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The Genetic Literacy Project fosters dialogue about the scientific, social and ethical implications of human and agricultural genetics.

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💩 RFK Jr. took his grandkids swimming… In a sewage-filled DC creek banned for human contact. 🧪 NPS: “It’s full of infectious pathogens.” This is America’s health secretary. 📉 Public health just took another hit. Read more → buff.ly/fIMLUpR #RFKJr #PublicHealth

💩 RFK Jr. took his grandkids swimming… In a sewage-filled DC creek banned for human contact.

🧪 NPS: “It’s full of infectious pathogens.”

This is America’s health secretary.
📉 Public health just took another hit.
Read more → buff.ly/fIMLUpR 
#RFKJr #PublicHealth
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🎙️ RFK Jr. isn’t the only one. From MAGA memes to wellness influencers, a bipartisan war on science is fueling distrust in medicine, food, and public health. 🧠 “The real casualty in this culture war is public health.” New #GLPPodcast w/ @camjenglish + Liza Dunn

🎙️ RFK Jr. isn’t the only one.

From MAGA memes to wellness influencers, a bipartisan war on science is fueling distrust in medicine, food, and public health.

🧠 “The real casualty in this culture war is public health.”

New #GLPPodcast w/ <a href="/camjenglish/">@camjenglish</a> + <a href="/DrLizaMD/">Liza Dunn</a> →
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Glioblastoma kills most patients in 15 months. Now, scientists are testing a T-cell therapy that tells your immune system exactly where—and how—to attack. 💥 “A new era in cancer therapy may be starting.” Henry Miller, MS, MD Full story → buff.ly/4tyC2Vo #Cancer #GBM

Glioblastoma kills most patients in 15 months.

Now, scientists are testing a T-cell therapy that tells your immune system exactly where—and how—to attack.

💥 “A new era in cancer therapy may be starting.” <a href="/henryimiller/">Henry Miller, MS, MD</a>
Full story → buff.ly/4tyC2Vo 
#Cancer #GBM
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CRISPR pigs approved for U.S. consumption 🧬🐖 FDA greenlights gene-edited pork immune to PRRS—a deadly virus killing piglets in factory farms. It’s only the third gene-modified animal approved for food. Would you eat biotech bacon? 📖 Read the full article →

CRISPR pigs approved for U.S. consumption 🧬🐖

FDA greenlights gene-edited pork immune to PRRS—a deadly virus killing piglets in factory farms.

It’s only the third gene-modified animal approved for food.

Would you eat biotech bacon?
📖 Read the full article →
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🚫 Cutting climate-linked ag research = cutting productivity. Most of these USDA projects boost yields, cut fertilizer costs, or reduce livestock feed waste. This is science farmers need. 📉 “Most climate research is productivity research.” 🧠 Full read →

🚫 Cutting climate-linked ag research = cutting productivity.

Most of these USDA projects boost yields, cut fertilizer costs, or reduce livestock feed waste. This is science farmers need.

📉 “Most climate research is productivity research.”

🧠 Full read →
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A $500M U.S. flu “moonshot” is using… 1950s-era vaccine tech. No mRNA. No AI design. Just a killed-virus approach critics abandoned long ago. 🔬 “This isn’t a platform likely to deliver the breakthrough we need.” — Dr. Florian Krammer 🔗 buff.ly/JeZftma Rob Stein

A $500M U.S. flu “moonshot” is using… 1950s-era vaccine tech.
No mRNA. No AI design. Just a killed-virus approach critics abandoned long ago.

🔬 “This isn’t a platform likely to deliver the breakthrough we need.” — Dr. Florian Krammer

🔗 buff.ly/JeZftma

<a href="/robsteinnews/">Rob Stein</a>
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🌊 South Korea’s legendary Haenyeo dive 60 ft on a single breath. 🧬 Now we know why: A Cell Reports study finds they’ve evolved unique genes that help them survive deep dives—possibly aiding future heart + blood pressure treatments. @KatieHuntCNN CNN 🔗

🌊 South Korea’s legendary Haenyeo dive 60 ft on a single breath.

🧬 Now we know why:
A Cell Reports study finds they’ve evolved unique genes that help them survive deep dives—possibly aiding future heart + blood pressure treatments.

