Coronavirus in a Time of Chimeras
By Mathew Maavak As the global COVID-19 scourge appears to recede, questions remain over the source and morphology of a virus that had locked down…
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Yale Study: Wild Mosquitoes Retained Genes Of Genetically Modified Mosquitoes
By Aaron Kesel In Brazil a genetic engineering test of mosquitoes appears to have failed, with genes from the mutant mosquitoes now mixing with the…
Genetic Engineering and Human-Animal Hybrids: How China is Leading a Global Split in Controversial Research
By David Lawrence, Newcastle University If you want to conduct groundbreaking but contentious biological research, go to China. Last year, Chinese scientist He Jiankui announced…
Science Is Starting to Catch Up to the Sci-Fi Film “Gattaca”
By Truthstream Media So now they’re claiming in the next 20 years, genetically engineered babies made from a single person’s modified stem cells will be…
Rogue Science Strikes Again: The Case of the First Gene-Edited Babies
By G. Owen Schaefer, National University of Singapore The idea of scientists tinkering with the genes of babies was once the provenance of science fiction,…
GM Mosquito Release In Cayman Islands Ends Prematurely
By Catherine J. Frompovich There’s been a lot of buzz about GM mosquitoes to prevent the spread of the Zika virus. The Cayman Islands in…
The Next Generation Of Warfare: Genetically Engineered Viruses
By Mac Slavo Genetically engineered viruses could very well become the next generation of warfare. Deadly viruses modified in labs could be released, eliminating entire…
The Geopolitics of Human Gene Editing
By Ulson Gunnar A cursory warning was left by renowned physics professor Stephen Hawking regarding a future where a race of superhumans, manipulating their DNA,…
Scientists Worried: Pentagon Wants To Make Virus-Spreading Insects
By Mac Slavo Scientists are voicing their concerns over the Pentagon’s idea of making virus-spreading insects. Funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the…
Scientists Accuse DARPA of Genetically Modifying Insects for Bioweapon to Spread Agricultural Viruses
By Matt Agorist In a scathing report issued this week, researchers with the Science Policy Forum have accused the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency…
The Strange Convergence of Technologies of Life and of Extermination
By Janet Phelan The peculiar convergence of technologies which seem on the surface to stand in opposition to each other may, in fact, be working…
Confronting The Threat of Ethnic Bioweapons
By Tony Cartalucci The United States Air Force’s 59th Medical Wing’s molecular biology branch recently was revealed to have been collecting specifically Russian RNA and…
Gene Editing vs. Alternative Technology
By Brian Berletic Ed Yong in his article, “New Zealand’s War on Rats Could Change the World,” helped frame an ongoing debate over using genetically…
Scientists Want to Genetically Modify Super Humans for Space Travel To Mars
By Aaron Kesel Human beings may need to be genetically modified for space travel. Humans could be prevented from going to Mars due to our…