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Tales from the front lines in the ‘vaccine wars’: Review of Peter Hotez’s Book, ‘The Deadly Rise of Anti-Science’

Genetic Literacy Project | 
“If I don’t write this or stand up for vaccines, then who will?” That is what motivates the activism of ...
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Viewpoint: Do you believe in magic? Many nutritional supplements are impure, ineffective, unsafe — and unregulated. That needs to change

Genetic Literacy Project | 
Herbal dietary supplements (also known as nutritional supplements, but correctly called botanicals), once dismissed as hippie fare, are now widely ...
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Organ shortage and genetic modification: Tissues from 3D-bioprinting and GM pigs could address organ shortages but over-regulation causes lags

Genetic Literacy Project | 
Modern medicine has produced many kinds of high-tech miracles, among them gene therapy to correct malfunctioning genes, electrical stimulation devices to restore ...
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Russia’s shadowy disinformation war against the United States and its allies — Here are some of its key targets  

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Russia’s decades-old propaganda machine seeks to damage the health and prosperity of the country's adversaries. Ukraine and the United States ...
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What’s driving the ‘multi-billion dollar fear-and-smear campaign against genetically-engineered crops’ — and the link between activists and Russia?

Genetic Literacy Project | 
Because most of society is between two and six generations removed from farming, to many people that subject is largely ...
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Part II — Viewpoint: A case study of how organic advocates massage data from meta-studies to promote their ideological agenda

Genetic Literacy Project | 
What is the magnitude of the data fraud polluting scientific research and what are the sources of it? ...
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Part I — Viewpoint: Why is trust in scientific research at an all time low?

Genetic Literacy Project | 
The validity of much published scientific research is questionable – so how much trust should we place in it? ...
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Here’s how we can genetically modify soil microbiomes to reduce use of synthetic fertilizers and improve yields

Genetic Literacy Project | 
There has been a great deal of buzz in recent years about the importance of the human microbiome; much of it ...
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Viewpoint: As concerns about plastic pollution in the ocean mount, there is a yet untapped solution — genetically-engineered bacteria that “eat” plastic. Will activists and the government block it?

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Spain’s northern coast has been fighting a months-long assault from a ‘white tide’ of plastic pellets dumped by a Dutch-registered ...
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How the FDA decimated the entire biotech sector of genetically engineered animals — and what needs to be done to revive it

Genetic Literacy Project | 
In part 1, we learned that avian flu is killing birds globally in record numbers, has crossed the species barrier ...
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Viewpoint: Here’s what happens when legislators pander to activists by over-regulating science and medical practice in an ill-advised effort to ‘protect the public’

Genetic Literacy Project | 
It is bad enough when unqualified pundits offer dumb opinions about science, but bad legislation can cause real damage. The COVID ...
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Another lesson from the news coverage of COVID: How poorly-written headlines can adversely impact the lives of readers

Genetic Literacy Project | 
Two friends independently emailed me a recent article from CNN’s website with this headline, which prompted both to ask whether they should ...
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Viewpoint: Florida’s Surgeon General is a menace to public health

Genetic Literacy Project | 
Florida has many things to recommend, but the state’s top public health official isn’t one of them. Surgeon General Joseph ...
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Viewpoint: ‘We need to fend off the sophistry and mendacity of anti-innovation, anti-biotechnology activists’ — Science must be evaluated in the light of tradeoffs

Genetic Literacy Project | 
The adage “Follow the science” when formulating public policy has much to recommend it, but it’s not as straightforward as ...
Viewpoint: Here’s how zealous environmental groups dupe politicians about the ‘widespread dangers’ of many safe and effective pesticides

Viewpoint: Here’s how zealous environmental groups dupe politicians about the ‘widespread dangers’ of many safe and effective pesticides

Genetic Literacy Project | 
Pesticides used in agriculture have long been the subject of controversy and misinformation – and the attention of regulators. Since ...
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100,000 Americans, mostly Black, are victims of sickle cell anemia. CRISPR is on the cusp of treating it

Big Think | 
Exa-cel, a new gene therapy treatment using CRISPR technology, shows promise in treating SCD by editing the patient's stem cells ...
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Viewpoint: Activists falsely claim Bill Gates orchestrated flare-up in malaria cases so he can ‘cash in’ on eradicating it

Genetic Literacy Project | 
The eight cases of locally transmitted malaria recently reported in the U.S. – the first in 20 years – have ...
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Happy 41st birthday, genetically-engineered insulin. Your approval by the FDA in 1982 took 5 months. How many years would it take now?

Genetic Literacy Project | 
October 29th marks the 41st anniversary of one of biotechnology’s most significant milestones — the approval by the Food and ...
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Why worthless drugs sometimes seem to work — What we can learn from the FDA’s withdrawal of the decongestant phenylephrine 

Genetic Literacy Project | 
Last month, some of the most iconic over-the-counter name brand medicines took a hit. The FDA’s Nonprescription Drug Advisory Committee (NDAC) unanimously ...
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Viewpoint: Crop biotechnology skeptics — who insist that elusive ‘consumer acceptance’ should trump science — block agricultural innovation

Cato Institute | 
When it comes to certain activists’ decades-long objections to societally important advances in “genetic engineering,” or “genetic modification,” we would ...
Considering the controversy over the safety and effectiveness of vaccines, is it worth getting the seasonal flu shot this year? How well do they really work?

Considering the controversy over the safety and effectiveness of vaccines, is it worth getting the seasonal flu shot this year? How well do they really work?

Genetic Literacy Project | 
It's that time of year again. No, I am not referring to the latest COVID-19 vaccines, which are now available ...
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Viewpoint: As the BBC spews organic farming propaganda, the world’s poor suffer

Genetic Literacy Project | 
How many people around the world are currently living in poverty? The World Bank reports that a little over 9%, ...
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With COVID cases rising, grand-standing legislators propose criminalizing mRNA vaccines or banning mask-wearing

Genetic Literacy Project | 
It is not uncommon for legislators to introduce bills that they know won’t pass but that have symbolic value of ...
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Mask up again? As COVID cases rise, look to science and not pundits

Genetic Literacy Project | 
I can’t believe we’re having this discussion in September 2023, just as the fall respiratory virus season commences, but the ...
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Reduce synthetic fertilizers and improve yields? The microbiome revolution comes to agriculture

Genetic Literacy Project | 
If manipulated correctly, they can help us cure cancer, understand how we can adapt to rising temperatures, play a role ...
Viewpoint: From ‘Save the Whales’ to ‘Let Children Go Blind’ — Greenpeace’s descent into science rejectionism

Viewpoint: From ‘Save the Whales’ to ‘Let Children Go Blind’ — Greenpeace’s descent into science rejectionism

Genetic Literacy Project | 
From the early days of Greenpeace when its members were dodging harpoons and Japanese whalers in outboard motor boats – ...
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What are the prospects that we might soon face another coronavirus-like viral pandemic?

Genetic Literacy Project | 
There are signs of a mid-summer surge in COVID-19 cases, particularly in the Midwest and West, that have some experts ...
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