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How can scientists prevent unintended consequences from CRISPR gene editing?

Jon Cohen | Science | 
In an episode of the resurrected X-Files TV show...aliens attack Earth with a bioweapon based on CRISPR, the genome-editing tool ...
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Infographic: Higher toxicity pesticides used in developing world pose environmental, health problems

Erik Stokstad, Garvin Grullón | Science | 
Surveys of farm worker health are scarce, but it's clear that pesticides cause more harm in the developing world. More ...
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Infographic: Pesticides getting safer, developed countries using less

Erik Stokstad, Garvin Grullón | Science | 
Developed countries have phased out the more dangerous chemicals, such as parathion and other organophosphates. After the US Food Quality ...
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Infographic: Enhancing yields, preventing disease

Erik Stokstad, Garvin Grullón | Science | 
Long-term research plots have shown increases in wheat yield from controlling weeds and disease. Gains from plowing fallow fields were ...
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Infographic: More demand, many uses of pesticides worldwide

Erik Stokstad, Garvin Grullón | Science | 
Pesticide sales are increasing in Asia, Latin America, and Eastern Europe. In addition, companies often charge lower prices for older ...
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Infographic: Pesticide use on arable land between 2005 – 2009

Erik Stokstad, Garvin Grullón | Science | 
In a world of humanmade chemicals, pesticides are second only to fertilizer in the amount applied and the extent of ...
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Genetically tweaking plants’ sunscreens to boost crop yields

Erik Stokstad | Science | 
Just because plants photosynthesize doesn't mean they can't get a form of sunburn—damage caused by overexposure to light. That's why ...
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CRISPR spurring scientists to abandon embryonic stem cell research

Jon Cohen | Science | 
The [JAX lab]...genetically engineers mice that it sells to researchers under a trademarked brand: JAX® Mice, it likes to boast, ...
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Genetically engineered self-fertilizing crops in development

Erik Stokstad | Science | 
A handful of biologists are working to endow major crops with the ability to "fix" nitrogen from the air into ...

Genes play major role not only in IQ, but in academic success too

Sarah Williams | Science | 
A new study of more than 6000 pairs of twins finds that academic achievement is influenced by genes affecting motivation, ...
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AAAS editorial: Shift GMO regulations to focus on “consequences of doing nothing”

Gordon Duff, Jackie Hunter | Science | 
In Canada, a trait-based regulatory system is used in which the actual trait, such as drought or disease resistance, rather ...
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Who will regulate lab-grown meat, other products of ‘cellular agriculture’?

Elizabeth Devitt | Science | 
[T]he test tube burger. . . has helped put a spotlight on the question of how the U.S. government will ...

Bacteria that resides in our nose produces MRSA killing antibiotic

Kai Kupferschmidt | Science | 
A new antibiotic that has, quite literally, emerged from the human nose. The compound is produced by one species of ...

Adult brain constantly rearranges itself in response to smell

Science | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Scientists from the Institut ...

National Academies urge US agencies to reject updates on research rules

David Malakoff | Science | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. On June 29, a National ...
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Genes remain active, or even switch on, after death

Mitch Leslie | Science | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Does death really mean ...
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Herbicide glyphosate facing ban in Europe? Here’s a backgrounder

Erik Stokstad | Science | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. It's hard to find ...
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Academies GMO report points to regulatory challenges ahead for gene edited crops

Kelly Servick | Science | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The [National Academies of ...

Research uncovers possible mechanism for Zika’s damaging effects on brain

Science | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The U.S. Centers for ...

Organic Consumer Association invokes chemical scares in suing organic infant formula maker

Derek Lowe | Science | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Chemjobber put me on to this ...

U.S. government convenes panel of biotech researchers ahead of update to regulations

Kelly Servick | Science | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The U.S. government is ...

Cancer-suppressing gene frequently defective in autism patients

Science | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A large study by ...

Botched DNA forensic analyses land innocent people in prison

Martin Enserink | Science | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. On 27 February, a ...
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DNA forensics not so infallible after all

Douglas Starr | Science | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. On a Tuesday morning ...
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Improving crop yields necessary to save biodiversity, lower greenhouse emissions

Ben Phalan | Science | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Expansion of land area ...

Heritable mutations significantly impact cancer risk

Jennifer Couzin-Frankel | Science | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Hospitals increasingly experiment with ...
Dietary supplements filled with dangerous ingredients but "natural" industry blocks labeling, transparency

Dietary supplements filled with dangerous ingredients but “natural” industry blocks labeling, transparency

Jennifer Couzin-Frankel | Science | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion, and analysis. Pieter Cohen, an internist in ...

Rice with barley genes emits less greenhouse gas

Erik Stokstad | Science | 
A new type of genetically modified (GM) rice might significantly lessen the impact of agriculture on the climate. The plant, ...
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