Genetic Literacy Project
Can GMOs rescue threatened plants and crops?
Some scientists and ecologists argue that humans are in the midst of an "extinction crisis" — the sixth wave of ...
How are governments regulating CRISPR and New Breeding Technologies (NBTs)?
While genetically engineered crops traditionally take on average 7 years and hundreds of millions of dollars to make their way ...
Why has the US FDA opposed mandatory GMO labeling?
The issue of GMO labeling has captured considerable attention in recent years, fueled by a variety of ballot initiatives in ...
Which genetically engineered crops and animals are approved in the US?
Advocacy web sites often make claims such as, "the average supermarket is full of genetically modified foods." In fact, very ...
What are “Superweeds”?
Scientists generally scorn the term superweeds, arguing that it suggests a weed is exceptionally strong or even invulnerable. Rather, these ...
Is the Monarch butterfly threatened with extinction by herbicide resistant GMOs?
The plight of the Monarch has been well documented in recent years, with the population of the migratory creature plunging ...
What is nutritionally enhanced Golden Rice and why is it controversial?
What is Golden Rice? Golden Rice is conventional rice that has been genetically engineered to have high levels of beta-carotene, ...
Can genetic engineering improve crop yields?
What have researchers attempted to accomplish with the genetic modification of seeds? The first successful commercial GMO crop was the ...
Why are there no long-term GMO safety studies or studies on humans?
Critics of crop biotechnology have long contended that GMO foods have not been 'proven' safe because, in the words of ...
What are we to make of the ‘Séralini studies’ claiming GMOs and glyphosate are dangerous?
Gilles-Eric Séralini, a professor of molecular biology at the University of Caen, is a self-acknowledged critic of GMO crops and ...
How does genetic engineering differ from conventional breeding?
Scientists challenge the concept of "foreign genes." Humans have dinosaur genes and genes from every species on earth in our ...
Viewpoint: Developing countries need GMO, gene-edited crops to solve food security challenges
With a ballooning population and climate change, genetic engineering is needed now more than ever ...
If we aren’t careful, we could miss the chance to learn cancer-fighting secrets from threatened whales and elephants
The loss of vulnerable mammals means scientists could miss out on useful quirks in their genetics ...
Viewpoint: Netflix’s horror movie ‘Eli’ is a fright. But why did they have to ‘tarnish gene therapy’?
Attempts to treat genetic disease shouldn’t be the stuff of horror films ...
Video: ‘Blood on their hands’—Greens’ resistance to biotechnology blocks sustainable agriculture, climate change innovation, says GLP’s Jon Entine
Green advocacy groups are the single biggest impediment to sustainable agriculture ...
Podcast: Should you eat ‘fake meat’? Geneticist Chana Davis breaks down the GMO Impossible Burger controversy
The Impossible Burger has exploded in popularity across the US, with grocery stores and popular fast-food chains like Burger King ...
FDA-approved edible cotton seeds show how GMO, CRISPR-edited crops can battle global hunger
We can't eliminate hunger overnight, but this breakthrough cotton variety will combat a lot of needless suffering ...
For synthetic biology to reach its potential, building new chromosomes from scratch must become commonplace—and we may be getting close
Many of the needed technological breakthroughs can be achieved in the next several years ...
Podcast: The untold story of Edith Rebecca Saunders—’mother of British plant genetics’
We unearth the story of Edith Rebecca Saunders, co-founder of The Genetics Society and the ‘mother of British plant genetics’ ...
‘Drink like there is tomorrow’: Inside the quest to prevent hangovers with a GMO probiotic
Engineered probiotics and other microbes provide amazing opportunities ...
How NASA’s struggle with radiation-resistant microbe could help us understand infections
Bacteria have infiltrated sterile rooms NASA used to build space equipment. Studying what happens to them in outer space could ...
‘Hacking the Code of Life’: How gene editing will lead to disease cures and nutritionally enhanced food
In “Hacking the Code of Life,” Nessa Carey explores new technology offering the power to alter the genome with increasing ...
Viewpoint: How agroecology can improve life for Africa’s smallholder farmers
The gravity of the numerous problems faced by smallholders is too great to allow for scientifically promising alternatives like agroecology ...
Podcast: Plant diseases destroy $220 billion worth of crops annually. Meet the scientists fighting to protect our food supply
Looking at the massive selection of goods available in US grocery stores, most consumers likely don't realize just how hard ...
Podcast: Edible cotton—how genetic engineering turns toxic seeds into nutritious food
Cotton production is a global industry. Grown by approximately 80 countries, the crop is primarily harvested for fiber to make ...
Netflix ‘Unnatural Selection’ gene editing miniseries focuses on extreme examples, ignores potential food sustainability impact of CRISPR
I watched dumbfounded. That is not how genetic engineering works ...
Here’s what you should know about disease-fighting GMO mosquitoes
Media references to Jurassic Park and 'mutant hybrid insects' are based on a thorough misunderstanding of this effective technology ...
A peek into the sex lives of Neanderthals—they may have mated with ‘close kin’
A group of 13 Neanderthal remains detail a story of inbreeding, cannibalism ...
