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Will lab-grown food really save the planet?
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Claire Robinson of GMWatch and others take a critical look at George Monbiot's vision of farm-free food
Risk assessment of herbicide-tolerant GM soybeans exposed as inadequate
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Assessed crops are sprayed with far lower levels of herbicides than are used in real-farm conditions, so risks are underestimated
Researchers assumed CRISPR-mediated disruption of genes was turning them off – but they were wrong
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One-third of gene knockouts via CRISPR are not knockouts at all – and there are serious implications for gene-edited food plants. Report: Claire Robinson
New tool for rapidly analyzing CRISPR edits reveals frequent unintended edits
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"Many more unintended changes to DNA around the site of a CRISPR repair than previously thought"