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Will we see illegal CRISPR IVF clinics in the US? Experts weigh in
The possibility of “CRISPR babies” became real [November 25], when a Chinese scientist stunned the world by announcing he’d used the gene-editing ...
Viewpoint: What ‘New Atheists’ get wrong about science and religion
New Atheism is a literary movement that sprung up in 2004, led by prominent authors like Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, ...
Reading genes: How much of your future do they reveal?
The journal Nature Genetics recently published an enormous study demonstrating yet again how multiple sites on the genome can play a role ...
What is CRISPR? And why should you care?
If you haven’t heard of CRISPR yet, the short explanation goes like this: In the past six years, scientists have ...
Viewpoint: CRISPR crops have a chance to avoid the trust issues that plague GMOs
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on [July 18th] released a report on how to address the most pressing problems of American ...
Video: How gene drives could use ‘selfish’ genes to eradicate malaria
The invention of the CRISPR gene editing tool has injected new life into a line of research called gene drive ...
Genetically modified mosquitos could eliminate malaria, if we’re willing to take risk
[Kevin] Esvelt is a biologist at MIT and the first person to formulate a technology known as a CRISPR gene ...
Male birth control? Here are 3 methods headed our way
While a pill for men certainly isn’t coming to the pharmacy anytime soon, unfortunately, there is reason for (muted) hope ...
Harvard geneticist David Reich NY Times’ op-ed ignites debate over whether ‘races’ exist
On Monday morning, I woke up to a tweet from Sam Harris, the bestselling author and popular podcast host, referencing ...
Safer CRISPR? Cas13 version edits RNA, not DNA
CRISPR, while a major leap forward in gene editing, can still be a blunt instrument. There have been problems with ...
Biodiversity crisis? Humans may actually be creating more species than we’re killing
Chris Thomas … a professor of conservation biology at the University of York in the UK … does not deny that ...
9 reasons why IQ really matters
IQ is often dismissed as antiquated, misguided, or less important than personality traits. But according to Stuart Ritchie, an intelligence researcher ...
Perfect apple: Replicating Honeycrisp success to create new, tastier varieties
The Honeycrisp is a millennial apple born in the 1990s, after years of careful planning. It’s also considered the first ...
Linking genes to IQ could lead to treatment for Alzheimer’s, neurodegenerative diseases
[Recently], researchers announced [that] they’d found 40 genes that play a role in shaping human intelligence, bringing the total number of ...
Vaccines do not cause autism. Here’s what science says does
It doesn’t help that doctors have long struggled to explain what exactly causes autism if vaccines don’t — many medical ...
Did Bill Nye err when discussing Monsanto, GMOs in new Netflix series?
Bill Nye comes out swinging in the first season of Bill Nye Saves the World, his new Netflix series. ...
Cancer scientists fail to replicate key study results – for good reasons
The general principle [of replicating studies] is that if the results repeat, then the original results were correct and reliable ...
Did humans and Neanderthals make a love connection?
Neanderthal genomes recently sequenced by scientists have revealed that we humans mated with Neanderthals over thousands of years...Just about every ...
7 ways CRISPR gene editing could transform our lives
[W]e asked a variety of scientists what they think are realistically the most exciting ways that scientists might one day ...
Guide to CRISPR gene editing revolution
In 2016 alone, researchers have shown CRISPR can do some truly astounding things, like create mushrooms that don’t brown easily ...
Is society ready for genetically modified humans, designer babies?
We single out the industrial revolutions of the past as major turning points in human history because they marked major ...
Senate questions possible anti-competitive consolidation of seed and agrochemical industries
One of the biggest stories in agriculture right now is the jaw-dropping consolidation among companies that sell the world’s seeds, ...
Video: ‘Natural’ label is meaningless
We want to buy what’s best, but there are almost too many choices. Food companies know this. So they use ...
How will GMOs be labeled if Senate’s bill becomes law?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. What does the Senate’s ...
Embryo donation gaining popularity as affordable solution for infertility
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Infertility now affects one ...
Oxytocin ‘love’ hormone? Scientists now doubting its supposed effects on trust
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Here's one conclusion from ...
Video: Need more proof that evolution is real? Check out your own body
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Vestigial structures are evolution's ...
What factors drive Europe’s superior tasting vegetables?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . . . Why ...