New York Times
‘Industrial farming’ and crop biotechnology benefit the environment
...[Since the mid-20th century], farm sizes have risen significantly... [T]his large size that is often criticized... in the belief that ...
Human ancestors may have moved out of Africa in one single migration
Modern humans evolved somewhere in Africa roughly 200,000 years ago. But how did our species go on to populate the ...
Quality of medical research should carry more weight than source of funding
Health care professionals make hundreds of decisions a day. A small fraction of them are based on evidence from rigorous ...
Should parents elect not to pass down their genetic disabilities to their children?
I have a condition called X-linked hypophosphatemia, or XLH, which results in a form of dwarfism. ... I have a ...
Mark Bittman: GMO labeling law could increase transparency on food production
President Obama recently signed the weakest [GMO] labeling law imaginable, and to most of the food movement, this felt like ...
Cell therapy could deliver huge blow against cancer
Dr. [Steven] Rosenberg, Dr. Carl H. June...and Dr. Michel Sadelain...have been at the forefront of this research for decades,...[bringing] to ...
Cancer doctors optimistic over success of immunotherapy
Harnessing the immune system to fight cancer, long a medical dream, is becoming a reality. Remarkable stories of tumors melting ...
Business booming for stem cell therapy clinics despite dearth of evidence of effectiveness
Out of nowhere, over the past two to three years, the clinics have sprung up — 570 in the United ...
Americans disinterested in using science to build better humans
Americans aren’t very enthusiastic about using science to enhance the human species. Instead, many find it rather creepy. A new ...
US government seeking 1 million volunteers for decade-long genetics and lifestyle study
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Government scientists are seeking ...
Popular misconceptions about GMOs, labeling
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . . [T]he ...
Trial involving genetically engineered cancer-killing cells halted over patient deaths
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Three patients in a ...
Senate’s GMO labeling bill clears major hurdle, final approval expected this week
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A federal bill that ...
NYT: Senate’s labeling bill allows companies to hide GMO information from consumers
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The Senate is expected ...
Have media, scientists overstated what in biology epigenetics can explain?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Epigenetic marks are undoubtedly ...
Why we don’t inherit our father’s mitochondrial DNA
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Our mitochondrial DNA accounts ...
Reproducing without males? Bees can do it
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The typical story of ...
Ethical questions surround China’s plans for full-body transplants
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Six years ago, Wang ...
National Academies approves gene drive research with cautious optimism
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A revolutionary technology known ...
National Academies gene drive report supports research, raises ethical questions
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A revolutionary technology known ...
CRISPR can edit RNA, scientists report
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Just a few years ...
CRISPR co-discoverer Emmanuelle Charpentier furthering advances in gene editing
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Emmanuelle Charpentier — one ...
DNA unveils history of African American migration
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The history of African-Americans ...
Vitamins going GMO free
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Consumers wanting to know ...
Does egg freezing industry need to do more to reach out to minority women?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A lot of people ...
Bayer confirms $62 billion offer to buy Monsanto
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Bayer of Germany said ...
Monsanto confirms Bayer has made bid to take over company
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Bayer of Germany has ...
Geneticist uncovers history with human DNA
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. As a boy growing ...
