Genetic Literacy Project
Personal gene maps: Is there such a thing as too much information about our DNA?
The growing trend of personalized medicine is driven by genetic testing, which can help doctors screen for potential health problems ...
Activists failing in efforts to challenge ‘natural’ labels on natural products made with GMOs
The hottest new trend in GMO-labeling efforts is to sue food manufacturers over 'natural' labels when products contain GMOs. However, ...
The Salmon Dialogue: What’s the future of sustainable, genetically engineered foods?
Elliot Entis, founder of AquaBounty, and Paul Greenberg, author of the best selling Four Fish: The Future of the Last ...
Viewpoint: India should create the proposed biotechnology regulatory agency, despite its serious flaws
This article originally ran at Forbes and has been republished here with permission of the author. India should appreciate the ...
Scientists, journalists and farmers join lively GMO forum
The current Boston Review hosts a discussion forum about GMOs, where professionals in agriculture, journalism and academia respond ...
Epigenetics sheds new light on altruism
Recent research in neuroscience and epigenetics is revealing more and more about the fundamental social nature of humans ...
Has an Israeli research team found the key to curing cancer in humans?
The Israeli blind mole rat's incredible resistance to cancer may make it the perfect organism to advance cancer research, as ...
Are engineered foods evil?—A reply to Scientific American’s David H. Freedman
A former Research Director of the French National Institute for Agricultural Research in France takes Scientific American to task for ...
Researchers extend human epigenomic map, possibilities of personalized medicine
Harvard University scientists have extended our knowledge of human epigenomics, which could lead to a breakthrough in personalized medicine and ...
Scientific American’s new Food Matters blog is all about the science of food, including GMOs
Plant geneticist Pamela Ronald, who advocates a mix of organic and GM agricultural techniques, is among the many voices joining ...
Ethiopian Jews in Somalia: Tracing remnants of the Yibir
The Yibir in Somalia is one of the few known Muslim communities worldwide that maintains Jewish descent. A genetic study ...
Hawaii anti-GMO ‘corruption’ scandal? Genetic Literacy Project investigation underway
Is the “grassroots” opposition to GMOs on Hawaii actually the product of careful cultivation and funding from mainland anti-GMO groups? ...
Michael Pollan and Amy Harmon discuss GMO controversy
Columbia Journalism Review reporter Alexis Sobel Fitts got Michael Pollan to open up for the first time about the recent ...
Grist vs. GM Watch: Is there a middle in the GMO debate?
GM Watch's scathing critique of Nathanael Johnson's efforts to find the middle ground in the GMO debate has not deterred ...
GLP Infographic: International science organizations on crop biotech safety
The web is overflowing with misleading infographics. Here's our own, more accurate list of 10 international science organizations that have ...
GE regulation: More may be necessary, but need not inhibit innovation
Products such as corporate GM crops, which use a new branch of genetic engineering known as synthetic biology, have been ...
Time to stop fighting GMO labeling?
Familiarity will be a powerful dampener of Unreasoning Fear of GMOs; Perhaps we can nudge familiarity along with a out-and-proud ...
Regulation gaps a double-edged sword for GM foods
Scientists and entrepreneurs have found some gaps in regulatory pathways that allow them to get their GM products to market ...
GMOs and the “reverse halo effect”: Trust is key to dispelling consumer fear
The “reverse halo effect”: once something is labeled GM, it will be perceived as unnatural, therefore bad ...
Trouble in paradise: Will the GMO debate consume Hawaii?
Hawaii stands at a crossroads: on one side, compromise between residents, consumers, and agriculture that benefits all sides and results ...
The old and new eugenics
Was "negative eugenics" truly something on the margins of society? Kirk Allison, Director of the Program in Human Rights and ...
Wine Spectator article outlines how GMOs might help wine industry
GMOs might help protect the wine industry from mildew and other problems ...
Viewpoint: Genetic engineering produces a genuine monstrosity
This article originally ran at Forbes and has been republished here with permission of the author. Activists have warned for ...
Petition to condemn Golden Rice vandalism gains support from scientific community
An online petition to condemn the activists who destroyed a Golden Rice field trial has gained 1500 signatures in just ...
GMO labeling proponents now fighting their own labeling legislation on supplements
Citizens for Health, a lobby group for the dietary supplement industry and one of the chief proponents behind the GMO ...
Elle’s botched response to previously botched anti-GMO story
Elle has had an opportunity to redress its botched GMO coverage by opening its pages to a genuine discussion of ...
Ethical dilemma surrounds genetic tinkering with bird flu
Researchers have outlined plans to genetically experiment with the H9N7 bird flu to test how it might develop human-to-human transmission ...
Open letter to French President from French scientists: Lift ban on GMO corn
French scientists write an open letter to French President Francois Hollande, urging him to lift the ban on MON810 corn ...
