Announcements
Projects
Orgs
Project Post
Articles 43
Votes 0
Genetic Literacy Project

Authors 6

Ally Kennedy
Anne Nesathurai
Megan Heenan
Andrew Ladenheim
Cameron English
Ricki Lewis
Organs on demand, AI innovation, CRISPR for cholesterol: Top 10 tech breakthroughs of 2023 - Genetic Literacy Project
>1y
Antibiotic resistance is rising and seems unstoppable. CRISPR-designed molecules might offer an answer - Genetic Literacy Project
>1y
Ancient population crash: How humans almost went extinct - Genetic Literacy Project
almost2y
'Like veins in a leaf, rather than branches on a tree': Updated human origin model illuminates how Homo sapiens arose in Africa - Genetic Literacy Project
almost2y
Why do treatment outcomes often differ between populations? Human Pangenome Project catalogs genomes of 47 people from around the world to help science understand health disparities - Genetic Literacy Project
~2y
Electricity from thin air? Energy-producing bacteria has 'potential to power small, sustainable air-powered devices in the future' - Genetic Literacy Project
~2y
Growing rice on Mars? Gene-edited rice might be able to grow in the Red Planet's soil - Genetic Literacy Project
>2y
No human genome has ever been read in its entirety before. This year, that might change - Genetic Literacy Project
>2y
Regulatory inconsistency and the precautionary principle: Why the European Court ruling limiting neonicotinoid pesticide use is misguided - Genetic Literacy Project
>2y
What guardrails should be set when using gene editing to improve humanity? March global meeting of scientists will address - Genetic Literacy Project
>2y
Evoking Jeff Goldblum's 'The Fly': Does growing human 'brains-in-a-dish' and creating chimeras cross a bioethical line? - Genetic Literacy Project
>2y
Does gut bacteria 'control' your brain? Exploring connections between our microbiomes and mental health - Genetic Literacy Project
>2y
Hormone therapy for menopause: Here's an updated primer - Genetic Literacy Project
>2y
Sleeping pills hasten dementia? Bogus study illustrates how correlation studies are often manipulated to reach a desired, ideological conclusion - Genetic Literacy Project
>2y
CRISPR could protect crops from pest infestations without chemicals but innovation slowed by current regulations - Genetic Literacy Project
>2y
Zinc fingers: New AI-powered biotech innovation could offer unique advantages over CRISPR when building gene-editing disease therapies - Genetic Literacy Project
>2y
How Neanderthals thrived hunting prehistoric elephants - Genetic Literacy Project
>2y
Viewpoint: Despite 'incredible amount of pseudoscientific claims,' consensus confirms safety of GM crops — and they are often safer than organic - Genetic Literacy Project
>2y
'Like turning on a light-switch': Gene-edited duckweed poised to revolutionize biofuel by eating up pollution and spitting out oil - Genetic Literacy Project
>2y
Viewpoint: 'We're pushing our food systems past their breaking point' – Why acre for acre, algae is a model sustainable food - Genetic Literacy Project
>2y
Are humans still evolving? 155 new genes identified that suggest we're still being shaped by our environments - Genetic Literacy Project
>2y
Squid and human brains: Despite 500 million years of divergent evolution, their complex brain development remains similar to ours - Genetic Literacy Project
>2y
Viewpoint: MIT turns blind eye to misinformation on agricultural biotechnology and vaccines promoted by 'infamous crank' computer scientist Stephanie Seneff - Genetic Literacy Project
>2y
Podcast: Time to eat bugs? Fighting high cholesterol with CRISPR; mRNA flu vaccines coming soon? - Genetic Literacy Project
>2y
An Intimate History of Evolution: Inside the influential Huxley family's research into natural selection - Genetic Literacy Project
>2y