Genetic Literacy Project
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
You say potato, I say GMO: Are spuds the next battleground in the GMO debate?
A battle is being waged over a healthier, genetically modified potato that McDonald’s is reportedly exploring. And now, yet another ...
New twist on the China-Viptera GMO corn controversy: Customers are talking—is Syngenta listening?
While China--instigator of a trade war with the US--continues to reject GMO corn exports that contain the Viptera trait, American ...
Three parent baby debate: FDA ponders mitochondrial manipulation and, perhaps, germline modification too
Next week, the Food and Drug Administration is meeting to consider how a very controversial new form of assisted reproduction ...
Vandana Shiva scandal deepens, as Beloit College botches response to criticism
After bungling its invitation to Indian environmental activist Vandana Shiva, who misrepresents her credentials and promotes the myth that the ...
Anti-GMO activists say farmers are not listening to their customers? Is that true?
Producers are listening to their consumers, argues Iowa farmer Dave Walton, but what gets lost in the discussion is that ...
Latest on rewriting genomes, humans’ included
A genetic modification system, CRISPR/Cas, has shown breakthrough success in primates and is poised to make the futurists' dreams of ...
From GMOs to neonics, what’s causing bee deaths?
An upsurge in reported bee deaths--often referred to incorrectly as Colony Collapse Disorder--has led to concerns that GMOs and/or a ...
There’s no end in sight for California’s extreme water drought
This article originally ran at Forbes and has been republished here with permission of the author. STANFORD, CA– Water is ...
Were Neanderthals a different species?
Up to 40% of the Neanderthal genome may be preserved across our collective genomes, and the areas of the human ...
Misplaced fears of identical diseases links anti-GMOers to anti-technology fringe groups
GMOs, vaccines, chemtrails, fluoride, all have remarkably similar suites of disease "side effects" according to anti-technology critics. The same scare ...
Genetics gives hope of species-specific pesticides, minimal collateral damage
Imagine a future in which we no longer use pesticides. Instead, we use weevilicides or rootwormicides, targeted with exquisite precision ...
Clocks versus rocks: Genetics and the origin of placental mammals
Of the 5500 extant mammal species, 95 percent bear live young with a placenta. Yet ancestral mammals laid eggs, and ...
Why does the debate on GMOs matter?
Nathanael Johnson's six-month "Panic-Free GMOs" series at Grist recently ended with a whimper -- claiming "none of it matters" -- ...
Applying the ‘Bradford Hill’ criteria to assess GMO safety
Two anti-GMO advocacy groups attempted to use the Bradford Hill criteria to demonstrate a link between GMOs and adverse health ...
Viewpoint: We need the scientific juice to save the nation’s citrus industry
This article originally ran at Forbes and has been republished here with permission of the author. Media outlets have for ...
View from an Iowa farm: In choosing seeds, ‘I’m no pawn of Monsanto’
Every year, farmers are faced with difficult decisions about which seeds they will plant. The wrong choices can be disastrous ...
The $1000 human genome: A reality check
Illumina, the leading maker of DNA sequencers, recently announced that it will soon begin producing a new piece of equipment ...
Viewpoint: Grist for the genetic engineering mill
This article originally ran at Forbes and has been republished here with permission of the author. A “what I’ve learned ...
Ethics debate intensifies over retraction of flawed Séralini GMO rat study
While the mainstream science community has backed the decision by a prominent journal to withdraw and expunge from the records ...
Injecting DNA in the brain: What’s the promise of gene therapy for Parkinson’s disease?
Gene therapy has been used to successfully treat a number of challenging diseases, such as leukemia. Now, scientists are hoping ...
Will a non-browing GM apple irreparably hurt the fruit’s image?
The non-browning Arctic Apple should appeal to consumers and food service companies, but will this benefit also make the GM ...
