Nature
Viewpoint: Europe’s gene editing deregulation proposal is a welcome break from technophobia but it shortchanges organic farmers who want to grow bioengineered seeds
Some of the key technologies used to engineer plants by introducing genes from another species were invented at European universities, ...
Future protein: ‘If meat-loving habits prove too hard to shift, the obvious solution is to replace meat with meat’
Globally, 80 billion animals die for our dinners each year — and a joint report by the United Nations and the ...
Ethical debate escalates over propriety of 14-day limit on lab-grown embryos
Embryo-like structures made using human stem cells could enable research that is not currently possible using natural embryos ...
What’s trendy isn’t always best: Why land-sharing and rewilding risk driving up food imports and accelerating biodiversity loss
Numerous studies show that some of today’s most popular conservation policies are doing little to help those species most affected ...
Does brain stimulation boost memory or improve focus? It depends
Analysis of more than 100 studies of non-invasive electrical brain stimulation probes whether the controversial technology works ...
Viewpoint: CRISPR crop regulations should be based on the final product, not on the nearly undetectable process of producing new plants
The adoption of new technologies by plant breeders and developers depends on clear, predictable, risk-proportionate regulation and the breadth of ...
How does chronic stress worsen gut inflammation and cause bowel diseases?
Signals originating in the brain make their way to gut nerve cells, leading to a release of inflammatory chemicals ...
Ethical issues aside, CRISPR babies are too risky
While society grapples with the social and ethical implications of heritable genome editing, technical obstacles still abound ...
Your brain could be controlling how sick you get — and how quickly you recover
Scientists are deciphering how the brain choreographs immune responses, hoping to find treatments for a range of diseases ...
