Genetic Literacy Project
Dissecting the cannabis genome in the quest for a better bud and effective medicines
Cannabis cultivators have little firm knowledge about the genetics of the plant. Researchers hope to change that ...
Podcast: From anti-GMO journalist to crop biotech advocate—Alliance for Science managing editor Joan Conrow
For many years, the developing world has been at the center of a heated debate between mainstream scientists and anti-GMO ...
How this promising gene therapy for a rare neuromuscular disease was fueled by passionate parents and a dog
The gene therapy will be too late for Joshua Frase. But it will be his legacy ...
Uganda’s anti-GMO activists blamed for stonewalling nation’s new biosafety rules
A campaign by non-governmental organizations is determined to keep Uganda free of GMOs ...
Does Big Ag control farmers through seeds patents? Farmers don’t think so.
Farmers have a wide range of choices for seeds, including conventional and GMO. And most, for economic and performance rather ...
Weak links? How partial DNA matches can muddle criminal investigations
Using DNA collected from a crime scene, police can identify relatives of unidentified suspects through partial, or familial, matches. Legal ...
Viewpoint: Defending IARC’s designation of glyphosate as carcinogenic undermines evidence-based science
The apologetics of the decision's defenders are becoming all too predictable ...
Searching for genetic links to suicidal thoughts and behavior
New genetic research could help identify those most at risk of suicide ...
Podcast: Former FDA scientist Henry Miller says misguided regulation keeps safe biotech products off the market
In 1982, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first "GMO" pharmaceutical drug in the world, a new ...
Why we lose when Hollywood distorts CRISPR gene editing in the name of entertainment
Adding misinformation to a climate of fear and distrust plants more seeds of suspicion in the public mind ...
Podcast: Geneticist Kevin Folta responds after anti-biotech social media attacks led to his exclusion from Florida gardening event
Recently, University of Florida plant scientist Kevin Folta was invited to present a series of lectures at a seed saving ...
Viewpoint: 300 scientists say FDA’s plan to regulate CRISPR-edited animals as drugs will effectively shut down innovation
This proposed regulatory approach for genome editing in animals will make it cost prohibitive for both U.S. researchers and livestock ...
‘The broken promise of anonymity’? Bioethicist’s call to guard identity of sperm and egg donors is misguided
Dr. Pennings’ opinion fails to capture the complexity of donation ...
Podcast: Environmental Working Group’s ‘Dirty Dozen’ list is an unscientific scam
Scammers are having a moment. On this episode of Biotech Facts and Fallacies, plant scientist Steve Savage tackles scams within ...
Psychopaths are among us—and why that isn’t necessarily a bad thing
Can psychopathic people perform certain roles better than non-psychopaths? ...
African farmers look to genetic engineering in fight against plant diseases and pests
The benefits of genetic engineering will not come to fruition in Africa if the opponents of the technology continue to ...
Censorship of biotech researchers? Geneticist Kevin Folta excluded from gardening workshop after orchestrated anti-GMO social media attacks
Folta says this incident is typical of the harassment biotech researchers have experienced at the hands of US-RTK and other ...
Purebred? How humans invented the modern concept of ‘dog breeds’
Modern purebred dog breeds were created in Victorian Britain ...
Gene therapy’s fight against ‘bubble boy’ disease may have yielded a safe cure
“Cure” is a strong word, but the authors are confident that it has been achieved ...
Podcast: That weird time in history when humans had 24 pairs of chromosomes
Everyone knows that humans have 23 pairs of chromosomes. But if you'd looked at a textbook in the 1940s, the ...
Taming wild plants with CRISPR gene editing in quest to find new foods
A pilot project with groundcherries demonstrates the huge potential in gene editing wild plants for food ...
Podcast: GMO insect-resistant cowpea helps Africa combat destructive pests without chemicals
Cowpea is a critical crop in Western Africa. It is consumed by millions of people daily and provides important nitrogen ...
Viewpoint: We can’t fight sexism by denying the science behind male-female brain differences
Seeking to understand female and male brain differences from a scientific point of view is often dismissed as 'neurosexism.' ...
Fresh from European ban victory, anti-chemical activists turn their sights on Canada, targeting neonicotinoid pesticides as a ‘bee killer’
There is an inevitable consequence when technically inexpert politicians and politically-influenced bureaucrats allow public policy to be driven by dogmatic ...
Revived pig brains may unleash uncomfortable questions for how we define death
The researchers hypothesized an “under-appreciated capacity” of an oxygen-starved mammalian brain to survive ...
Podcast: Jamie Metzl’s ‘Hacking Darwin’—The end of sex and humanity’s genetically engineered future
Imagine a world in which would-be parents no longer have sex but conceive children with the assistance of embryo selection ...
Viewpoint: Mainstream Arnold Foundation now major funder of fringe anti-GMO USRTK while Organic Consumers Association cuts support
US Right To Know may now be too poisonous even for the Organic Consumers Association ...
What colored blobs in the brain can tell us about environmental decision making
The fast-growing field of neuroeconomics is shedding new light on how we make choices related to protecting the environment ...
