2017
India needs sensible policies and ecological solutions, not GM mustard
Increased investment in non-GM hybrid mustard research as well as the system of crop intensification (SCI) are better bets than investing any further in genetic engineering
Monsanto caught ghostwriting Henry I. Miller’s published work
Henry I. Miller, a Robert Wesson Fellow in Scientific Philosophy and Public Policy at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, allowed Monsanto to ghostwrite an editorial he published in Forbes magazine and claimed as his own in 2015
Editing the human genome brings us one step closer to consumer eugenics
Medical and research groups warn it’s currently “inappropriate” to perform germline gene editing that culminates in human pregnancy
Reports of crop damage resurfacing since Missouri dicamba ban lifted
“We just can’t coexist – it’s just so volatile and unpredictable,” says farmer
Loss of milkweed through spread of GM glyphosate-tolerant crops has caused monarch butterfly decline
New study delivers blow to defenders of GM crops
Worm rebellion continues in US against Bt toxins
Bollworm populations threaten Bt cotton again this year
A critical review of the new human genetic engineering paper
Stem cell scientist Dr Paul Knoepfler is “highly skeptical that gene editing in the human germline can make sense as a safe and more effective approach than embryo screening”
Study on gene-edited embryos aims for human reproduction
Scientist's decision to go ahead with genetically engineering human embryos in a way that can be inherited is “consequential for all of us – for all of humanity” Marcy Darnovsky, Center for Genetics and Society
Monsanto emails raise issue of influencing research on Roundup weedkiller
Documents released in a lawsuit against Monsanto raise new questions about the company’s efforts to influence the news media and scientific research and reveal internal debate over the safety of its highest-profile product