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Napoleon Chagnon on the DNA of violence: Do killers have more kids?

Charles C. Mann | Wall Street Journal |
In a review of controversial anthropologist Napoleon Chagnon's memoir "Noble Savages", Charles Mann explores the uncomfortable biological realities of human ...
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Bionic eyes may soon be available in the U.S.

Shirley S. Wang | Wall Street Journal |
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 ...
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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 ...
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Biotechnology vs organics: Which is more sustainable?

John Block | Wall Street Journal |
Indulging in a romanticized image of the farming industry stands in the way of progress. We need a technologically sophisticated ...
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India’s GM food hypocrisy

Henry Miller | Wall Street Journal |
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

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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

Henry Miller | Wall Street Journal |
Source – Wall Street Journal Letter to the Editor by Henry I. Miller, M.D. Date – Nov 26, 2012 Website ...

India’s GM Food Hypocrisy

Henry Miller | Wall Street Journal |
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

Jayson Lusk | Wall Street Journal |
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

Ben Rooney | Wall Street Journal |
Technology is a democratizing force, but a digital start-up here in Israel is taking democracy to a new limit; in ...
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Greenpeace’s war on golden rice: Helpful or hurtful?

Henry Miller | Wall Street Journal |
Greenpeace's latest campaign involves golden rice and its availability to children in some of the poorest countries across the globe ...
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Scientific assessment of California Prop 37

Alex Berezow | Wall Street Journal |
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

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StemCells Inc. (STEM) said it transplanted neural stem cells into its first patient with dry age-related macular degeneration, pushing forward ...
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Flawed GM corn study fallout: Russia suspends import of Monsanto corn

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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

Chuin-Wei Yap | Wall Street Journal |
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

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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

Bob Tita | Wall Street Journal |
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 ...

California voters to decide on GMO labeling

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The California Secretary of State's office has announced that the Right to Know initiative to label genetically engineered foods will ...
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As gene mapping nears $1,000, will it improve our health?

The cost of mapping a person's full genetic profile has been dropping quickly. Now, doctors are struggling with a new ...