New York Times
Public wariness over GMOs rooted in “instinct” and “imperfect logic,” not science
Proponents of modern genetic food modification through biotechnology expect it to help keep civilization going by feeding people who otherwise ...
Frederick P. Li, scientist who helped prove genetic link to cancer risk, dies
Dr. Frederick P. Li, who helped prove to a doubting medical establishment that heredity and genetics play a major role in some ...
Growing assisted reproduction industry raises questions about unused embryos
In storage facilities across the nation, hundreds of thousands of frozen embryos — perhaps a million — are preserved in ...
Pope’s concern about GMOs is about corporate power, not safety
Needless to say, there’s a lot to explore in Pope Francis’s encyclical, “Laudato Si’ — On the Care of Our ...
Ancient Kennewick man Native American, not European, DNA shows
In July 1996, two college students were wading in the shallows of the Columbia River near the town of Kennewick, ...
More teens going through gender reassignment
It is a transgender moment. President Obama was hailed just for saying the word “transgender” in his State of the Union address this year, ...
DNA test to sell personalized skin care products: Scam or science?
What’s being billed as the future of skin care starts suspiciously like a visit to the dentist: with a mouthwash ...
Modern Europeans descended from mingling of distinct migratory groups
Two teams of scientists — one based at the University of Copenhagen and one based at Harvard University — have ...
Why we need a ‘dispassionate’ look at GMOs
Despite myriad assurances from scientists that foods containing genetically modified ingredients are safe to eat, consumers are likely to see ...
Jane Brody: Anti-GMO movement needs to rethink fear-based opposition
A review of the pros and cons of G.M.O.s strongly suggests that the issue reflects a poor public understanding of ...
Is FDA-backed ‘Viagra’ for women a step towards gender equality in medicine?
After an intense lobbying campaign, a federal advisory panel recommended approval of what would become the first drug to treat ...
How embryonic stem cell research set precedent for self-regulation in US scientific community
In 2005, in response to intense public debate and an absence of federal regulation, the U.S. research community self-imposed guidelines ...
Verdict on ‘devious defecator’ case: Employees protected from genetic discrimination
The case that experts believe is the first to go to trial under the law involves something completely different: an ...
Will organic farmers embrace precision gene editing if ancient wild traits are restored?
What’s in a name? A lot, if the name is genetically modified organism, which many people are dead set against ...
The Asilomar conference and its lessons for the regulation of gene-editing
There is a precedent for establishing internationally agreed-upon limits for new science, though it can be hard to do. A ...
Is there a genetic basis for being unfaithful?
When I was trained as a psychiatrist we were told to look for various emotional and developmental factors to explain ...
Non-GMO Similac baby formula to appear in stores soon
The maker of Similac Advance, the top commercial baby formula brand in the United States, says it will begin selling ...
New fossil evidence reignites debate on pace of human evolution
For scientists who study human evolution, the last few months have been a whirlwind. Every couple of weeks, it seems, ...
John Nash, inspiration for ‘A Beautiful Mind,’ dies in car accident
John F. Nash Jr., a mathematician who shared a Nobel Prize in 1994 for work that greatly extended the reach ...
Test for plaque in brain might clue future Alzheimer’s risk
The largest analysis to date of amyloid plaques in people’s brains confirms that the presence of the substance can help ...
Organic food processor SunOpta to have first USDA-verified non-GMO label
A little-known but publicly traded organic food processing company, SunOpta, has persuaded the federal government that its system for detecting ...
How psychologist made decision to end own life after Alzheimer’s diagnosis
For two years, Sandy Bem, a Cornell psychology professor, had been experiencing what she called “cognitive oddities”: forgetting the names of ...
In medicine, listening to the patient matters
Medicine is dominated by the quants. We learn about human health from facts, and facts are measurable. A disease is ...
Scientist who discovered CRISPR/Cas9 weighs future of new technology
Three years ago, Jennifer A. Doudna, a biochemist at the University of California, Berkeley, helped make one of the most monumental ...
Why GMO-giant Monsanto made offer for Syngenta’s chemical-focused company
Over the last two decades Monsanto has cast off its century-long history as a chemical company and refashioned itself as ...
Mark Bittman: Food movement has bigger issues to tackle than GMO labeling
There is some talk about the food movement’s winning. I’m not even sure such a thing as a food movement ...
Panera creates ‘no-no’ ingredient list in response to consumer demand
In doing so, Panera Bread will join the growing ranks of food companies and restaurants that have announced plans to eliminate a ...
Cellular ‘doughnut’ marks most important stage of human development
Embryos of many organisms grow from two cells to four, then eight, and so on until there are thousands in ...