GLP Weekly: Biotech debate may not be as polarized as you think; Newborns, genome sequencing, and privacy; and more!

GLP Features Articles by GLP staff and contributors

Newborns and genome sequencing: Do we sacrifice privacy in the name of health? Ricki Lewis A tricky study about links between GMO rejectionism and education, and evidence the biotech debate may not be as ideologically polarized as most people think Marc Brazeau How Freddie Mercury got his voice: It wasn’t his teeth Ricki Lewis Nigeria has its first GMO cowpea. The battle for public acceptance is just getting started Opuah Abeikwen Gluten free diets are all the rage—here’s why that could be a bad thing Ben Locwin From a sustainability perspective, GMO AquaBounty salmon should be a ‘dream come true’. Why do environmentalists oppose it? Andrew Porterfield Gene drives: Why the best option for fighting mosquito-borne diseases is the ‘mosquito itself’ Andrea Crisanti, Kyros Kyrou Viewpoint: Pervert science at your peril—anti-GMO campaigners, vaccine deniers and ‘bee-pocalypse’ scaremongers find common ground in ‘evidence rejectionism’ Henry Miller, Robert Wager Séralini pseudoscience syndicate: Lessons learned from decade-long assault on biotechnology orchestrated by French geneticist Marc Brazeau Is gender identity fluid or fixed? What we know about other animals might help inform the debate. Jay Schwartz