Genetic Engineering

Humility and Hubris in Science and Technology

Terry Newell | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Hubris, Science, Robotics, Humility, Technology, Nanotechnology, Genetic Engineering, Science News

In April, researchers discovered that the dysbindin-1 gene may be linked to general cognitive ability. This was reported in scientific journals but its potential impacts were not seriously discussed.

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Anti-Monsanto Activist Received Anonymous Death Threats

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Agrobussiness, Pesticides, Monsanto Farmers, Roundup, Sofia Gatica, Public Health, Environment, Glyphosate Argentina, Birth Defects, Cancer, Herbicides, Monsanto, Monsanto Soy, Glyphosate, Genetic Engineering, Green News

For 13 years Sofia Gatica has organized opposition to the aerial spraying of agrochemicals that threaten human health and the environment in Argentina...

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'Engineered' Cells Hunt, Kill AIDS Virus In Provocative New Study

The Huffington Post | Melissa Cronin, David Freeman | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Video, Ucla, Stem Cells, Aids, AIDS Virus, Hiv, T Cells, Genetic Engineering, Science News

Can stem cells cure AIDS? Not yet. But a provocative new study shows that human stem cells can be genetically engineered to attack living cells infect...

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PHOTOS: 7 Foods You'll Be Eating In The Future

Josh Schonwald | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Food News, Book News, Fish Farming, Fish Farm, Future Food, Future of Food, Food of the Future, Food Book, Genetic Food, Genetic Engineering Food, Slidepollajax, Genetic Engineering, Books News

It took me some time to warm to the idea of unveiling my own forecast. But after a couple of years on the food frontier, I can confidently say you'll see more of these seven foods in 2042.

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GE Foods at a Glance: Just Label It's New Infographic

Naomi Starkman | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Genetically Modified Food, Gmos, Just Label It, Infographic, Genetic Engineering, Genetically Engineered Foods, Food News

More than 40 countries -- including China and Russia -- require labels on genetically engineered food. As Americans, we deserve the same opportunity to make informed decisions about what we eat.

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10 Sci-Fi Predictions That Became Reality

The Huffington Post | Courteney Palis | Posted 03.08.2012

Read More: Science Fiction Predictions, Video, Sci Fi, Slidepollajax, Science Fiction, Sci Fi Predictions, Genetic Engineering, Technology News

Events like Wednesday's announcement of the new iPad have become fairly old-hat in our super tech-savvy society. Not so long ago, these now ubiquit...

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Dow and Monsanto's Plan to Increase the Toxic Pesticides Sprayed in America's Heartland

Richard Schiffman | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Farming, Pesticides, Biotechnology, Monsanto, Corn, Dow Chemical, Beef, Roundup Herbicide, Sustainable Farming, Agent Orange, Herbicides, Industrial Agriculture, Genetic Engineering, Green News

These two biotech giants have developed a weed management program that, if successful, would go a long way toward a predicted doubling of harmful herbicide use in America's corn belt during the next decade.

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Bedroom Biotech, Inc.

Andrew Hessel | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Synthetic Biology, Cathal Garvey Scientist, Cathal Garvey Biology, Cathal Garvey, Cathal Garvey DNA, Garvey Genetic Engineering, Genetic Engineering, Science News

Let's face it: there's a lot of biological engineering done in bedrooms. But do-it-yourself (DIY) biologist Cathal Garvey is taking it to a whole new level.

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Monsanto's Great Expectations (and Not-So-Great Results)

Elliott Negin | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Farming, Pesticides, Monsanto, Genetically Engineered Food, Genetic Engineering, Food News

Given the unvarnished facts about the failures of Monsanto's products and its widespread damage to the environment, how has the company been able to convince anyone that it is, according to its latest PR effort, "improving agriculture and improving lives"?

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More Evidence on the Real Nature of Evolutionary DNA Change

James A. Shapiro | Posted 03.07.2012

Read More: Dna, Evolution, Molecular Genetics, E. Coli, Genetic Engineering, Mobile Genetic Elements, Human Genome, Dna Genome, Science News

Conventional wisdom has it that the genetic changes underlying evolution are random accidents. Now that we have almost 60 years of DNA-based molecular genetics and genome sequencing behind us, a different picture has emerged.

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PHOTOS: Mesmerizing Biological Delights

Carla Leitao | Posted 04.16.2012

The expanding definition of "life" or "alive" is not only a consequence of joyful abuse of language and metaphors, but also the outcome of an increasingly able gaze upon the things that make -- and with which we make -- the world we supposedly know.

