FDA Seeks Public Comments on Regulation of Genetically Altered Animals
Alison Van Eenennaam explains why the FDA’s proposed regulations on biotech breeding make no sense.
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Why Do We Have Blood Types?
More than a century after their discovery, we still don’t really know what blood types are for. Do they really matter? Carl Zimmer investigates.
Who Does Fund University Research?
[Please consider supporting FAFDL with ongoing contribution of $1, $2, $3, $5 or $10 a month on Patreon.] FAFDL CONTRIBUTOR: Alison Van Eenennaam | Cooperative […]
Conservation Technique of the Week: Breeding Grasses for Bioremediation
Researchers at the University of Washington have bred a grass capable of bioremediating munitions sites by incorporating genes to metabolize RDX – a toxic compound found in munitions sites;- into Switchgrass and Creeping Bentgrass, plants viewed favorably by both graziers and wildlife managers.
Who Should Fund University Research?
UC Davis animal genomics and biotechnology specialist Alison Van Eenennaam weighs in on confusion about research funding and industry influence.
Two New Discoveries Point to Breakthroughs in Frost Resistance
FAFDL Columnist: Patty Johnson | Patty is owner operator of Pannill’s Gate Farm, Orange, VA. Renewable Fuel Standards come and go, but you never […]
How “Open Source” Seed Producers from the U.S. to India Are Changing Global Food Production
GUEST AUTHOR: Rachel Cernansky | @rachelcernansky This piece previously appeared on Ensia. It appears here under a Creative Commons license. Around the world, plant breeders […]
“The fridge is outside. It’s quite big.” – Making Grilled Cheese in Antartica
“We need salami. For that we need to go to the fridge.” “Where’s the fridge?” “The fridge is outside. It’s quite big.”
Kevin Folta: The FAFDL Interview
Just a few weeks before Professor Folta was awarded the 2016 Borlaug CAST Communication Award, he sat down with the FAFDL community for a chat. Our community is well aware of his scicomm efforts, so after touching quickly on that, we dug in, to get a better understanding of his research.
If There Was a Nobel Silver Medal, I’d Award it to Jeffrey Gordon and Our Gut Microbes
GUEST AUTHOR: Tim Spector, Professor of Genetic Epidemiology, King’s College London | Twitter: @timspector This article originally appeared on The Conversation. It appears here by […]
The Experimental Diet That Mimics a Rare Genetic Mutation
Guest author: Peter Bowes This article first appeared on Mosaic and is republished here under a Creative Commons license. Peter Bowes has been on a […]
Have GMOs Failed to Live Up to Their Promise? You’re Asking the Wrong Question!
Guest Author: Andrew Kniss, Associate Professor, Weed Biology & Ecology University of Wyoming | Follow him on Twitter: @WyoWeeds This essay previously appeared on Plant Out […]
New York Times Attempt at a Nuanced View of GMOs Lacks Nuance
Guest Author: Kevin Folta, professor and chairman of the horticultural sciences department at the University of Florida | Follow him on Twitter: @kevinfolta […]
Moving Beyond Pro/Con Debates Over Genetically Engineered Crops
Guest Author: Pamela Ronald | Professor of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis This piece originally appeared in The Conversation. It appears here under a […]
Alcoholism Research: A Virus Could Manipulate Neurons to Reduce the Desire to Drink
Guest authors: Yifeng Cheng, Texas A&M University and Jun Wang, Texas A&M University About 17 million adults and more than 850,000 adolescents had some problems […]
With the Familiar Cavendish Banana in Danger, Can Science Help it Survive?
Guest authors: Ioannis Stergiopoulos, University of California, Davis; André Drenth, The University of Queensland, and Gert Kema, Wageningen University __________________________ The banana is the world’s […]
Inconvenient Glyphosate Math
Guest author: Kevin Folta, University of Florida There is a lot of discussion about glyphosate use and its relative toxicity lately. For activists, it is […]
What Is It About This Soil That Protects Plants From Devastating Disease?
Guest author: Kayleigh O’Keeffe This story previously appeared in Ensia on September 21,2016 Figuring out why certain soils keep plant parasites at bay could be […]
How Norway Became an Anti-GMO Powerhouse
Eight years, $3.6 million a year, 40 employees, zero knowledge back. This is the story of GenØk and the politicization of science in Norway. […]
On Getting Near The Center of the Bullseye On The First Try
On Getting Near The Center of the Bullseye On The First Try. Quickly and With Some Degree of Confidence [Editor’s note: This is a popular essay […]