Genetic Literacy Project

From this past week, here are the #GLPTop6 among many great stories on human and agriculture genetics around the world ...

The search for an effective male contraceptive drug has experienced a setback. An ethics committee prematurely ended a clinical trial ...

According to activists, the decline of the Monarch butterfly population is primarily due to the over application of the popular ...

Viruses are parasites that cause a number of devastating diseases: AIDS, cervical cancer, the flu. They have led to a ...

This article originally appeared at Forbes and has been republished here with permission of the author. The New York Times ...

Many films and shows feature human hibernation as a means to help astronauts travel deep into space. While this could ...

The International Agency for Research on Cancer has come under fire from scientists, regulators, and journalists for recently concluding that ...

An agricultural economist analyzes the New York Times' takedown of GMO crops ...

The science behind personalized medicine is moving fast. Scientists are circumspect, start-ups are enthusiastic, and if we’re not careful, over-hype ...

An opinion piece maintaining that the current generation of GMO crops has under delivered in yield and led to increased ...

From this past week, here are the #GLPTop6 among many great stories on human and agriculture genetics around the world ...

Despite its growing track record and huge potential, CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing may not be the magic bullet for all applications ...

In as many as 40% of cases, the man is the sole cause or a contributing cause of a couple's ...

Just before the Monsanto Tribunal began, David Zaruk held an event entitled Voice of Farmers, featuring talks from four farmers ...

Conflicted about this year's elections? Still on the fence about your candidates? Do you care about science? This graphic from ...

This article originally appeared at Forbes and has been republished here with the author's permission. Kids of a certain age ...

Media coverage of a recent study about infertility among boys who were conceived through IVF highlights that many misunderstand how ...

Several emails between Gary Hirshberg and Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta released by WikiLeaks expose Hirshberg’s aggressive approach to push ...

The Sierra Club, once venerated for its problem-solving approach to environmental issues, has become a shrill campaigner against many modern ...

A recent report says most Canadians don’t know what “GMO” means, but still believe it to means something bad. A ...

How can epigenetics, the systems that turn genes off and on, help us understand disease? It may take a while ...

From this past week, here are the #GLPTop6 among many great stories on human and agriculture genetics around the world ...

Climate change is not the greatest threat to our species. There are forces, both natural and human-made that could destroy ...

A trend among members of the ultraconservative 'alt-right' movement is posting genetic test results online to prove their ‘whiteness.” They ...

Professional medical organizations could not be stronger in support of childhood immunizations, including mandatory vaccinations of school children. Only Clinton ...

Hector Valenzuela created a 32-page dossier on University of Florida professor Kevin Folta and GMO Free USA appears to have ...

GLP continues its series on the presidential candidate's positions on genetics and biotechnology. Today we assess Trump, Clinton, Johnson, and ...

Through poorly designed studies on water fleas, the Norwegian Institute of Gene Ecology has fueled confusion and fear of GMOs ...