Genetic Literacy Project
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Anti-GMO movement should follow the money instead of wasting its time on labels
Over the past several years I have spent a great deal of time in high-security, limited-access genetic modification laboratories. While ...
Evolution may contradict ‘dumb jock’ notion
According to a popular stereotype, intellectual achievement and athleticism are inversely linked. Now a controversial view of evolution suggests that ...
DNA tests target Native Americans
The Center for Genetics and Society, which takes an ultra-conservative view of genetic screening and genetic technology, takes a one-sided ...
The global transgenic menagerie
Both sides of the debate over genetic modification in animals -- AquaBounty's “Frankenfish” salmon included -- tend to make it ...
FDA AquaBounty Draft Environmental Assessment Summary
Here are the four leaked pages of the April 19, 2012 FDA AquaBounty Draft Environmental Assessment Summary ...
New class of GM mosquito rattles anti-GMO campaigns
The Food and Drug Administration will soon decide whether or not to allow the release of genetically modified mosquitoes to ...
Indian scientists found guilty of marketing contaminated GM cotton seeds
India TodayIndian scientists found guilty of marketing contaminated GM cotton seedsIndia TodayCertain tests conducted in 2004 at the National Research ...
Greenpeace’s disinformation campaign against Golden Rice, and science, prevails in China
In late summer, the Asian arm of Greenpeace issued an alarming press release headlined: “24 children used as guinea pigs ...
Genetic pre-natal test opens window to improved diagnoses, stirs concerns
New fetal screening tests using gene chips instead of conventional chromosomal evaluation to identify congenital diseases may ignite a turf ...
Geneticists and physicists collaborate on a DNA dark matter detector
DNA may help out in the hunt for dark matter, the mysterious substance that makes up 25 percent of the ...
Biotech regulation: Are democracy and science in conflict?
Why do GMOs fester in regulatory limbo for so long? Any regulatory agency attempting to address both science and people’s ...
