biotechnology

13 Aug (INDEPENDENT SCIENCE NEWS) – Variations in individual “educational attainment” (essentially, whether students complete high school or college) cannot be attributed to inherited genetic differences. That is the finding of a new study reported (more…)

21 Jul (THE GUARDIAN) – The pharmaceutical industry has “mobilized” an army of patient groups to lobby against plans to force companies to publish secret documents on drugs trials.  Drugs companies publish only a fraction of their results and keep much of the information to themselves, but regula (more…)

20 Jun (TRUTH BARRIER) – I have known Belgian scientist (pathologist and electron microscopist) Dr.  Étienne de Harven since 1993, when he introduced himself to me at a conference, with characteristic graciousness and enthusiasm, clasped my hands, and said he had translated my 1992 SPIN article Fatal Distraction into French.  I was of course delighted.  I was writing about this scientific battle for a rock and roll magazine, and he was a very distinguished scientist– one of the (more…)

11 Jun (GAIA HEALTH) – Synthetic Biology and DNA Printing: What Are They? Can they really just print out DNA? Or is it hype? Is it a new Pandora’s box? The developers of this new technology claim that it’s nothing more than the next step of evolution—that genetic engineering is no different than what nature has always done.  (more…)

5 Jun (THE SCIENTIST) – A Kickstarter project that promises donors Arabidopsis seeds transfected with firefly genes is causing a stir.  The Glowing Plant Project, which has raised more than $450,000 from nearly 8,000 backers on the crowd-funding website www.kickstarter.com, promises to send donors seeds,for laboratory workhorse Arabidopsis thanliana and roses, that are engineered to carry firefly genes that will cause the plants to emit a faint blue-green glow. (more…)

2 Jun – When Iowa farmer Jerry Rosman began to feed his pigs genetically-modified (GM) corn in 2000, they became sterile.  When he stopped using it, the reproductive problems ended.  A researcher in the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service in Ames, Iowa, wrote th (more…)

27 Apr – A Silent Forest -The Growing Threat Genetically Engineered Trees is an award winning documentary film explores the growing global threat of genetically engineered trees to our environment and to human health.  The film features renowned geneticist and host of PBS’ The Nature of Things David Suzuki, who exp (more…)

 15 Apr (PROPUBLICA) –  On the morning of May 3, 2010, three agents of the Food and Drug Administration descended upon the Houston office of Cetero Research, a firm that conducted research for drug companies worldwide.  Lead agent Patrick Stone, now retired from (more…)

 9 Apr (ANH) – Because homeopathic medicines are protected at the federal level, the attempt to eliminate them is coming at the state level. Homeopathic medicines are protected as legal drugs under the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C)—which means homeopathic manufacturers can make disease claims. We can thank a brave legislator for insisting on this when the Act was enacted many decades ago. (more…)

9 Apr (CAMARILLO, CA) –  For the food we eat, we depend on something else most of us don’t think about — bees. Without them, the agriculture industry estimates that one-third of the food we eat would disappear. But right now, it’s the bees that are disappearing.  Overall this winter (more…)

10 Apr (NATURAL NEWS) – A breakthrough report on the nutritional density of genetically-modified (GM) corn crops demolishes all existing claims that GMOs are “substantially equivalent” to non-GMOs. Entitled 2012 Nutritional Analysis: Comparison of GMO Corn versus Non-GMO Corn, the paper reveals not only that GMO corn is greatly lacking in vitamins and minerals compared to non-GMO corn, but also that it is highly toxic and filled with deadly crop chemicals like glyphosate (Roundup). (more…)

Mar 22 (NoMoreFakeNews.com) – For the medical cartel, Autism and Alzheimer’s are big, big business.  Profits are soaring.  These two conditions are promoted as specific diseases.  That’s where all the trouble starts.  If you read the Alzheimer’s and Autism definitions, which are the criteria for diagnosis contained in the psychiatric Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM), you find there are no physical tests of any kind.  No blood tests, no saliva tests, no urine tests, no genetic tests, no brain scans. (more…)

21 Mar (NATURAL NEWS) – In yet another blow to GMOs,  some major U.S. food retailers have signed on to the “Campaign for GE-Free Seafood”. These retailers include Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s, Aldi and many more. It’s the latest private sector blow to the deceptive biotech industry. Consumers overwhelming reject GMOs even if the FDA conspires with biotechnology companies to try to shove genetically engineered food down their throats. (more…)

 21 Mar (NATURAL NEWS) –  A pair of studies recently published in the journal Science raises fresh and dire warnings about the continued decline of crop-pollinating insects all over the world, and what this means for the future of the world’s food supply. Both studies highlight the fact that wild pollinators like bumblebees, butterflies, and beetles are basically disappearing, and that industrial agriculture, which includes genetically-modified organisms (GMOs), are a major factor causing this insect genocide. (more…)

20 Mar (AHRP) -The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues released its “[ ] Pediatric Research on Medical Countermeasures” Report and recommendations, on Tuesday, March 19, 2013.  The Report and the Commission Chair, Dr. Amy Gutmann, who presided over a press teleconference took great pains to convey the impression that above all, “the safety of children” and highest ethical standards must be upheld. (more…)

11 Feb (NEW DELHI) – According to estimates by the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI), the Haemophilus influenzae virus type b (Hib) kills more than 370,000 children worldwide each year – 20 percent of those deaths in India alone.  But a vaccine injures or kills 100 children for every child it claims to save, why would anyone trust the vaccine – or its promoters? (more…)

3 Feb (RETRACTION WATCH) – Regular Retraction Watch readers may find the name Grant Steen familiar.  Steen has published a number of important papers on retractions, most recently in PNAS.  Recently, he approached Retraction Watch for help with what sounds like another project that is likely to increase our understanding of misconduct in science:  Steen wants to gather the st (more…)

TROY, MONTANA  – SaneVax Inc. announces the development of a new PCR methodology described in “Detection of human papillomavirus L1 gene DNA fragments in post-mortem blood and spleen after Gardasil® vaccination – A case report,” authored by Dr. Sin Hang Lee of Milford Hospital, Connecticut. (more…)

03 Jan (THE HINDU) -There is no room for complacency that India has eliminated this crippling disease as Uttar Pradesh and Bihar have recorded a high incidence of a condition symptomatic of it. Identifying children who suddenly display muscle weakness, often not moving one or more of their limbs as a result, forms the cornerstone of polio surveillance. (more…)

1 Jan – Dr. Eben Alexander, a Harvard-educated neurosurgeon, fell into a coma for seven days in 2008 after contracting meningitis.  During his illness Dr. Alexander says that the part of his brain which controls human thought and emotion “shut down” and that he then experienced “something so profound that it gave me a scientific reason to believe in consc (more…)

21Dec (WASHINGTON) -After years of concern over false alarms and other problems with the bioterrorism detection system, a House panel wants Homeland Security to explain why an additional $3.1 billion should be spent on it. (more…)

07 Dec (NATURALNEWS) – With the exception of about 1,000 acres of land that have been devoted to the cultivation of transgenic crops for research purposes — these include cotton, soy beans, bananas, and pineapples — the Central American nation of Costa Rica, which is known for its bio-diverse agricultural heritage and stunning landscape, is essentially free of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) (more…)