GLP Weekly: How alien genetics would change our understanding of life; Farewell to ‘terminator seeds,’ the anti-GMOers' favorite bogeyman; and more!

GLP Features Articles by GLP staff and contributors

How ‘alien genetics’ would change our understanding of life, biology and evolution A. J. Smuskiewicz Viewpoint: Farewell to ‘terminator seeds’ (1995-2015)—the anti-GMO movement’s favorite bogeyman Mary Mangan How our bodies protect cancer and why this could be key to better chemotherapy treatments Bob Holmes Viewpoint: Here are 3 biotech foods I could buy at Costco if not for GMO opponents Steve Savage Game of chance: What role does pure ‘bad luck’ play in developing cancer? Meredith Knight CRISPR breathing new life into wheat and other crops—can it avoid GMO controversy? Andrew Porterfield Viewpoint: Produce is sugary, GMO ‘poison’? Scientific American embraces long-debunked food safety tropes Alex Berezow Are we reaching the limits of human life expectancy? Anthony Medford, James Vaupel, Kaare Christensen Restaurants struggling to keep up with demand for Impossible Burger, alternative ‘meats’ Tim Sprinkle Viewpoint: Plants could give us new treatments for cancer, HIV and other diseases if we had better ‘pharming’ regulations Henry Miller, Kathleen Hefferon