GLP Weekly: Should police have access to consumer DNA databases?; Cost-effective GMO Golden Rice can save lives, boost developing economies; and more!

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Golden Rice, Part 4: Cost-effective GMO crop can save lives and dramatically boost developing economies Adrian Dubock DNA for the greater good: Should the police have access to consumer DNA databases? Ricki Lewis How a genetically-engineered phage therapy defeated a drug-resistant infection, raising hopes for chronically ill patients Jamie Wells Viewpoint: Debunking 6 activist ‘lies’ about the GMO Impossible burger Stephan Neidenbach Do genetics determine what we like to eat? Study finds no ‘smoking gun taste gene’ Charles Dinerstein More than one-third of Americans do not know that foods with zero genetically modified ingredients contain genes—and why that matters Douglas Buhler, Sheril Kirshenbaum After another promising Alzheimer’s drug trial fails, we have to ask: Are we on the right path to a cure? Vicky Jones ‘Circular sustainability’: Beer makers turn booze into bread to combat food waste Lucy Stitzer We could try to build a conscious robot. But how would we know if we succeeded? Hakwan Lau Viewpoint: USDA GMO labeling plan is pointless, expensive—and probably unconstitutional Drew Kershen, Henry Miller