Genetic Literacy Project
GMO and non-GMO farmers have been coexisting for years
In the debate over GMO and non-GMO crop coexistence, an important fact is often overlooked: farmers have been coexisting for ...
The selfish gene debate: The power of stories in science and society
Science writer David Dobbs wrote an article late last year calling for a new narrative to help us understand evolution ...
‘Fat gene’ stands falsely accused, offers lesson in gene-gene interactions
For much of the last decade, a gene called FTO has been touted as a 'fat gene'. Now it seems ...
Teen identifies rare mutation in her own cancer, champions new age of open-access genetics
Elana Simon, an 18-year-old high school student, has published a "groundbreaking" genetic study of her own rare cancer in Science ...
Life as a corn plant is SCARY—Farmers and environmentalists embrace GM Bt corn to ward off pests
''Why do you grow Bt corn?'' Dave Walton answers the question and delves deeper into the reasons of why a ...
Gene therapy for HIV infection?
HIV has proven to be a frustrating challenge to scientists looking for a magic-bullet cure. Researchers are now evaluating an ...
Multiplex babies? New wrinkle on ‘new eugenics’ and the debate over 3-parent IVF babies
While the debate rages on about 3-parents IVF, there is already talk about an even more radical procedure: babies made ...
A tall non-GMO latte? Not at Starbucks
The anti-biotech group GMO Inside called on Starbucks to serve only organic milk, thereby eliminating GMOs, from its stores in ...
Chipotle’s anti-GMO “Farmed and Dangerous” series irks farmers
Chipotle's "Farmed and Dangerous" is, according to the restaurant chain, a "comedy series that explores the 'outrageously twisted' world of ...
Was Lamarck right? Epigenetic research suggests we might inherit learned traits. But how?
It seems almost certain that epigenetic effects -- an annotation to DNA that changes how genes are expressed -- can ...
Breaking research: GM cotton in India has probably reduced farmer suicides not caused them
A new study from The Cathie Marsh Centre for Census and Survey Research challenges the assumption that GMO cotton has ...
Largest-ever virus discovered in (and revived from) 30,000-year-old permafrost
A record-setting little giant---the biggest virus ever discovered---has been revived from 30,000-year-old Siberian permafrost with little more than a thaw ...
De-Extinction: If we’re being honest, it is a bit like Jurassic Park
Dinosaurs are not on the de-extinction agenda, but that doesn't mean that the philosophical questions raised by Jurassic Park are ...
Organic farmer speaks out for GMO co-existence: Labeling might break impasse for the reasonable
A new "GLP Voice" from our growing stable of guest contributors: Quebec organic farmer Rob Wallbridge says organics and GMOs ...
Leading bioethicists suggest dropping informed consent in limited cases
As technology continues to evolve, leading bioethicists are proposing nuanced approaches to consent: not providing the opportunity for informed consent ...
British ‘3-parent’ IVF babies could come as early as 2015
While the U.S. FDA takes on the process of 3-parent IVF, Britain could be seeing their first 3-parent babies as ...
Are GMO crops sustainable? Bullets fly over environmentalist Jon Foley’s controversial essay
“Against my better judgment, I’m dipping my toe into the genetically modified organism debate," wrote University of Minnesota environmentalist Jon ...
Can farmers reduce toxic agricultural chemicals by tricking pests with pheromone-producing biotech plants?
Pesticides are necessary evil in farming, and are likely to remain so. But what if we could replace some of ...
FDA meetings on ‘3-parent’ IVF, gene manipulation continues
As the FDA takes on the controversial issue of mitochondrial manipulation and gene therapy, ethical issues arise. Critics and proponents ...
A forensic approach to canine waste management
If you want to get an idea of how advanced a technology has become, you could look at the most ...
Viewpoint: A Faustian bargain on labeling genetically engineered food
This article originally ran at Forbes and has been republished here with permission of the author. Pseudo-controversy continues to rage ...
Genetic odd couple: Humans traveling with (friendly?) infection-causing African bacteria for 100,000 years
Helicobacter pylori, which causes ulcers and stomach cancer, maybe the oldest our oldest bacterial infection: genetic studies suggest it came ...
I said Syngenta wasn’t listening to farmers about GMO corn—Maybe I was wrong
Syngenta took exception to a couple of issues that raised on this site and responded to the question on if ...
He said/She said: Are GMO “secrets” just inconvenient truths?
Well know activist-author Robyn O'Brien's recent post on the Huffington Post's Food for Thought blog, slams GMOs in nine points ...
Promise of “easy” stem cells comes under investigation
Two breakthrough papers in Nature highlight a remarkable new technique for creating totipotent stem cells via a simple acid bath ...
Dr. Oz again takes on the GMO controversy again—Science or myth?
Celebrity talk show host Dr. Oz has a complicated and controversial relationship with GMOs—demonstrated again with his latest foray into ...
Want your own Frank N. Foode? Kickstarter campaign brings GMO mascot to the masses
Now you can have your own Frank N. Foode--the mascot of the sound science GMO movement--with Biology Fortified's Kickstarter campaign ...
Ancient genetics may lead to future treatment for gout
We're susceptible to gout because of a mutated gene in humans and other primates that prevents us from producing uricase, ...
