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GLP Features

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Another study finds glyphosate herbicide kills tumor cells. Is the much-maligned weedkiller a cancer fighter?

Cameron English

Rafting events: How did animals disperse around the world to seed evolution? Here is one possible scenario

Rafting events: How did animals disperse around the world to seed evolution? Here is one possible scenario

Podcast: 'Disinformation feedback loop': GLP's Jon Entine and geneticist Kevin Folta expose web of anti-biotech groups — and their anti-vaxx, cult-promoting funding sources

Podcast: ‘Disinformation feedback loop’: GLP’s Jon Entine and geneticist Kevin Folta expose web of anti-biotech groups — and their anti-vaxx, cult-promoting funding sources

Jon Entine, Kevin Folta

Glyphosate can cure cancer? Yes, some research 'shows' that — but what does it mean? And what does it say about Roundup doomsday claims?

Glyphosate can cure cancer? Yes, some research ‘shows’ that — but what does it mean? And what does it say about Roundup doomsday claims?

Cameron English

Not 23andMe but ‘3-million-and-me’: How to maximize dietary probiotics to improve our microbiomes and overall health

Not 23andMe but ‘3-million-and-me’: How to maximize dietary probiotics to improve our microbiomes and overall health

GLP Podcast: Cell-based breast milk; Joe Mercola's awful COVID book; More mRNA drugs coming soon?

GLP Podcast: Cell-based breast milk; Joe Mercola’s awful COVID book; More mRNA drugs coming soon?

Cameron English, Kevin Folta

Viewpoint: Can agroecology cut European food imports and grow more on less land all while cutting greenhouse gas emissions? It would take a lot

Viewpoint: Can agroecology cut European food imports and grow more on less land all while cutting greenhouse gas emissions? It would take a lot

Andrew Porterfield

Podcast: 'Disinformation feedback loop': GLP's Jon Entine and geneticist Kevin Folta expose web of anti-biotech groups — and their anti-vaxx, cult-promoting funding sources

Podcast: ‘Disinformation feedback loop’: GLP’s Jon Entine and geneticist Kevin Folta expose web of anti-biotech groups — and their anti-vaxx, cult-promoting funding sources

Jon Entine, Kevin Folta

Sperm injections (ICSI) are all the rage at IVF clinics. Should couples trying to conceive consider them?

Sperm injections (ICSI) are all the rage at IVF clinics. Should couples trying to conceive consider them?

Ben Mol, Robert Norman

Don't believe the hype: Organic produce is not healthier than conventionally-grown fruit and vegetables

Don’t believe the hype: Organic produce is not healthier than conventionally-grown fruit and vegetables

Matthew Rees, Phil Harvey

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Rafting events: How did animals disperse around the world to seed evolution? Here is one possible scenario

Rafting events: How did animals disperse around the world to seed evolution? Here is one possible scenario

yostlawrounduppage

Another study finds glyphosate herbicide kills tumor cells. Is the much-maligned weedkiller a cancer fighter?

Cameron English

Glyphosate can cure cancer? Yes, some research 'shows' that — but what does it mean? And what does it say about Roundup doomsday claims?

Glyphosate can cure cancer? Yes, some research ‘shows’ that — but what does it mean? And what does it say about Roundup doomsday claims?

Cameron English

Viewpoint: What’s the future of individualized medicine when you factor in ‘racial’ and genetic differences?

Viewpoint: What’s the future of individualized medicine when you factor in ‘racial’ and genetic differences?

Giorgio Sirugo, Sarah Tishkoff, Scott Williams

Not 23andMe but ‘3-million-and-me’: How to maximize dietary probiotics to improve our microbiomes and overall health

Not 23andMe but ‘3-million-and-me’: How to maximize dietary probiotics to improve our microbiomes and overall health

GLP Podcast: Cell-based breast milk; Joe Mercola's awful COVID book; More mRNA drugs coming soon?

GLP Podcast: Cell-based breast milk; Joe Mercola’s awful COVID book; More mRNA drugs coming soon?

Cameron English, Kevin Folta

Viewpoint: Can agroecology cut European food imports and grow more on less land all while cutting greenhouse gas emissions? It would take a lot

Viewpoint: Can agroecology cut European food imports and grow more on less land all while cutting greenhouse gas emissions? It would take a lot

Andrew Porterfield

Podcast: 'Disinformation feedback loop': GLP's Jon Entine and geneticist Kevin Folta expose web of anti-biotech groups — and their anti-vaxx, cult-promoting funding sources

Podcast: ‘Disinformation feedback loop’: GLP’s Jon Entine and geneticist Kevin Folta expose web of anti-biotech groups — and their anti-vaxx, cult-promoting funding sources

Jon Entine, Kevin Folta

Sperm injections (ICSI) are all the rage at IVF clinics. Should couples trying to conceive consider them?

Sperm injections (ICSI) are all the rage at IVF clinics. Should couples trying to conceive consider them?

