Fusion
Florida Keys voters back trial release of Zika-fighting GMO mosquitoes
On Tuesday, voters in the Keys voted by a solid majority to go ahead with a plan proposed by British ...
White supremacists using DNA tests to prove their ‘whiteness’
[W]hite supremacists of various stripes who congregate on parts of Reddit, 4chan, and elsewhere are using the genetic testing service ...
For black Americans, DNA ancestry tests contain troubling reminder of treatment of slaves
There’s now hundreds of ancestry reveal videos on YouTube and Facebook, featuring people looking for answers about the past in ...
Will new GMO labeling law apply to CRISPR crops?
...Earlier this year, the USDA gave the greenlight to CRISPR mushrooms engineered to not brown. It wrote that because the new mushroom ...
Lack of knowledge, not fear of science, stands in way of GM mosquitoes
At long last, though, mankind may be on the verge of a mosquito-busting panacea...[F]aced with the Zika crisis, the Food ...
Kuwait’s DNA collection law could lead to mass deportations
[A]fter an ISIS-linked man ignited a bomb in a Shiite mosque in Kuwait [in 2015], killing 27, the [government is thinking ...
Early CRISPR advocate urges biotech peers to consider communal impacts, perform science in the open from the earliest stages
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Two years ago, Kevin ...
Renewed interest in claims that multiracial people inherently superior
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In 2006, author Alon ...
Instead of ashes, you can now save DNA from dead
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. When a person’s time ...
Forensic DNA testing not as reliable as most people believe
In the three decades since DNA emerged as a forensic tool, courts have rarely been skeptical about its power. When ...
Should women with high risk BRCA mutation follow Angelina Jolie’s path?
Angelina Jolie has done wonders for raising awareness about the so-called “breast cancer gene”—the infamous BRCA1 mutation that can greatly ...
A Facebook for sharing your genetic information?
Three years ago, biologist Bastian Greshake spit in a vial and sent it off to personal genomics company 23andMe for ...
Genetic markers that make couples work
Many things go into the mix to make a healthy relationship: Trust, understanding, a shared sense of humor and a ...