Genetic Literacy Project
Bees, breastfeeding and epigenetics: Can nutrition alter our genes?
What a bee eats can determine Queen Bee status. Although our eating habits may not deliver us a royal life, ...
Sci-Fi suspended animation: Not the same as cryonics but might save your life
Surgical research into hypothermia, long fodder for sci-fi movies, may yet reach the point of finding ways to preserve people ...
While UK embraces life-saving germline editing, US mired in debate as promising life-saving cases go untreated
Thousands of women with mitochondria disease have no hope of having children without genetic editing or assisted reproduction techniques. Critics ...
3 ways GMO rice could improve world but tech hurdles and anti-GMO protests block way
New GMO varieties of rice could improve nutrition, cut potentially dangerous arsenic levels and help combat climate change, but activist ...
Are imperfect, ‘leaky’ vaccines resulting in emergence of nastier viruses?
Some in medicine argue that 'imperfect' vaccines that do not eliminate all viruses from the host may lead to the ...
Talking Biotech: Rothamstead’s aphid-repelling GMO wheat; Critique of Adyydurai’s formaldehyde claim
Rothamstead’s John Pickett onaphid-repelling GMO wheat; Kevin Folta critique of Adyydurai’s formaldehyde claim ...
Is there a genetic switch that causes ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease)?
We don't know the causes of ALS in most patients, but about 10 percent of cases are thought to be ...
Will Hollywood anti-GMO/pro-labeling activists Lena Dunham and Gwyneth Paltrow consider science?
Human geneticist who now opposes mandatory GMO labeling appeals to actresses to engage independent university scientists and not just ideologues ...
Why former organic farmer, food inspector turned against Big Organic to embrace GMOs
Nothing cuts deeper than feeling betrayed. That's the story of a former organic farmer who now believes the industry who ...
Kuwaiti citizens: Register your genes…or else
In the wake of a suicide bombing, Kuwait became the first country to order mandatory DNA testing of all citizens ...
What you need to know about surrogacy
Surrogacy is a complex and often controversial practice. Here's a primer on the advantages and disadvantages of surrogacy options ...
Ayyadurai’s formaldehyde-in-GMOs claim challenged, engineer refuses verification offer
Engineer and system biologist V.A. Shiva Ayyadurai claim that there are dangerous levels of formaldehyde in GMO crops is about ...
As disease threatens Uganda’s banana crop, ActionAid and anti-GMO groups fan fears
Uganda is an emerging battle ground where anti-GMO activists try to scuttle introduction of a transgenic banana that could rescue ...
New wave of HIV vaccines: Promises that can be fulfilled or more pipe dreams?
A cure for AIDS has remained elusive despite occasional if brief bursts of research optimism. We again are witnessing a ...
Hero of Neil Young’s anti-GMO doc ‘Seeding Fear’ is confessed thief
Neil Young has followed up his anti-GMO attack album with a new propaganda mini-doc about the evils of Monsanto. Now ...
Talking Biotech: GMO rescue of American chestnut tree and genetic history of lettuce
American chestnut tree GMO revival: William Powell; DNA of lettuce: Richard Michelmore ...
GLP’s Top 6 Stories for the Week
This past week, here are the #GLPTop6 among many great stories on human and agriculture genetics around the world. Please ...
GLP’s Top 6 Stories for the Week
This past week, here are the #GLPTop6 among many great stories on human and agriculture genetics around the world. Please ...
GLP’s Top 6 Stories for the Week
This past week, here are the #GLPTop6 among many great stories on human and agriculture genetics around the world. Please ...
GLP’s Top 6 Stories for the Week
This past week, here are the #GLPTop6 among many great stories on human and agriculture genetics around the world. Please ...
GLP’s Top 6 Stories for the Week
This past week, here are the #GLPTop6 among many great stories on human and agriculture genetics around the world. Please ...
Why regulators conclude glyphosate safe while IARC, alone, claims it could cause cancer?
Glyphosate joins apples, coffee, sunning and night shift work as an IARC "probable" carcinogen. But the real risk to humans ...
Star Trek, synbio and sustainable food: Will Friends of the Earth and other activists block the future?
Far as we are from instantaneous synthesis of food on command, advances in synbio and genetic engineering offer a glimpse ...
Fraud or drift? USDA finds 43 percent of organic foods contain ‘prohibited’ substances
Pesticides have been found in nearly half of organic fields. Is this a case of accidental drift, or fraud? ...
A rabbi and an alien walk into a bar: What happens when religious leaders meet extraterrestrials?
The search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) presents a challenge for the major religions, who might find themselves threatened if alien ...
Water: California drought yet water bottles everywhere
Humanity's future depends on how we manage our interactions with water. This takes the form of how we package it, ...
Neuroscience of free will: Does reaching for beer with robotic arm mean free will doesn’t exist?
If we can predict a person’s intentions by picking up brain signals then how 'free' is our will and are ...