Ben Mol, Robert Norman

Don't believe the hype: Organic produce is not healthier than conventionally-grown fruit and vegetables

Don’t believe the hype: Organic produce is not healthier than conventionally-grown fruit and vegetables

Matthew Rees, Phil Harvey

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GLP Podcast: Cell-based breast milk; Joe Mercola's awful COVID book; More mRNA drugs coming soon?

GLP Podcast: Cell-based breast milk; Joe Mercola’s awful COVID book; More mRNA drugs coming soon?

Cameron English, Kevin Folta | June 30, 2021

Podcast: 'Disinformation feedback loop': GLP's Jon Entine and geneticist Kevin Folta expose web of anti-biotech groups — and their anti-vaxx, cult-promoting funding sources

Podcast: ‘Disinformation feedback loop’: GLP’s Jon Entine and geneticist Kevin Folta expose web of anti-biotech groups — and their anti-vaxx, cult-promoting funding sources

Jon Entine, Kevin Folta | June 29, 2021

Food & Ag Daily Digest

News from Around the Web

‘Major milestone in agriculture’: Nigeria’s just launched genetically modified cowpea could double yields and save the country millions

EnviroNews Nigeria

Cow-free milk? Chicken-free eggs? Inside the quest to create real animal proteins with fermentation

Brian Kateman | Forbes

‘Why is the US so retrograde when it comes to biotech?’ — ‘Supertrees’ engineered to capture more carbon stirs anti-GMO backlash

Adele Peters | Fast Company

Does ‘intensive agriculture’ make pandemics more likely? That’s the claim. Here are the facts

Hank Campbell | Science 2.0

Viewpoint: Why banning neonicotinoids is a well-meaning but misguided strategy to protect bees and other pollinators

Dean Cray | Central Maine

Cow methane ‘burps’ are one of the largest contributors to carbon emissions. Could bovine genetic selection reduce climate change impacts?

Oliver Morrison | Food Navigator

Human Daily Digest

News from Around the Web

Suffering from a broken heart? It’s shocks the brain, impacts us like a mild heart attack and disproportionately affects women

Amanda Heidt | The Scientist

Viewpoint: Why the FDA’s decision to overrule its evaluatory panel and approve dementia-relief drug Aduhelm was a mistake

Sam Gandy | STAT

Here’s an update on the (quixotic?) CRISPR gene editing project to revive the defunct woolly mammoth

Eric James Beyer | Interesting Engineering

Drinking and evolution: Why do we seem programmed to consume alcohol if it’s bad for our health?

Edward Slingerland | Wall Street Journal

Genetic engineering offers hope for effective vaccine against malaria

Joan Conrow | Cornell Alliance for Science

Meet the early twentieth century doctor who changed his gender and saved the lives of countless patients

Leo DeLuca | Scientific American

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GLP Library Search

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Agricultural Laws & Regs

‘Major milestone in agriculture’: Nigeria's just launched genetically modified cowpea could double yields and save the country millions

‘Major milestone in agriculture’: Nigeria’s just launched genetically modified cowpea could double yields and save the country millions

Viewpoint: Why banning neonicotinoids is a well-meaning but misguided strategy to protect bees and other pollinators

Kenya approves disease-resistant GMO cassava

Ancestry & Evolution

Video: Why are there so many COVID variants showing up now and what does it portend for the future?

Video: Why are there so many COVID variants showing up now and what does it portend for the future?

Here’s an update on the (quixotic?) CRISPR gene editing project to revive the defunct woolly mammoth

Drinking and evolution: Why do we seem programmed to consume alcohol if it’s bad for our health?

Biomedicine & Disease

Genetic engineering offers hope for effective vaccine against malaria

Genetic engineering offers hope for effective vaccine against malaria

Vaccine two-fer: ‘Synthetic protein’ technology used in Vaxxinity’s COVID shot can treat neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s

A pill to treat COVID? US pours $3 billion into crash antiviral research targeting year-end treatment

Biotech Communications

Podcast: 'Disinformation feedback loop': GLP's Jon Entine and geneticist Kevin Folta expose web of anti-biotech groups — and their anti-vaxx, cult-promoting funding sources

Podcast: ‘Disinformation feedback loop’: GLP’s Jon Entine and geneticist Kevin Folta expose web of anti-biotech groups — and their anti-vaxx, cult-promoting funding sources

Viewpoint: ‘Lefty food and farm’ group’s implacable opposition to genetic engineering imperils life-saving virus research, writes Mother Jones

Don’t believe the hype: Organic produce is not healthier than conventionally-grown fruit and vegetables

Brain / Neuroscience

Viewpoint: Why the FDA’s decision to overrule its evaluatory panel and approve dementia-relief drug Aduhelm was a mistake

Viewpoint: Why the FDA’s decision to overrule its evaluatory panel and approve dementia-relief drug Aduhelm was a mistake

Vaccine two-fer: ‘Synthetic protein’ technology used in Vaxxinity’s COVID shot can treat neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s

In an unprecedented move hoping to quell criticism, FDA releases documents detailing messy internal debate over Biogen’s dementia drug Aduhelm

Chemicals & Pesticides

Glyphosate can cure cancer? Yes, some research 'shows' that — but what does it mean? And what does it say about Roundup doomsday claims?

