halt agricultural innovation in the US by exacerbating the decline in public R&D and threatening ...
Rare genetic disorder homocystinuria can cause strokes, seizures and death. A ‘genetic glitch’ in blind cavefish offers hope for a treatment
The discovery of a gene behind the absence of eyes in Mexican cavefish may suggest a new way to treat ...
Viewpoint: Fish farming has a sustainability problem and genetic engineering might be the solution
As the world endures the impacts of a rapidly changing climate—sea level rise, extreme weather events, warming and acidifying oceans ...
Blame human evolution for corporate jargon and thick academic prose
For anyone who’s ever worked in a large organization, this kind of message will be depressingly familiar: “Do you have ...
Viewpoint: Activist opposition to GMOs fueled by an ‘extremist’ vision of nature
We would like to take the opportunity on #Worldenvironmentday to come back to a problem we have been thinking about ...
Self medication: Blocked from drugs by the medical establishment, many transgender people resort to black-market hormones
For the first 10 months of Christine’s gender transition, a progressive LGBT health clinic in Boston made getting on hormones ...
Viewpoint: Should autism be treated as an illness that should be cured?
“Many of the greatest artists, actors, musicians, scientists, and entrepreneurs of all time were and are autistic. We all serve ...
Does our perception of the world reflect reality? Solving the problem of consciousness
When I see red, it’s the most religious experience. Seeing red just results from photons of a certain frequency hitting ...
Viewpoint: Plant-based meats promote veganism in ways animal rights activists never could
Author and animal-rights activist Jonathan Safran Foer [author of the book Eating Animals] recently argued in a New York Times ...
Humans vs. apes: Women are the secret factor explaining how we evolved to populate the world
The populations of the great apes were once nearly equal. Now, one great ape species—Homo sapiens—outnumbers the rest by almost ...
Podcast: Beepocalypse debunked; Ban CRISPR babies? Anti-science views slow COVID-19 herd immunity
Some experts are calling for a ban on embryo gene editing after a "disaster" experiment resulted in potentially dangerous and ...
Viewpoint: Anti-GMO groups push ‘natural’ COVID cures, deny pandemic-fighting biotech solutions
One of the primary arguments hurled at proponents of genetic engineering is that the crops, medicines and vaccines produced using ...
Video: Is there an upside to soaring COVID-19 cases?
Most countries and models that have attempted to control COVID-19 situation have had one ultimate goal; trying to bring the ...
Viewpoint: Without modern, industrial farming, pandemic would have claimed many more lives
In November of 2019 The Atlantic asked "experts" what they would change if they could go back in time. The ...
The Three Stooges illustrate why coronavirus-fighting ‘antibody cocktails’ could help contain the virus well before a vaccine
“You imbecile!” bellowed Moe Howard as he stuck a finger up the nose of Curly. Moe the bully would often ...
Viewpoint: Conservation isn’t enough. We need technology to blunt the impacts of climate change
We need direct, technology-driven intervention for conservation ...
Podcast: Let the light shine—Tackling eye disease with gene therapy
Researchers are bringing discoveries about the underlying genetic faults that cause eye diseases all the way through to game-changing gene ...
Podcast: Getting from one generation to the next – the life and work of pioneering embryologist Dame Anne McLaren
Geneticist Dr Kat Arney reflects on the life and work of Dame Anne McLaren, one of the leading embryologists of ...
Podcast: Bayer’s $10.9 billion glyphosate settlement a mistake? Vaccines from mosquito spit; CRISPR cures sickle cell disease?
Chemical giant Bayer just settled roughly 95,000 lawsuits alleging its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer. Has the company given its anti-GMO ...
What’s a life worth in dollars and cents? Should that influence who gets treated for expensive disease treatments?
Austin was three years old and Max was a newborn when their mother, Jenn McNary, learned they had a rare ...
Searching for Parkinson’s game changer: No cure in sight but stem cells, other advances hold promise
A flurry of recent advances offer the promise of new avenues for treating patients with Parkinson’s disease, one of our ...
Facing disease crisis, Ugandan farmers say they’ll illegally grow GMO cassava to feed their families, increase yields
Cassava is one of the most important food crops in the Africa, a primary component of the rural economy. It ...
5 factors explaining vast differences in how each of us responds to dangers posed by COVID-19
From mask wearing to physical distancing, individuals wield a lot of power in how the coronavirus outbreak plays out. Behavioral ...
Viewpoint: Irrational pesticide fears discourage produce consumption and increase cancer risk
Fostering fear doesn't help us eat healthier ...
Do GMO Bt (insect-resistant) crops pose a threat to human health or the environment?
Bt is a bacterium found organically in the soil. It is extremely effective in repelling or killing target insects but ...
Genetics and race: An awkward conversation during volatile times
Discussing inter-group divergence is largely taboo. So do we just ignore the deluge of data? ...
