Observer Research Foundation
Food-borne illnesses are a growing problem. CRISPR-based biosensing may be key to food safety
The availability of safe food is crucial for maintaining both nutritional well-being and overall health security. Estimates indicate that 1 in 10 people ...
Viewpoint: We need a new approach to biotech regulations to avoid hijacking by bioterrorists
Genetic engineering technologies have created multiple opportunities for treating genetic diseases but poses ethical and societal challenges ...
Viewpoint: Green technology-rejectionist Vandana Shiva at center of Sri Lanka’s disastrous organic farming embrace and crop protection chemical rejection
The unprecedented economic crisis in Sri Lanka has been doing the rounds across mainstream media, academia, policy circles as well ...
Viewpoint: Sri Lanka’s botched organic farming experiment illustrates danger of ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach to agricultural sustainability
Even though the transition towards organic farming seemed like an environmentally sustainable step forward, the sudden switch was a time ...
Are we ready for therapeutic gene editing of embryos?
[W]e know that natural nonsense mutations in the PCSK9 gene protect against high cholesterol. Subsequent work has led to PCSK9 ...