Glyphosate can cure cancer? Yes, some research ‘shows’ that — but what does it mean? And what does it say about Roundup doomsday claims?

Decades-past DDT exposure shown to ‘haunt’ our bodies for three generations or more

‘There’s so much misinformation swirling around the internet’: Are pesticides really safe and necessary?

CRISPR offers hope for controlling African swine fever

CRISPR offers hope for controlling African swine fever

Podcast: Bad science in the headlines—Epidemiologist Geoffrey Kabat explains how to spot flawed research on Google News

Podcast — ‘We’re growing food now in a way that doesn’t leave room for other biodiversity’: How GMO crops are affecting the monarch butterfly and what can be done about it

CRISPRoff: Gene editing epigenetic method allows researchers to turn most genes in the human genome on and off without altering DNA sequences

CRISPRoff: Gene editing epigenetic method allows researchers to turn most genes in the human genome on and off without altering DNA sequences

Endometriosis relief: Breakthrough treatment for severe cases on the horizon using epigenetics

Epigenetics finding completely upends our understanding of drug addiction

Gene Editing / CRISPR

CRISPR milestone: Crippling transthyretin amyloidosis disease now treatable through gene editing, paving way for addressing other genetic diseases

CRISPR milestone: Crippling transthyretin amyloidosis disease now treatable through gene editing, paving way for addressing other genetic diseases

CRISPR gene editing on the cusp of adding new gene drive tools to control disease-carrying mosquitoes

Viewpoint: ‘Magic promised by genetically pruning ‘defective’ embryos has fairy-dusted the eyes of even the most intelligent’ — Maybe it’s time to hit the pause button

‘Optogenetics’ miracle? Gene therapy and high-tech goggles partially restore sight to man blinded for 40 years

‘Optogenetics’ miracle? Gene therapy and high-tech goggles partially restore sight to man blinded for 40 years

Is science finally getting gene therapy right in the effort to fight intractable diseases?

Infographic: Gene therapy drugs that silence the effects of faulty genes could help tackle Huntington’s and other neurodegenerative diseases

Health & Wellness

Not 23andMe but ‘3-million-and-me’: How to maximize dietary probiotics to improve our microbiomes and overall health

Not 23andMe but ‘3-million-and-me’: How to maximize dietary probiotics to improve our microbiomes and overall health

Israeli scientists have used gene editing to extend the life expectancy of mice by 23 percent. Can it be done to humans?

Texas man who rejected a COVID shot in January received life-saving transplant after the virus destroyed his lungs in a matter of weeks

New Breeding Techniques

Genome editing helps African researchers develop disease-resistant banana varieties

Genome editing helps African researchers develop disease-resistant banana varieties

Video: Why does genetic modification have such a bad reputation? A conversation with Bayer GMO scientist Larry Gilbertson

GM crops: ‘Let the farmers decide’

Personal Genomics

Study: Quagmire surrounds the use and misuse of race in identifying and preventing health disparities

Study: Quagmire surrounds the use and misuse of race in identifying and preventing health disparities

Black women are six times more likely than White women to develop tumors that lead to breast cancer. Do genetically-based racial differences play a role?

Find coffee bitter? Taste-linked gene identified that could be protecting millions of people from getting COVID

Science of the Future

Israeli scientists have used gene editing to extend the life expectancy of mice by 23 percent. Can it be done to humans?

Israeli scientists have used gene editing to extend the life expectancy of mice by 23 percent. Can it be done to humans?

Viewpoint: Can we adequately feed 10 billion people by 2050? Dutch scientists say yes, but the key is genetic engineering breakthroughs

‘No-kill meals’ made from lab-grown meat promise huge environmental and ethical benefits. What are the downsides?

Sustainability / GreenGenes

‘Why is the US so retrograde when it comes to biotech?' — 'Supertrees' engineered to capture more carbon stirs anti-GMO backlash

‘Why is the US so retrograde when it comes to biotech?’ — ‘Supertrees’ engineered to capture more carbon stirs anti-GMO backlash

Does ‘intensive agriculture’ make pandemics more likely? That’s the claim. Here are the facts

Viewpoint: Why banning neonicotinoids is a well-meaning but misguided strategy to protect bees and other pollinators

Synthetic Biology

‘Protein transition’: Everything you need to know about the coming clean, cultured, alternative meat revolution

‘Protein transition’: Everything you need to know about the coming clean, cultured, alternative meat revolution

Our DNA can store a staggering amount of information in an almost inconceivably small volume

Video: Here’s how synthetic flies could become a major tool in the quest to control insect-borne diseases