Genetic Literacy Project
Immune therapy for cancer needs the right gut stuff
A patient’s microbiome influences how well a new class of immune system cancer drugs work ...
AquaBounty salmon backgrounder
What is the AquAdvantage salmon? Who is the company behind it? How is this animal biotechnology regulated? ...
Legal, PR battles commence to block FDA approved GMO salmon from dinner plate
The world's first genetically engineered fish approved for human consumption arriving in supermarkets within two years. Now the legal fireworks ...
Will Chipotle’s food poisoning scare and Fukushima rethink help society overcome radiation phobia?
Hype about radiation dangers is ever present, as we live in a radiophobic society, but the Chipotle food poisoning incidents ...
GLP Slate investigation that opened door to AquaBounty salmon approval
Will the President’s Office of Science and Technology Policy’s John Holdren investigate the White House after violations of the Executive ...
Are GMOs to blame for the loss of nutrients in our fruits and vegetables?
Mineral and nutrient depletion, blamed on GMOs by anti-biotech activists, began long before GMOs were introduced. Time to look for ...
White House announces microbiome initiative but science on gut bacteria still unsettled
The Unified Microbiome Initiative seeks to unlock the mystery of the human biome and the role of genetics in shaping ...
Myth busting: Why Agent Orange has nothing do to with GMOs and the herbicide 2,4-D
By spreading misinformation about the herbicide 2,4-D, which IARC says is less hazardous than glyphosate, anti-GMO activists seek to deny ...
“Hybridization is not genetic modification” — And other scientifically suspect anti-GMO sayings
Life forms have been genetically modified, for billions of years by nature, and then for the last 11,000 years, in ...
USDA, EPA butt heads on honey bee and pesticide initiative, highlighting lobbying conflicts
The fight over pollinator policy between the USDA and FDA has escalated, with honey bee health and the future of ...
Can GMOs cure cancer? Genetically engineered algae found to kill cancer cells
Scientists have genetically engineered algae, transforming them into targeted drug delivery systems to target cancer. It's worked in the lab ...
Clarifying ionophores: NRDC muddies science by suggesting all animal antibiotics lead to resistance crisis
The Natural Resources Defense Council is the latest advocacy group to call for a broad based ban on antibiotics in ...
Could TransPacific Trade agreement enable corporations to block GMO labeling laws?
The controversial Trans Pacific Trade agreement has been attacked by anti-GM0 activists for supposedly watering down the ability to regulate ...
Pesticides Part III: Comparing pesticide use in agroecological and conventional agriculture
The World Health Organization's IARC committee categorization of glyphosate has been widely celebrated by anti-GMO activists at the same time ...
Transgenic pigs may usher in brave new world of xenotransplantation
Genetic engineering is poised to make xenotransplantation a reality ...
Myth busting: Pesticide use in organic and conventional agriculture-Part II
Our food is filled with many scary sounding chemicals. Here is a why you should be taken in by foodie ...
Drug reverses aging — in rats. Could it help humans?
An allergy drug shows promising results in retarding or reversing aging in rodents. What are next steps to see if ...
Myth busting: Pesticide use in organic and conventional agriculture
What is in a name? Plenty! Can pesticides be medicine? Vice versa? As we will attempt to show, there is ...
Medical first use of gene editing in humans, reversing leukemia, points to promising future
With this leukemia reversal, gene editing has now demonstrated remarkable promise and fueled optimism about future uses. But experts urge ...
Transgenic tinkering here to stay: Embracing biotechnology in the home
Just as people today need to be computer literate, competing in the near future will require genetic literacy too, so ...
Chipotle, Whole Foods struggle after GMO food demonization campaigns
Is this a case of exploiting idealism, and its backlash? Two darlings of the foodie movement that have risen in ...
Under attack by anti-GMO activists, Kevin Folta ordered to suspend Talking Biotech podcasts by University of Florida
Under assault by anti-GMO activists, Kevin Folta forced to suspend Talking Biotech by University of Florida ...
Gene therapy on brink of golden age: Here’s why
Just as vaccination began first for smallpox, then expanded to a handful of other diseases and has since expanded to ...
Glyphosate is no bee killer
The science is in. Challenging anti-GMO claims, glyphosate (Roundup) doesn't kill bees, unless you drop a bottle of it on ...
Another bungled correlation study on bee health dangers of neonics
How the belief that neonics are primary threat to honey bees despite hard evidence pointing to Varroa mites and other ...
Talking Biotech: ‘Clean, Green and Ethical’ animal production and farming
Australian professor Graeme Martin on low cost, sustainable farming and animal production ...
Unlikely alliance: How GMOs and Ecomodernism brought two ideologically opposite moms together
Two moms--both former skeptics of GMOs and from opposite sides of the political spectrum--find common ground in their support of ...
