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GLP podcast/video: BBC corrects botched organic farming report; Happy 41st birthday, GMO insulin! Scientific American a ‘scientific sewer’?

Cameron English, Liza Dunn | 
Facing intense criticism from experts, the BBC was pushed to correct a deeply misleading story about the benefits of organic ...
Podcast: NYT attacks another scientist; How we got 'GMO' insulin; Why is gene therapy so costly?

Podcast: NYT attacks another scientist; How we got ‘GMO’ insulin; Why is gene therapy so costly?

Cameron English, Kevin Folta | 
The New York Times last week alleged that a high-profile scientist is in cahoots with the meat industry. Is there ...
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A CRISPR fix for diabetes? Success using stem cells in mice offers promise for humans

Emily Mullin | 
[Researchers] recently used the gene-editing technology CRISPR to correct stem cells from diabetic patients and turn them into fully functioning ...
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Podcast: ‘Food bullying’ fear of GMO insulin parallels skepticism of biotech crops

Heather Barnes, Michele Payn | 
Our guest, Heather Barnes, tells parents, “You are doing great.” Having a child with different dietary needs opens the door ...
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Stem cell therapies could treat diabetes by helping the body boost insulin production

Eric Bender | 
Each year, 40,000 people in the United States are diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, an auto­immune disease that wipes out ...
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Viewpoint: Consumers shouldn’t trust paid anti-GMO activists over independent biotech experts

Stacey Stearns | 
Despite the benefits of GMOs, 80% of respondents to the 2018 Food and Health Survey Report from the International Food Information ...
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Podcast: Former FDA scientist Henry Miller says misguided regulation keeps safe biotech products off the market

Cameron English, Henry Miller | 
In 1982, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first "GMO" pharmaceutical drug in the world, a new ...
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Fit and fat at the same time? The right genes may make it possible

Meredith Knight | 
Scientists are in hot debate over whether it's possible to be obese without creating health risks. Two new studies take ...
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Podcast: Genesis of GMOs—How the tools of biotechnology came to be

Steve Savage | 
Following some groundbreaking experiments in the early 1970s, biologists discovered they could move DNA between species. This development launched the ...
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Quick FDA approval of GMO human insulin 36 years ago contrasts with today’s biotechnology regulatory sclerosis

Henry Miller | 
This week marked the 36th anniversary of one of biotechnology’s most significant milestones—the approval by the FDA of human insulin ...
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Lessons learned from Twitter GMO debates with David Crosby and other celebrities

When we are passionate about a topic, it is natural for us to become overly emotional when someone gets it ...
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Gene-editing advances put us at the dawn of a revolution in medicine

Steven Cerier | 
So much of the public's attention is focused on the use of genetic engineering in the crops that our farmers ...
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When genetic engineering came of age: World’s first GMO—GE insulin—approved 35 years ago

Henry Miller | 
It has been 35 years since genetically engineered insulin was approved by the FDA in a process that was quick ...
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