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Viewpoint: COVID-19 food shortages—Why the pandemic is a warning to embrace agricultural technology
The question worth asking is this: will we learn from this trying experience and embrace agricultural technology to build a ...
Viewpoint: Blame the coronavirus on ‘industrial agriculture’? We need more, not less of it to stave off the next viral pandemic
An internet meme is circulating worldwide in the heat of the COVID-19 pandemic: “Every disaster starts with a scientist being ...
Viewpoint: ‘Big Ag’ caused the coronavirus pandemic? Predatory science journal amplifies baseless COVID-19 conspiracy
With the global pandemic caused by Covid-19, agricultural supply chains around the world have been taxed to ensure consistent and ...
Next-generation gene-editing technology: Path to a second Green Revolution?
Might gene-editing facilitate the task of generating and identifying yield-enhancing genetic variation? ...
Disease is the greatest threat to bee health. Can we protect them through genetically engineered probiotics?
If you cannot engineer the organism, engineer its microbiome. Since scientists began exploring how to solve problems using synthetic biology, ...
Podcast: Coronavirus and food safety; debunking the ‘Dirty Dozen’; COVID-19 cure worse than the disease?
As the world takes unprecedented measures to blunt the coronavirus pandemic, some commentators argue 'the cure is worse than the ...
Coronavirus and food safety: Why there’s no need to panic
Every day seems to bring dire news about coronavirus COVID-19. As this virus spreads, how concerned should we be for ...
How the “F” word—flu—led to confusion as the coronavirus pandemic unfolded
Thinking that a novel virus is like a familiar one is like assuming that a guinea pig is the same ...
Viewpoint: Anti-GMO activists ignore science when debating glyphosate safety
There are encouraging signs that people are beginning to tune out the activist propaganda ...
Podcast: How to build a coronavirus; alcohol doesn’t shrink your brain; and locusts threaten famine in East Africa
Kevin Folta and Cameron English break down four of the latest headlines from the world of genetics and biotech ...
Viewpoint: Europe missed the GMO revolution. Sensible regulation could ensure they don’t miss out on CRISPR gene editing
The EU needs to take politics out of the GM approval process ...
Gene drives could revolutionize how we deal with pests—if the technology avoids the controversial fate of GMOs
In addition to research and laboratory ethics, gene drive proponents need to focus on public perception ...
Viewpoint: Dicamba debacle trial forces a reevaluation: Was Monsanto a ‘bonafide bad actor’?
The toll on farmers is infuriating enough. But there could be widespread damage to the environment as well ...
What’s your ‘ageotype’? Classification system explains why some of us are older—or younger—than we look
Study shows that "it’s possible to change the way you age for the better." ...
Boosting Australia’s fire recovery by ‘terraforming’ damaged lands with synthetic biology
Biotechnology can provide valuable tools for fire prevention and restoration ...
Viewpoint: Prohibiting treatment of transgender teens ignores reality of gender dysphoria
New study delves into the genetics of individuals with gender dysphoria ...
Artificial wombs could create seismic shift in the debate over abortion, reproductive rights
The ability to develop a fetus outside the mother's body could be here within decades. That means society will face ...
GMOs, biosensors and biopreservation: Tools that can fight global hunger by reducing food spoilage
We're feeding an ever-increasing number of people. Getting the rest of the way by 2030 will require every innovation we ...
‘CRISPR this, CRISPR that’: Is our fascination with the popular gene-editing tool distracting us from the potential of gene-silencing RNAi technology?
I hope the public fascination with CRISPR can also embrace the other biotechnologies providing new therapeutic options ...
Retinitis pigmentosa cure breakthrough? Next generation of artificial lenses being developed with flexible silicon-like chips to combat genetic blindness
Organic semiconductors can link up with brain cells to send and receive signals. They may find a use in sight-restoring ...
Kim Kardashian West’s battle with psoriatic arthritis: Will understanding the genetics of the autoimmune disorder point to a cure?
While there is no cure, appropriate and early treatment can help prevent major damage to affected parts of the body ...
Viewpoint: Generation Z to environmentalists: If you care about sustainability, embrace GMOs and gene edited crops
It is important that this new generation follow the facts, not just rigid environmental orthodoxy ...
GMOs are ‘substantially equivalent’ to conventional foods. Should they face reduced regulations?
There really is no tension between patenting plants that are also found by the FDA to be substantially equivalent ...
Podcast: From Jurassic Park to woolly mammoths – is it right to bring back extinct species?
Geneticist Kat Arney takes a look at the science of de-extinction, asking whether it's feasible - or even ethical - ...
How the pursuit of better education, career opportunities may be creating regional genetic inequalities
Highlighting non-ancestral genetic differences could be an important step in alleviating the harmful results of social stratification ...
Eat your veggies! California testing confirms organic and conventional produce well below EPA pesticide limits
Once again, evidence that our food supply is safe and incredibly diverse ...
Viewpoint: Netflix’s horror movie ‘Eli’ is a fright. But why did they have to ‘tarnish gene therapy’?
Attempts to treat genetic disease shouldn’t be the stuff of horror films ...
