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Viewpoint: How Germany’s anti-GMO, pro-organic politics benefit US ag companies

Reinhard Szibor |
Editor's note: The following is a satirical letter written by Reinhard Szibor, professor emeritus of human genetics and forensic medicine at the ...
Field trial

Uganda’s researchers ready to taste test their GMO vitamin A-enriched banana

Lominda Afedraru |
The East African cooking banana is one of the major food crops eaten by the people living in central Uganda ...
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Transforming modern medicine doesn’t have to be high tech or expensive

Henry Miller |
While intricate high-tech breakthroughs are incredible, it's important to realize the value of low-cost and low-tech ingenuity ...
Caffeine genetics

GMO coffee is on the horizon—but will we drink it?

Ross Pomeroy |
Remember the Gros Michel banana? If you're under the age of seventy, you probably don't. That's because in the 1950s ...
moonshot

Cancer quest: Moonshot initiative melds genetic data with supercomputers, but keep expectations in check

Rachel Lynch |
It’s been two years since the Cancer Moonshot Initiative was unveiled during President Obama’s final State of the Union speech ...
cosmos

Extraterrestrial life may have different chemistry, but evolutionary forces will be Earth-like

David Warmflash |
If the forces of natural selection have shaped the development of life on Earth, there's no reason to believe those ...
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Partisan divide erupts on glyphosate-cancer science as IARC supporters push ‘Monsanto Papers’ narrative

Cameron English, Jon Entine |
“There appear to be serious problems with the science underlying [the International Agency for Research on Cancer]’s [2015] assessment of ...
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NBC News’ Richard Engel’s son diagnosed with Rett syndrome. Why that’s such a rarity

Ricki Lewis |
The Today Show recently reported the sad story of Henry Engel—the toddler son of correspondent Richard Engel and his wife Mary Forrest who ...