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Sonoma County votes to ban GMO crops

Filipa Ioannou | SFGate | 
Opponents of genetically modified crops won big in Sonoma County [Nov. 8] when voters approved a ban on GMOs, or genetically ...
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Climate change will likely impact spread of Zika and other deadly diseases

Chelsea Harvey | SFGate | 
Many scientists agree that climate change will likely influence the spread of infectious diseases, from mosquito-borne illnesses like Zika to ...

23andMe CEO discusses future of direct-to-consumer genetic testing company

Stephanie Lee | SFGate | 
Six months ago, the Food and Drug Administration ordered 23andMe, the Google-backed genetic-testing startup, to stop selling saliva kits designed ...

Google’s biotech company Calico poaches prominent SF geneticist

Stephanie M. Lee | SFGate | 
Google's mysterious health venture dedicated to extending human life has quietly lured a prominent scientist away from UCSF, The Chronicle ...

Teamwork and genetics uncover extremely rare diseases and patients who share them

Erin Allday | SFGate | 
In February 2013, Stanford geneticist Gregory Enns called the Wilsey family with news: He was "99 percent sure" that doctors ...
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Court of Appeals to consider California DNA collection law

Paul Elias | SFGate | 
A specially convened panel of 11 federal appeals court judges met this week to consider the constitutionality of California's controversial law ...

Commercial personal genetic tests: Buyer beware

Steve Heilig | SFGate | 
Sixty years ago James Watson, Francis Crick and colleagues ushered in the modern science of genetics. Ever since, people have ...

Consumers trust food biotech, industry survey says

SFGate | 
The International Food Information Council (IFIC) 2012 "Consumer Perceptions of Food Technology & Sustainability" survey shows that Americans remain highly ...
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