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Center for Food Safety attacks GMO drought tolerant crops, distorts big picture

Marc Brazeau | Genetic Literacy Project | 
Conventional breeding is currently outpacing biotech in tackling some complex traits like drought tolerance and nitrogen efficiency. Is it a ...
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Sperm mislabeling causes consternation for all-white family with mixed race child

Meredith Knight | Genetic Literacy Project | 
Sperm is a product, but not a well-regulated one. After receiving donor sperm from an African American donor, a Caucasian ...
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Why random walks in evolution lead to the same place–and why biotechnology opponents should take note

Hank Campbell | Genetic Literacy Project | 
A recent study found that evolution is not as random and chaotic as critics of biology like to contend. In ...
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If not for the NIH, we might have an Ebola vaccine

Hank Campbell | Genetic Literacy Project | 
Because it is election season, government-funded academia and science media have been claiming that politics can be blamed for the ...
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Enlist Duo: Everything you need to know about new dual herbicide resistant crops

Marc Brazeau | Genetic Literacy Project | 
With the EPA poised to clear Enlist, the dual herbicide mixture, next week, the GLP reviews the issues around this ...
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In rejecting GMO shipments, is China more protective of health of its citizens than US?

Marc Brazeau | Genetic Literacy Project | 
Despite the exultation by some over seemingly anti-GMO policies coming from China, actions of Beijing are better understood as hardball ...
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What genes tell us about history, race and ourselves: Christine Kenneally’s new book has hits, misses

Christine Kenneally's "The Invisible History of the Human Race" tracks human migrations and much other genetic and evolutionary lore. It's ...
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Is organic agriculture leading to an increase in antibiotic resistance?

Hank Campbell | Genetic Literacy Project | 
Conventional agriculture is under attack by organic and anti-GMO activists for contributing to antibiotic resistance as the result of animals ...
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Robyn O’Brien defends anti-GMO crusader Don Huber: Whistleblower or crank?

Marc Brazeau | Genetic Literacy Project | 
Following news that Dr. Huber was in a car accident, food activist Robyn O'Brien paints a picture of a scientist ...
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Media overhypes stem cell breakthrough for Type 1 diabetes

Meredith Knight | Genetic Literacy Project | 
As the Harvard Stem Cell Institute announced it's cured diabetes in mice with stem cells reprogrammed to produce insulin, the ...
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Peer review on controversial science issues letting all of us down

Hank Campbell | Genetic Literacy Project | 
There have been a slew of reports raising questions about the reproducibility of peer reviewed studies. But there is another ...
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Infographic: How to avoid GMO corn? Turn back the clock 9000 years

Genetic Literacy Project | 
In 9000 years, humans have altered sweetcorn to make it 1000 times larger, 3.5 times sweeter, much easier to peel and ...
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Is ‘Frankenbacteria’ our best hope to defeat future bioterrorism?

Hank Campbell | Genetic Literacy Project | 
Bioterrorism is terror by science, the intentional release of toxins, bacteria or toxins to cause illness, death and panic. When ...
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Can’t start the day without a cup of Joe? Zest for coffee linked to genes

Meredith Knight | Genetic Literacy Project | 
The number of cups of coffee you have in a day is informed by your genetics as a combination of ...
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Norman Borlaug, father of the green revolution

Genetic Literacy Project | 
In honor of the World Food Prize, which was inspired by his work, being awarded next week in Iowa, Genetic ...
Can psychology explain strident opposition by some to GMOs?

Can psychology explain strident opposition by some to GMOs?

Hank Campbell | Genetic Literacy Project | 
Strident opponents of crop biotechnology often claim that they can actually taste the difference between foods with genetically modified ingredients ...
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Tall Genes: Thousands found responsible for height differences

There are more 600 of spots on the genome responsible for about a fifth of the variation in human height ...
Our GPS brain: What is the ‘doorway effect’ and how do we orient ourselves

Our GPS brain: What is the ‘doorway effect’ and how do we orient ourselves

Ben Locwin | Genetic Literacy Project | 
How does memory and what amounts to a GPS system in our brain root us in the world? That's the ...
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Leaked memo highlights new axis of pseudoscience between Dr. Oz and Consumer Reports?

Marc Brazeau | Genetic Literacy Project | 
Are Consumer Reports and Dr. Oz teaming up to spread pseudoscience? The GLP has obtained an in house Consumer Reports ...
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National Resource Defense Council reverses course, acknowledges ‘factory farms’ do not overuse antibiotics

Hank Campbell | Genetic Literacy Project | 
Advocacy groups often claim antibiotic use on 'factory farms' is soaring, hurting animals and even humans who are developing resistance ...
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Genome Prairie examines challenges of communicating science of agriculture

Agriculture relies upon science and technology to meet demand in an efficient and sustainable manner, but these technological advances are ...
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Controversial fetal cell transplants revived for Parkinson’s trials

Fetal brain cell transplants fell out of favor as a potential therapy for Parkinson’s disease after mixed reviews from trials ...
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Is climate change reducing the number of boy babies?

Parents are selecting the sexes of their children and they are often choosing males. But there are other forces at ...
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Will Starbucks bump latte prices to placate anti-GMO protestors?

Jon Entine | Genetic Literacy Project | 
Anti-GMO organic activists are again fanning fears about genetic modification as part of a campaign to pressure Starbucks to dump ...
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Beware of the biomedical industrial complex

Hank Campbell | Genetic Literacy Project | 
Dr. Steve McKnight, President of the American Society For Biochemistry And Molecular Biology, has written an article that must be as ...
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Quarantine expanded as killer bacterium spreads to California orange groves, GMO only hope

Marc Brazeau | Genetic Literacy Project | 
As California officials add another 100 square miles of citrus groves to a 1,000 square mile quarantine, Florida growers are ...
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DIY fecal transplant: Taking love of the microbiome a bit too far

Anthropologist Jeff Leach ended his last trip to Africa with a bit of self-experimentation. He gave himself a fecal transplant ...
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Personal genomics company says it will solve puzzle of Welsh origins

A British genetics company is asking for Welsh participants to help discover the mysterious genetic origins of the famously redheaded ...
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