GLP Weekly: Beware of ‘stem cell tourism’ for coronavirus-ravaged lungs; Lab-made coffee of the future?; and more!

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Beware of ‘stem cell tourism’: Questionable therapies to ‘cure’ coronavirus-ravaged lungs Ricki Lewis Coffee of the future? Lab-made ‘molecular’ version might feed the world’s caffeine habit while sparing the environment PK Newby Rescuing Africa’s staple orphan crops—sorghum, millet, cowpea, cassava and sweat potato—with biotechnology could help feed millions of people Uchechi Moses Viewpoint: ‘We can’t afford miscommunication or bureaucratic foot-dragging’ in the quest for a coronavirus vaccine Henry Miller Can the gene editing technology known as CRISPR help reduce biodiversity loss worldwide? Becky Mackelprang Podcast: We need a vaccine ‘Manhattan Project’ to defeat COVID-19 Hannu Rajaniemi, Kevin Folta Book review: Sheldon Krimsky’s ‘GMOs Decoded’ cherry-picks data to spur fear of biotech crops Judith Heimann ‘Denial, blame, and conspiratorial thinking’: Anti-vaxxers’ dangerous rhetoric during coronavirus pandemic Catherine Gammon Podcast: GMOs = witchcraft? ‘Big Ag’ didn’t cause coronavirus; Remdesivir for COVID-19 Cameron English, Kevin Folta Coronavirus vaccines can’t be rushed: We could have one ‘overnight,’ but it has to be proven safe and effective Sam Moxon