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Astoria Characters: The Well-Engineered Family

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 01.28.2012

Read More: Toy Plane, Oskar Schindler, Latin, Bricklayer, Greek, Polish, Baseball Cap, Financial Adviser, Federal Plaza, Leed, Czech, Jarda Nehybka, Simonek Nehybka, Communists, English, Martina Nehybka, Mezuzah, Hebrew, Bohemian Hall & Beer Garden, Ascot, Maximek Nehybka, Salad, Construction, Engineer, Italian, Genetic Engineering, Spanish, Astoria, Moravia, Brno, Bohemia, New York News

Jarda Nehybka never thought he'd have a wife and two tow-headed toddlers, not at this age, 69.

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Children Who Glow? A Jewish Law Perspective On Reproductive Ethics

Mary J. Loftus | Posted 11.24.2011

Read More: Chimerism, Artificial Insemination, Xenotransplant, Jewish Law, Jewish Thought, Human Artificial Chromosome, Bioethics, Surrogates, Assisted Reproductive Technology, Cloning, Emory University, Genetic Engineering, Ethics, Religion and Science, Judaism, Religion News

The centrally important question under Jewish law would be: Have we produced another healthy or healthier child?

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Glow-In-The-Dark Beagle Created By Scientists

The Huffington Post | Dean Praetorius | Posted 10.04.2011

Read More: Video, Glow in the Dark Puppy, Glowing Beagle, Genetically Modified Beagle, Glowing Dog, Poll, Animals, Genetically Modified Puppy, Glowing Puppy, Genetic Engineering, Glow in the Dark Beagle, Green News

A glowing beagle is definitely on the list of things we never expected to see. But South Korean scientists seem to have made it a reality in hopes ...

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Eco Etiquette: Is Genetically Modified Food Linked To Kids' Food Allergies?

Jennifer Grayson | Posted 08.22.2011

Read More: Food Allergies, Green Advice, Green News, Robyn O'Brien, Alyssa Milano, Hygiene Hypothesis, Green Living, Anaphylaxis, Allergykids, Organic Food, Epipen, Food Allergies in Children, Genetically Modified Food, The Unhealthy Truth, Gmos, Labeling Laws, Genetic Engineering, Eco Etiquette, Green News

The federal government has no problem slapping graphic warning labels on a pack of cigarettes; yet when it comes to something that affects all of us -- the food we eat every day -- we're left playing Russian roulette.

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Area 51: Teen Commies from Outer Space

Athena Andreadis, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ufos, Aliens, Area 51, Government-Conspiracies, Roswell, War of the Worlds, Nazis, Genetic Engineering, Terry Gross, Annie Jacobsen, Books News

Driving to work earlier this week, I heard Terry Gross of Fresh Air interview Annie Jacobsen about her new book, Area 51. It all sounded like sober investigative reporting, until it got to the coda.

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First Lady's Food Vision 'At Best Fragmented, At Worst A Failure'

Wenonah Hauter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Farming, Usda, Michelle Obama, Usda-Organic, USDA Policy, Genetically Modified Food, Obama, Barack Obama, Genetic Engineering, Green News

Mrs. Obama's vision for healthy food is at best fragmented and at worst a failure. She does not address the root causes of our broken food system, where a few powerful players make all of the decisions about what we eat.

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Obama's Team Includes Dangerous Biotech "Yes Men"

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Joseph Cortright, Gmos, Transition Team, Tom Vilsack, Dennis Wolff, Fda, Barack Obama, Monsanto, Rbgh, Secretary of Agriculture, Genetically Engineered Food, Michael Taylor, Unbossed, Dan Glickman, Food Safety, Genetically Modified Food, Obama Transition, Obama GMOs, Bovine Growth Hormone, Usda, Food and Drug Administration, Steven Druker, Oregon, Genetic Engineering, Rbst, Obama Usda, Green News

Instead of giving us change and hope, biotech "Yes Men" on Obama's team may prolong the hypnotic "group think" that has been institutionalized over three previous administrations.

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Monsanto Forced Fox TV to Censor Coverage of Dangerous Milk Drug

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: rbST. Corporate Manipulation, Fox TV, Fraudulent Research, Bob Collier, Jane Akre, Recombinant Bovine Somatotropin, Steve Wilson, Rbgh, Roger Ailes, Recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone, FDA Policy, Fox Television, Politics News, Monsanto, Milk Production, Animal Welfare, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Genetic Engineering, Kansas Legislature, Increased Risk of Cancer, Growth Hormones, Robert Collier, Food Safety, Genetically Engineered, Milk, Kansas HB2121., Bovine Growth Hormone, Whistleblower, Governor Kathleen Sebelius, Politics News

http://www.responsibletechnology.org/blog/856 The following is the third in a series called Get Our Milk Off Drugs, written in response to pending le...

