Wall Street Journal
The perils of neurocentrism
The issue with fMRI and other neuroscience techniques is "neurocentrism" -- "the view that human experience and behavior can be ...
Monsanto CEO: U.S. Regulatory System Is ‘Functional’
The following is an edited excerpt. The head of the world’s largest seed company brushed aside suggestions the U.S. regulatory ...
Biotech crops do help poor farmers
The following is an excerpt. According to a just-released economic analysis by U.K.-based PG Economics of the impacts of genetic ...
The definition of ‘marriage’ evolves with culture
Gay marriage exemplifies a profound part of human nature: our capacity for cultural evolution ...
The world needs genetically modified foods
The following is an excerpt. The Whole Foods grocery chain recently announced its intent by 2018 to require labels on ...
Tough calls on prenatal tests
The following is an excerpt. New prenatal blood tests for genetic abnormalities such as Down syndrome are reshaping care for ...
Gene therapy spurs leukemia hope
The following is an excerpt. Researchers reported fresh evidence Wednesday that using gene therapy to manipulate the immune system is ...
Meat DNA test isn’t workable onlarge scale
The following is an excerpt. The horse-meat scandal in the U.K. and Ireland has forced suppliers, processors and retailers to ...
Searching for genius in the genes
Scientists have been able to isolate some genes connected to lower IQ, but the genes which help create high intelligence ...
Napoleon Chagnon on the DNA of violence: Do killers have more kids?
In a review of controversial anthropologist Napoleon Chagnon's memoir "Noble Savages", Charles Mann explores the uncomfortable biological realities of human ...
Bionic eyes may soon be available in the U.S.
For people with retinitis pigmentosa -- a rare genetic disease that damages cells in the back of the eye -- ...
Medical-testing companies disagree on potential impact of gene patent ruling
Much has changed since 1990, when geneticist Mary Claire King first located the breast-cancer gene at the heart of the ...
Gene patents face Supreme Court reckoning
Medical-testing companies differ on the potential impact of the Supreme Court ruling on the Myriad Genetics BRCA1 patent. Many companies ...
Biotechnology vs organics: Which is more sustainable?
Indulging in a romanticized image of the farming industry stands in the way of progress. We need a technologically sophisticated ...
India’s GM food hypocrisy
India's relationship with genetic engineering in agriculture is in total disarray, the victim of activists' scaremongering and government pandering ...
Researchers Unlock Secrets of Wheat Genome
Source – Wall Street Journal By Ron Winslow Date – Nov 28, 2012 Website – online.wsj.com Scientists Use a New ...
Food radicals will fail in court
Source – Wall Street Journal Letter to the Editor by Henry I. Miller, M.D. Date – Nov 26, 2012 Website ...
India’s GM Food Hypocrisy
Source – Wall Street Journal Opinion Asia, by Henry I. Miller Date – Nov 27, 2012 Website – online.wsj.com While ...
“Food police” routed, food movement failing
As Americans tuck into their turkey and dressing on Thursday, they might add one little item to the list of ...
Human Apps: Israeli start-up wants to bring creation of life to the people
Technology is a democratizing force, but a digital start-up here in Israel is taking democracy to a new limit; in ...
Greenpeace’s war on golden rice: Helpful or hurtful?
Greenpeace's latest campaign involves golden rice and its availability to children in some of the poorest countries across the globe ...
Scientific assessment of California Prop 37
According to the editor of RealClearScience, biotechnology is being held back by a scaremongering group of environmentalists who seem to ...
Stem cells transplanted into 1st Macular-Degeneration patient
StemCells Inc. (STEM) said it transplanted neural stem cells into its first patient with dry age-related macular degeneration, pushing forward ...
Flawed GM corn study fallout: Russia suspends import of Monsanto corn
In what can only be described as a hysteria-driven reaction, the Russian government has "temporarily" suspended the import of a ...
China suspends researcher on “golden rice” study
China's national health watchdog suspended one of its researchers after announcing it hadn't approved or participated in a 2008 Sino-U.S ...
Research on pain medicines seeks a genetic-trait link
An international research team is launching an ambitious effort to determine whether everyday painkillers like Celebrex and Aleve could be ...
GM crops lead to genetically modified tires
High yielding, genetically modified crops have transformed the economics of U.S. farming. But they also pack an unexpected punch: Their ...
A community’s twist on genetic tests
In Williamsburg, a bustling Brooklyn enclave across the East River from Manhattan, a sect of ultra-Orthodox Jews dresses in garb ...
