GLP Weekly: Does fascination with CRISPR distract from gene-silencing RNAi?; What’s missing from claims that neonics kill bees, birds, fish?; + more!

GLP Features Articles by GLP staff and contributors

What’s missing from claims that neonicotinoids are killing bees, birds and fish? Henry Miller ‘CRISPR this, CRISPR that’: Is our fascination with the popular gene-editing tool distracting us from the potential of gene-silencing RNAi technology? Ricki Lewis ‘No one wanted to touch it’: Why a Lyme disease vaccine has been so elusive Cassandra Willyard Viewpoint: How the glyphosate-cancer controversy became a moral crusade—and a threat to scientific progress Geoffrey Kabat Viewpoint: Science denialism threatens the potential of gene-edited crops Steven Cerier Should parents be allowed to choose a child’s sexual orientation through gene editing? Wael Taji ‘Genome streamlining’: How species ditch genes no longer needed for survival Alison Gerken, Amey Redkar, Jessica Velez Viewpoint: Wild bees on the decline? Lack of evidence challenges popular environmentalist narrative Henry Miller Retinitis pigmentosa cure breakthrough? Next generation of artificial lenses being developed with flexible silicon-like chips to combat genetic blindness M. Mitchell Waldrop Viewpoint: With Conservative sweep of the ‘Brexit election’, Boris Johnson poised to steer the UK out of ‘outdated’ EU GMO, CRISPR regulations Maria Chaplia