Genetic Literacy Project
Malaria vaccine? Genetic engineering turns parasite into vaccine candidate
By knocking out key genes, researchers have created a version of the Plasmodium falciparum parasite that is harmless yet still ...
Mother’s science-based view: Organics and Whole Foods are ‘scam of the decade’
"USDA Certified Organic." These words may conjure notions of wholesomeness, healthiness, freshness and responsible consumer habits. So why is this ...
Are we facing a ‘world without wild bees’?
The bee crisis story keeps morphing. At first, we faced global beemageddon with commercial honeybees at risk. With evidence dimming ...
Bee experts shred ‘Harvard’ neonics-Colony Collapse Disorder study, upbraid journalists for ‘activist science’
North America's most prominent bee experts challenge a well-publicized 'Harvard study' that blamed neonicotinoids for bee deaths and Colony Collapse ...
Can chemicals evolve? Testing recipes for the origin of life
Scientists are testing the ability of simple chemicals to evolve under the guidance of a robot. Could this be one ...
Searching for messages from ET in life’s Genetic Code
Did human life begin on Planet Earth or was life seeded by another civilization in a distant galaxy? As proposterous ...
Climate change: Are forestry and agriculture (and GMOs) part of the problem or a solution?
To address climate change, solutions must be found in agriculture. Sustainable intensification of agriculture, including the use of GMOs, could ...
Alcohol in moderation good for you? Accepted wisdom may not be wise and other myth-busting alcohol truisms
A few simple mutations seem to protect some people against alcohol abuse. But mostly the relationship between genes and alcohol's ...
Gene Therapy 3.0: Rise and fall and rise again of gene therapy–For real this time?
Gene therapy is seeing a renaissance after a long period of skepticism about its failed potential. What are the new ...
Beegate 3: Conflicts of interest dog European IUCN bee panel as nenonic ban devastates crops
Crops are failing in the first year of the neonicotinoid ban, anti-neonic scientists are tainted by conflicts of interest, the ...
Too much and too little: Delicate balance of knowing risk and treating disease
One woman seeks out her genetic risk for familial breast cancer and finds she has a potentially lethal mutation for ...
Are African farmers in danger of becoming slaves to patented seeds?
GMO debate is sometimes a proxy for questions about corporate control of agriculture, particularly in Africa. As in most cases, ...
While almost all celiac and gluten sensitivity claims are misguided, symptoms are real and treatable
There is no scientific evidence for a GMO-celiac disease link. It's also clear that non-celiac gluten allergies are wildly overstated ...
Bee-gate: European IUCN task force mired in corruption scandal over neonics ban plot
The European-based IUCN Taskforce on Systemic Pesticides consists of activist scientists that exploit the weaknesses in the peer review process, ...
Forced sterilization in Peru: Did modern eugenic practices slow population growth?
The Peruvian government is alleged to have used coercive methods to sterilize thousands of indigenous women and men to control ...
Genetic information: How much to share, how much to keep private in age of Big Data
Genetics and computational biology are evolving so quickly that it’s impossible to predict the medical answers that they’ll reveal in ...
Slowing the aging process: How the Mediterranean diet preserves your chromosomal telomeres
People who stick closely to a Mediterranean diet were found to have longer telomeres—a biomarker of aging found at the ...
Tired? Biological clock out of whack? Blame genes and epigenetics
We spend a third of our life asleep, so getting it right is important. Researchers probing our daily biological clock—our ...
Evolution of Food Babe: From misguided consumer advocate to crude bully
It's been a rough week for the Food Babe. After her takedown by NPR, Vani Hari has begun lashing out ...
Personal genomics and gene editing revolutions beg for global regulatory rethink
The scientific impact of personalized genome editing is easy to imagine: Designer babies, lab grown meat and the end of ...
DNA of Niemann-Pick disease victims might offer clues in finding Ebola cure
Niemann-Pick is a debilitating disease that retards movement and development of an infants ability to think and reason, as if ...
Kenya’s maize famine underscores need for Africa to confront GMO fears
Kenya could lose a third of its maize crop to a lethal virus. Is it time that Kenya and Africa ...
Silence from Bill Nye to Kevin Folta GMO debate challenge
Some of you might recall the open letter from Kevin Folta, a University of Florida plant scientist, inviting ["The Science Guy," Bill ...
Can GMO technology sustainably rescue threatened Florida oranges, tomatoes and papayas?
Biotech breeding innovations are desperately needed in Florida, where the humid climate creates ideal conditions for disease-causing bacteria and fungi ...
Warrior genes? Genetic screens for “evil” traits likely to remain science fiction, at least for now
The idea that people who are might commit a crime can be identified in advance of any wrong doing has ...
