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Five reasons why the anti-biotech movement is in retreat

Alliance for Science | 
The pro-science community has recently chalked up several important wins in Europe. First, on January 24, the powerful environment committee ...
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Viewpoint: Nobel laureates and 1,000 other scientists plead with European parliamentarians to ‘reject the darkness of anti-science fearmongering’ over gene editing

Genetic Literacy Project | 
As the European Parliament prepares for a key vote on gene editing regulations next week, an open letter signed by 35 Nobel ...
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Here’s how French activist-professor Gilles-Éric Séralini’s retracted and discredited paper — that claims GMO crops and glyphosate cause cancer — continues to undermine Kenyan agriculture

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The October 17 dismissal of a defamation case in France against journalists who rubbished research by Giles Eric Séralini discrediting ...
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Farmers and seed producers welcome science-based reform to EU gene editing rules

Alliance for Science | 
At a Euractiv media event to mark the launch of the Breakthrough Institute/Alliance for Science’s new report on ‘new genomic techniques,’ ...
Can gene editing change the public’s perception of genetic engineering, food and farming? It’s already happening, polls shows

Can gene editing change the public’s perception of genetic engineering, food and farming? It’s already happening, polls shows

Taylor & Francis Online | 
While GMOs have been the subject of negative discourse over a long time period, it is possible that newer breeding ...
Is mainstream media open to constructive conversations on GMOs and crop biotechnology?

Is mainstream media open to constructive conversations on GMOs and crop biotechnology?

Taylor & Francis Online | 
Although nearly three decades have passed since genetically modified crops (so-called ‘GMOs’) were widely commercialized, vociferous debate remains about the ...
Study credits climate, not genetics, for bumper US corn crop

Study credits climate, not genetics, for bumper US corn crop

Alliance for Science | 
Most of the maize yield improvements seen in the US corn belt state of Nebraska can be attributed to a ...
EU’s refusal to permit GMO crops led to millions of tons of additional CO2, scientists reveal

EU’s refusal to permit GMO crops led to millions of tons of additional CO2, scientists reveal

Alliance for Science | 
Europe’s refusal to permit its farmers to cultivate genetically engineered (GE) crops led to the avoidable emission of millions of ...
Genetic engineering gave us COVID vaccines. Here's how they work, and why you shouldn't be frightened

Genetic engineering gave us COVID vaccines. Here’s how they work, and why you shouldn’t be frightened

Alliance for Science | 
We’ve all heard the conspiracy theories about COVID-19. Now a whole new set is emerging around COVID vaccines — and spreading ...
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GM fish food deal brings sustainable salmon a step closer to commercialization

Alliance for Science | 
Rothamsted Research, a United Kingdom plant science research institute, has signed a collaboration agreement with a bioscience company that brings ...
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Rewilding farmland can protect biodiversity and sequester carbon, new study finds

Alliance for Science | 
Restoring ecosystems on just 15 percent of the world’s current farmland could spare 60 percent of the species expected to ...
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Self-limiting ‘Friendly’ technology offers hope for controlling fall armyworm without pesticides

Alliance for Science | 
Oxitec, the Oxford University spinoff company that produces environmentally-friendly insect control solutions, [September 24] announced a collaboration with the life ...
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Viewpoint: Agro-ecology agendas are trapping African farmers in poverty

Alliance for Science | 
Rather than helping to address food insecurity, the agro-ecological agenda may in fact be trapping African farmers in poverty. That’s ...
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Top 5 most promising COVID-19 vaccine candidates

Alliance for Science | 
More than 100 vaccine efforts are currently underway in the global push to stop the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the ...
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COVID: Top 10 current conspiracy theories

Alliance for Science | 
As the COVID-19 crisis worsens, the world also faces a global misinformation pandemic. Conspiracy theories that behave like viruses themselves ...
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Did COVID-19 escape from a lab?

Alliance for Science | 
A frenzy of speculation has arisen around the idea that the novel coronavirus responsible for the global COVID-19 pandemic might ...
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Science to the rescue? How modern genetics could help save the world from coronavirus

Alliance for Science | 
Humanity really has only two options to confront the coronavirus pandemic currently sweeping the planet. The first is to mount ...
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Beneficial bugs can co-exist with Bt crops, new studies show

Alliance for Science | 
Genetically modified, insect-resistant Bt crops do not have harmful effects on beneficial bugs in farmers’ fields, two new scientific papers ...
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Activists escalate efforts to stop Indian farmers from using GMO seeds

Alliance for Science | 
Anti-GMO activists in India have escalated their war on the country’s resource-poor farmers by moving their efforts to stop genetically ...
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Viewpoint: Eating less meat, boosting crop yields will help prevent famine as climate changes

CNN | 
Humanity is on a collision course with nature. Already 72% of the global ice-free land surface is dedicated to supporting ...
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How anti-GMO groups and ‘Russian trolls’ influence public perceptions of science

Alliance for Science | 
A new opinion poll suggests that Russian trolls, aided by anti-GMO groups such as the Center for Food Safety and ...
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China’s adoption of GMO cotton launched 25-year decline in ‘hazardous’ pesticide use

Alliance for Science | 
China has experienced large and sustained reductions in pesticide use as a result of adopting GMO cotton, according to the largest-ever ...
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Anti-GMO ‘Russian trolls’ also spread vaccine myths on social media, study finds

Alliance for Science | 
A new study showing that Russian-linked trolls and social media bots have been heavily promoting misinformation on vaccines shows just how far ...
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Indian farmers double yields with Bt cotton, but pest resistance issues complicate its advantages

Alliance for Science | 
Ever since India adopted genetically modified Bt cotton in 2002, a bitter battle has been raging to define the narrative ...
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Viewpoint: FDA approval of ‘Impossible Burger’s’ key GMO ingredient is a huge step for sustainable food

Alliance for Science | 
The “clean meat” revolution took a major step forward [on July 23] as the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ...
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Gene-drive off-switch addresses concerns of releasing ‘genocidal’ mosquitoes into nature to control pests and disease

Alliance for Science | 
Researchers in the UK have developed the first ‘switchable’ gene drive system, potentially addressing fears that the use of gene ...
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Talking Biotech: Mark Lynas’ evolution from anti-GMO activist to GMO advocate

Genetic Literacy Project | 
Writer Mark Lynas discusses his life as an anti-GMO activist, why he changed his mind, and his new book Seeds ...
Mandatory label may improve consumer confidence in GMO foods, study finds

Mandatory label may improve consumer confidence in GMO foods, study finds

Alliance for Science | 
Today’s findings suggest ... that the presence of labels may serve to dispel consumer concerns about GMOs by increasing their ...
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