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Lyme/Autism Group Blasts Genetically Modified Foods as Dangerous

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Seeds of Deception, Roundup Ready, Roundup, Infertility, Safety Test, Toxin, LIA Foundation, Lyme Induced Autism Foundation, Patient Advocacy, Liberty Herbicide, Campaign for Healthier Eating in America, Soy, Allergy, Shopping Guide, Digestive Disorders, Amy Dean, Cancer, Infant Mortality, Environmental Toxin, Genetic Engineering, American Academy of Environmental Medicine, Sterility, Genetically Modified Foods, Corn, Genetically Engineered Foods, Carcinogens, Reproductive Problems, Inflammation, Immune System, Rbst, Beneficial Bacteria, Arpad Pusztai, GE Crops, Gmos, Autistic Spectrum, Bt, Institute for Responsible Technology, Kimberly Wilcox, Liberty Link, Rbgh, Gut Flora, Genetic Roulette, Gmo, Insulin-Like Growth Factor 1, Livestock Disease, Dna, Fraternal Twins, Fda, Side Effects, Immune Reaction, World Health Organization, Autism Relief Foundation, Food Allergies, Herbicide-Tolerant, Lyme Disease, Jannelle Love, Animal Feeding Studies, Genetically Modified Organisms, Igf-1, Soy Allergies, GM Crops, Autism, GE Foods, Bovine Growth Hormone, Non-GMO Shopping Guide, GM Foods, Allergies, Aaem, Non-Gmo, Bt-Toxin, Healthy Living News

Stop eating dangerous genetically modified foods! That's the upshot of the Lyme Induced Autism (LIA) Foundation's position paper released today.

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Throwing Biotech Lies at Tomatoes - Part 1: Killer Tomatoes

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Genetic Modification, Gmos, Dr. Arpad Pusztai, Geneticallly Engineered, Genetically Modified, Dr. Martineau, Genetically Modified Food, Fda Approval, Food Safety, Calgene, Fda, Gmo, Flavr Savr Tomatoes, Genetic Engineering, Home News

http://www.responsibletechnology.org/blog/552 Remember the pictures of the fish tomatoes? For years they were an unofficial emblem of the anti-GMO m...

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Throwing Biotech Lies at Tomatoes - Part 2: The Liars

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Genetic Modification, Genetically Modified Food, Food Safety, Fda Approval, Gmos, Gmo, Fda, Genetic Engineering, Royal Society of Canada, Food Safety Research, Health Risks, Linda Kahl, Food Safety Testing, US National Academy of Sciences, Health Dangers, Board on Life Sciences, GE Food, Genetic Roulette, Chassy and Tribe, GMO Disinformation, Genetically Engineered, Nas, Fran Sharples, Flavr Savr Tomato, Home News

http://www.responsibletechnology.org/blog/558 < Read Part 1 I write about the Flavr Savr in Genetic Roulette: The Documented Health Risks of Genetic...

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WikiLeaks: US Should Retaliate Against EU for Genetically Modified Resistance

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wikileaks, Mon 810, Ambassador Stapleton, US Suggests Retaliation Against EU, GMOs in Europe, Biotech, Grenelle, GMO France, GMO Labeling, Gmos, Gm, GM Food, Genetically Engineered, Genetically Engineered Food, Craig-Stapleton, Gmo, Genetic Engineering, World News

WikiLeaked cables released over the weekend revealed more about the US' role as a global bully, trying to thrust unpopular genetically modified (GM) crops onto cautious governments and their citizens.

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PHOTOS: Glow-In-The-Dark Cats, Venomous Cabbages & Other Bizarre Genetically Engineered Creations

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gm Fish, Venomous Cabbage, Frankenfish, Enviropig, Genetically Engineered, Frankenpig, Genetically Modified, GM Plants, Glowing Cats, Glow in the Dark Cats, Gm Animals, Scorpion Cabbage, Slidepollajax, Genetic Engineering, Green News

From Mother Nature Network's Laura Moss: Glow-in-the-dark cats? It may sound like science fiction, but they've been around for years. Cabbages that...

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What Do Cows' Milk And Thicker Skulls Have In Common?

Gregory Cochran | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Genetic Testing, Human Evolution, Genetically Engineered Foods, Science, Darwinism, 10000 Year Explosion, Gregory Cochran, Civilization, Creationism, Darwin, Charles Darwin, Genetically Modified Food, Genetics, Evolution, Henry Harpending, Genetic Engineering, Books News

Note that old-style humans had much thicker skulls than we do today. Field researchers have actually mistaken fragments of a homo erectus skull for part of a turtle shell.

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