Genetic Literacy Project
Will GMO makers, advocates support labeling of consumer focused 2nd generation GMOs?
A new generation of GMOs may call for new ways of regulation. And the activists, manufacturers, and farmers may want ...
IARC-Gate? Are Europe’s anti-chemical enviros conspiring to suppress conflict-of-interest scandal?
Was the WHO agency IARC, that deemed glyphosate a 'probable carcinogen,' guided by an anti-chemical scientist who consults with the ...
Will severe droughts in Africa open door for imports, acceptance of GM crops?
Facing food shortages from severe drought, will countries in southern Africa change stance on GMOs to feed their people? ...
Next-generation genetics offer new way to combat hospital infections
In the face of antibiotic resistant bacteria, hospitals still use century-old detection methods. New gene sequencing methods will change that ...
Viewpoint: Excessive, wrong-headed regulation of ‘GMOs’ stifles innovation and slows economic growth
This article originally ran at Forbes and has been republished here with permission. A recent Wall Street Journal editorial concluded: ...
Artificial uterus: How close is the reality?
Nobody is working on an artificial uterus that can carry a fetus for the entirety of a pregnancy. But medical ...
For studies on GMO food safety, does length matter?
Anti-GMO activists call for longer and longer animal studies to assess the safety of GMOs. But are longer tests really ...
USDA annual report: Pesticide residues on food well below amounts dangerous to humans
An annual USDA report of over 10,000 crops finds overwhelmingly that pesticide residues on food are well below levels that ...
Can epigenetics explain the negative effects of smoking during pregnancy?
It is widely known that smoking during pregnancy has negative impacts on the future child. Could epigenetics underlie the link ...
Reflections on Craig Venter’s synbio creation: Life, from scratch
A high profile team creates a bacteria by building its genome block by block, but what's the point? ...
Being a vegetarian can kill you? How the press mashed a genetics story
Being a vegetarian won't kill you: What happens when the media confuse a hypothesis with an outcome ...
Talking Biotech: Shelley McGuire, lactation specialist: No glyphosate in breast milk; Glyphosate in wine?
Lactation specialist Shelley McGuire finds no glyphosate in breastmilk, Thomas Colquhoun discusses glyphosate traces in wine ...
You think “eugenics” is a discredited practice? Think again, it’s back.
Is eugenics a historical evil poised for a comeback? Or is it a noble but oft-abused concept, finally being done ...
If you care about the future of our planet, here’s why you should support GMOs
Farmers describe how GMOs have enabled them to reduce their use of the older, more toxic insecticides, and reduce their ...
Unintended consequences of Vermont’s GMO labelling law
Several major food companies have decided to label products that contain GMO nationwide to comply with Vermont's labeling law. Will ...
Activists behind Zika virus conspiracy theories, Argentine pesticide birth defect scare
South America's suffering from a number of epidemics. The worst one may just be misinformation ...
Can DNA identify injury-prone athletes? Soccer giant Barcelona believes so. Should you?
Some sports teams have experimented with using personalized genetic data to help manage player injuries, despite the science on this ...
Talking Biotech: Talking about bananas as a food crop, challenges; Leena Tripathi offers GE answers to threats to bananas
Are GE bananas key to GMO acceptance?; Banana biotech leader talks GE solutions to threats, pests ...
Did life begin in intense heat or cold? Maybe both
Earth's Archaeon eon, the time when life emerged, may not have been as hot as scientists had previous thought. But ...
‘Beepocalypse’? How US honey bee population is fairing
There has been an ongoing vigorous debate about the health of the American bee population. Bees play a key role ...
Despite activists’ claims about glyphosate dangers, there’s no cancer spike in Argentina
Anti-GMO activists have claimed that cancer rates in farming regions of Argentina have spiked. Interviews with local experts paint a ...
Our microbiome: Separating hype from health
What impact does our microbiome have on our health? A lot claim many, but we have a long way to ...
Genetic analysis shows lasting effects of caste system on health of modern Indians
Modern genetic analysis shows that India's caste system still has a significant affect on the health and biology of modern ...
How will normalizing US-Cuba relations affect agriculture, biotechnology in both countries?
The landscape of Cuba's biotechnology industry may change significantly through renewed relations with the US, most notably it could bring ...
Boy’s death highlights need for reform, more oversight in medical genetics
A lab mischaracterizes a rare genetic mutation and a boy dies. The boy's case shows how our standards for reporting ...
GMO hypocrisy? Celebrity chefs, foodies oppose ‘right to know’ what’s in their food
Several celebrity chefs been quite vocal in their support for the consumers 'right to know' about GMOs but have opposed ...
Voting genes: Are political views inherited?
There are dozens of studies showing correlations between genes political attitudes, but the fact is the genetic information in our ...
