Genetic Literacy Project
Scientists savage each other over ‘Junk DNA’ study while journalists mis-report the science
The "junk DNA isn't junk!" headline ran rampant earlier this year, in the wake of the ENCODE project publishing reams ...
The “BioPiracy” myth at the heart of the Monsanto case
Anti-GMO campaigners and some farmers claim that Monsanto and other corporations use their deep pockets and unfair patent laws to ...
Supreme Court to weigh-in on human gene patent law conundrum
The Court’s decision in Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, which will be argued in April, may finally settle ...
Celltex v. the FDA: Do patients have a right to use their own stem cells for unproven treatments?
By classifying stem cells as drugs, regulations from the FDA have prompted Celltex, a Texas-based company that stores and multiplies ...
Bowman v Monsanto: Genetic innovation in the crosshairs?
This week, the Supreme Court will bear witness to a square-off between a 75-year-old soybean farmer and the world's largest ...
Should we ban genetically engineered babies?
In a recent debate hosted by Intelligence Squared, an intellectual forum whose periodic events are broadcast on the web, scientists ...
Bacterial genetics helps defeat antibiotic-resistant “super-bugs”
Genetic sequencing of antibiotic-resistant bacteria show us how they evolve -- and how to isolate and kill them ...
The “GM genocide”: A case of misplaced blame
Approximately 16,000 farmers in India have committed suicide every year since 1995. A theory that blamed GM crops for the ...
The “right time” to have children
Are older parents trading the financial security of age for increased risk of disorders like Down syndrome, multiple or premature ...
The “right time” to have children
Are older parents trading the financial security of age for increased risk of disorders like Down syndrome, multiple or premature ...
Anti-GM activists pounce on viral DNA in transgenic plants
The GLP examines the increasingly desperate efforts of staunch anti-GM activists and journalists to regroup in the face of "defeats" ...
Scientists look to burrowing mice to understand genetics of instinct
A recent study in Nature reveals that the complex burrowing behavior of two sister species of mice is controlled by ...
Can biotechnology be open-source?
As the Supreme Court watches Monsanto battle small farmers over GMO patent rights, some are suggesting that open-source biotechnology could ...
Ron Unz on genius, IQ, race and meritocracy
What is the nature of intelligence and genius? Literally thousands of studies definitively show that DNA plays a dominant role; ...
GMOs and The Mark Lynas Conversion: Round Two Roundup
The GLP digs through the fallout from Mark Lynas's public "conversion" from anti-GMO to pro-science activist ...
Opening minds to science, technology and genetic engineering
Genetic modification is neither good nor bad. Like any technology it is a tool. Like nuclear technology, fracking or advanced ...
“The Signal and the Noise” in pharmacogenomics
Nate Silver, author of the 538 blog at the New York Times, has made statistics and quantitative modeling “cool” with ...
New Mexico considers GMO labeling amendment
“The premise of this amendment is simple – New Mexicans deserve the right to know what's in the food they ...
Can genetic testing help prevent the next mass murder?
PolicyMicJames Holmes and Adam Lanza: Their DNA May Hold Clues On What Makes a ...PolicyMicNot only would Adam Lanza's genetic ...
U.S. Clears DNA Firm’s Acquisition by Chinese
The federal government has given national security clearance to the controversial purchase of an American DNA sequencing company by a ...
Gene technology innovations reshaping future of medicine
The ability to map human DNA cheaply and quickly is yielding a torrent of data about the genetic drivers of ...
President’s Science Commitment, FDA Face Scrutiny in Wake of GMO Salmon Fiasco
The Genetic Literacy Project’s investigation of White House interference in the approval process for genetically modified salmon continues to boil ...
Genetic testing of Newtown shooter will provide few answers
It’s difficult to contemplate what could drive a young man to kill 20 schoolchildren, six teachers, his own mother, and ...
The curious genetics of “werewolves”
Forgive my lapse in political correctness, but I recalled those cards when I saw the word “hypertrichosis” in a recent ...
Genetics’ effect on intelligence and society
Fewer subjects are more controversial than the study of genetics and its relation to just about every facet of human ...
Cadaver stem cells offer new hope of life after death
Medical DailyRadical New Technique Extracts Stem Cells From CadaversMedical DailyHuman bone marrow holds mesenchymal stem cells, which can be converted ...
Patents and trademarks: My plants broke the law
Patents and trademarks: My plants broke the lawThe Idaho StatesmanDistinctiveness has always been a potential bone of contention, especially since ...
Identifying genetic markers will not stop crime
Discussion turned, in the wake of the Newtown killings, to better mental health services. If we could simply identify homicidal ...
