What is gene editing and how could it shape our future?

Gene editing promises everything from treatments for serious conditions like sickle cell disease to the resurrection of the dodo.

Gavin Bowen-Metcalf, Lecturer in Biomedical Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University • conversation
Feb. 14, 2023 • ~6 min

The herbicide dicamba was supposed to solve farmers' weed problems – instead, it's making farming harder for many of them

Farmers are stuck in a chemical war against weeds, which have developed resistance to many widely used herbicides. Seed companies’ answer – using more varied herbicides – is causing new problems.

Bart Elmore, Associate Professor of History and Core Faculty in the Sustainability Institute, The Ohio State University • conversation
Jan. 26, 2022 • ~10 min

What is bioengineered food? An agriculture expert explains

There’s a new label on many US food products – here’s what it means and who pushed to add it.

Kathleen Merrigan, Executive Director, Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems, Arizona State University • conversation
Jan. 21, 2022 • ~6 min

How a new biotech rule will foster distrust with the public and impede progress in science

A new biotech regulation allows companies to self-police and decide which crops should be regulated. The new rule is likely to amplify greater distrust of GM crops.

Maywa Montenegro, UC President's Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Davis • conversation
June 1, 2020 • ~10 min

Ethicists: We need more flexible tools for evaluating gene-edited food

What criteria should be used to determine whether a food is natural? What if gene-editing techniques produce changes indistinguishable from those that evolve naturally? Is the food still natural?

Trine Antonsen, Resarch Scientist at GenØk Centre for Biosafety and Associate Professor, University of Tromsø • conversation
May 26, 2020 • ~8 min

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