Genetic Literacy Project
Are modern Jews converted Khazarian pagans? More evidence of Middle Eastern roots
A new database of Ashkenazi Jewish genomes will aid disease research. It's also strengthened the evidence that most Jews are ...
Making friends with Frankenfood: What critics, supporters miss in conversation over GMOs
What does a left-leaning, holistic food embracing American woman think about the increasingly rancorous debate over GMOs? Maybe there is ...
Ebola virus response “inadequate” to match new potential mutations
The virus poses new challenges: the possibility of mutations that would make containing its spread more difficult and fears it ...
GMO ‘foreign gene’ fears? Breeders incorporating unknown DNA into food crops for centuries
One of the more popular criticisms of genetically modified food revolves around fears that foods are being "contaminated" by "foreign" ...
Diet soda and sweeteners alter gut bacteria, contributing to obesity? Not so fast.
According to a just-released study in Nature, rather than helping you avoid consuming fat-producing calories, sugar-free sodas and 'diet' snacks ...
To feed hungry world, is the future of agriculture a battle between organics and GMOs?
Many activists frame the future of food as a pitched battle between organic based agroecology and crop biotechnology. But scientists ...
Advanced cancer screenings find early, slow growing cancers more often than fast aggressive ones
As cancer screenings grow more sophisticated, the chances of finding small, slow growing cancers has increased rapidly, at great cost ...
Live to be 100+? Extreme longevity research is futuristic privatized enterprise
When longevity research is privately funded, what happens when the money runs dry? ...
How brushing your teeth affects the microbiome of the placenta and infant
I’ve written in the past regarding some of the seminal hypotheses of how the microbiome influences our health, behavior, and ...
General Mills buys Annie’s, GMO opponents go berserk
The announcement that General Mills is buying Annie's touched off raving commotion on social media about the 'natural foods' company ...
Evolution do-over might lead to the same place
Scientists have often wondered if evolution happened all over again, what would life on earth look like? A Harvard biologist ...
Do cancers act as a DNA time machine?
Are cancers an evolutionary atavism, revealing the genetic history of humankind? Might physicists be the key to winning the War ...
Has Jack the Ripper been identified from DNA?
An armchair detective with a book to sell claims he has revealed Jack the Ripper's identity. His findings need to ...
GLP’s Jon Entine cautions National Academy of Sciences about views of anti-science NGOs
The GLP's executive director speaks at the National Academy of Sciences, which embarks on a comprehensive study of the “purported” ...
Call it what it is: Mitochondrial replacement does not a three-parent baby make
Mitochandrial replacement offers hope to families debilitated by disease. But opponents stoke fear of public by dumbing down the science ...
Human enhancement upsets extremists on left and right
The prospects of a fast-approaching Age of Enhancement evokes caution in almost everyone, scientist or otherwise. It has been the ...
New IVF technique may cut multiple births, complications
Although IVF has been used for decades and is considered very safe, the procedure does increase pregnancy risks because it ...
Organic farmer viewpoint: Has the “Food Movement” become a religious cult?
Anti-GMO? Think organic foods are overhyped? Food politics is on the verge of becoming religion. If we haven't already, we're ...
Chimpanzee’s highly heritable intelligence window on human IQ
General intelligence in chimpanzees appears to be about 50 percent heritable, which lines up with work on the genetics of ...
Do anti-GMO activists inhabit an information bubble? Ask Paul Krugman
New York Times columnist Paul Krugman describes how critics of Obamacare stay misinformed, not only because they have incorrect information ...
Addiction: How our genes program our preferences and habits
Just 11 genes successfully identify who is likely to have problems with alcohol abuse and who will not. Does this ...
Genetics of intelligence: many, many genes with tiny effects
The explanation of the inheritance of intelligence has long been studied, but without any blockbuster results. A new study adds ...
29-year study of trillions of meals shows GE crops do not harm food-producing animals, humans
According to GMO critics, livestock around the world are developing cancer and dropping like flies after eating genetically engineered feed ...
Hornless cattle make case for gene editing and less restrictive regulation of GM animals
Will new gene editing techniques that don't involve the insertion of "foreign" genes soften the opposition to genetic modification? Researchers ...
Do GMO farms ‘contaminate’ neighboring crops? A farmer’s view of co-existence
Skeptics of GMOs often voice concern over cross-pollination--what activists say is the potential for the 'contamination' of neighboring fields by ...
Beyond family history: Should all women be screened for BRCA breast cancer genes?
New evidence shows that women without a family history of breast cancer often carry disease-causing mutations in BRCA 1 and ...
Who owns your DNA? It’s not who you think
Recent court cases show the law favors hospitals and law enforcement rather than individuals when it comes to handing genomic ...
Genghis Khan and the role of power, wealth and behavior in human genetic ancestry
Mongolian ruler Genghis Khan marked 16 million males as his progeny after he conquered Eurasia with his sons and brothers ...
