Biotechnology
Scientists make new Covid variant with 80% kill rate in mice
Boston University has created a new Covid-19 variant which resulted in an 80% kill rate in mice, according to a new research paper.
Oct.18, 2022
The...
Manifesto for Inclusive Capitalism: “Trust us, and you will be happy”...
Elena Veduta is the Head of the Department of Strategic Planning and Economic Policy of Lomonosov Moscow State University
Capitalism is a chaotically organized economy,...
As Moderna’s Covid-19 Vaccine Takes The Lead, Its Chief Medical Officer’s...
18 May 2020
Moderna’s chief medical officer has described the company’s products as “hacking the software of life” and permanently altering a person’s genetic code....
A biotech firm made a smallpox-like virus on purpose. Nobody seems...
By Gregory D. Koblentz
February 21, 2020
In 2017, the virologist David Evans made headlines when he used synthetic biology to recreate the extinct horsepox virus,...
Yellow Vests and Ecologists converge against Bayer-Monsanto
Mar. 14, 2019
Activists dressed as bees vandalised Bayer’s Paris headquarters on Thursday, during a protest against the corporation’s environmental impact and use of pesticides.
The...
US lifts ban on funding creation of lethal viruses
By Elisabeth Eaves
“Gain-of-function research” sounds so innocuous. Who wouldn’t want to gain some function? Opinions differ, though, when the “function” in question is lethality....
What’s Wrong with Crop Biotechnology in Hawaii
by Hector Valenzuela
kNOwGMOs (formerly HI GEAN OAHU)
Biotechnology has been heralded as one of the hot industries with the potential to help Hawaii's ailing economy loosen...