@KatieHuntCNN <a href="/CNN/">CNN</a>
🔗
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🧬 BREAKING: CRISPR cures infant of rare liver disease. Penn + CHOP docs edited baby KJ’s DNA to fix a deadly CPS1 mutation. No transplant needed. No side effects. It's the future of precision gene therapy. 📝Matt Toal | via Penn Medicine 🔗 buff.ly/TzGaU7Z #CRISPR

🧬 BREAKING: CRISPR cures infant of rare liver disease.

Penn + CHOP docs edited baby KJ’s DNA to fix a deadly CPS1 mutation.
No transplant needed. No side effects.
It's the future of precision gene therapy.

📝<a href="/matt_toal/">Matt Toal</a> | via <a href="/PennMedicine/">Penn Medicine</a>
🔗 buff.ly/TzGaU7Z

#CRISPR
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🚫 Anti-GMO critics say biotech = more pesticide use. 🧪 But that’s correlation ≠ causation. GM crops replaced more toxic chemicals, enabled no-till, and helped reduce overall toxicity. 📉 The Jevons Paradox isn’t a “gotcha”—it’s a misfit. 🔗 buff.ly/paT78mS #GMOs

🚫 Anti-GMO critics say biotech = more pesticide use.
🧪 But that’s correlation ≠ causation.

GM crops replaced more toxic chemicals, enabled no-till, and helped reduce overall toxicity.

📉 The Jevons Paradox isn’t a “gotcha”—it’s a misfit.
🔗 buff.ly/paT78mS
#GMOs
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CHD distorted a study. Berenson blew it up. 📉 The scientists? “Complete nonsense.” 🔬 The real finding: trained innate immunity—a beneficial vaccine effect. 📝 @funsizeimmuninja The Unbiased Science Podcast 🔗 buff.ly/qAf8KtX #mRNA #VaccineFacts #CHD #RFKJr #ScienceNotScare #GLP

CHD distorted a study.
Berenson blew it up.
📉 The scientists? “Complete nonsense.”

🔬 The real finding: trained innate immunity—a beneficial vaccine effect.

📝 @funsizeimmuninja <a href="/unbiasedscipod/">The Unbiased Science Podcast</a>
🔗 buff.ly/qAf8KtX

#mRNA #VaccineFacts #CHD #RFKJr #ScienceNotScare #GLP
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RFK Jr. is set to blame crop chemicals for chronic disease in the U.S. If adopted, it could: ⚠️ Undermine science-based ag policy ⚠️ Disrupt food systems ⚠️ Fuel regulatory chaos 🔗 buff.ly/ViiScfS Follow @geneticliteracyproject on IG for more. #RFKJr #MAHA

RFK Jr. is set to blame crop chemicals for chronic disease in the U.S.

If adopted, it could:
⚠️ Undermine science-based ag policy
⚠️ Disrupt food systems
⚠️ Fuel regulatory chaos

🔗 buff.ly/ViiScfS

Follow @geneticliteracyproject on IG for more.

#RFKJr #MAHA
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A chemical isn’t toxic by default, the dose and route of exposure matter. 🐍 A snake bite can be fatal, but ingest the same amount of venom and your body neutralizes it. 💉 Botox is derived from one of the most toxic substances known, yet 7 million people safely inject it every

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🤖 Can AI help end hunger? World Food Programme says yes—with humans at the wheel. AI now: ✅ Accelerates disaster response ✅ Optimizes supply chains ✅ Saves money + time But: ⚠️ Connectivity gaps ⚠️ Data bias ⚠️ “Black box” risks 📰 By Simona Beltrami + Paul Anthem 🔗

🤖 Can AI help end hunger?

<a href="/WFP/">World Food Programme</a> says yes—with humans at the wheel.

AI now:
✅ Accelerates disaster response
✅ Optimizes supply chains
✅ Saves money + time

But:
⚠️ Connectivity gaps
⚠️ Data bias
⚠️ “Black box” risks

📰 By <a href="/beltramisimo/">Simona Beltrami</a> + Paul Anthem
🔗
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🚨 Dr. Casey Means, wellness influencer and Levels Health co-founder, is nominated as U.S. Surgeon General. Critics question her scientific credentials. David Zaruk examines the implications: 🔗 buff.ly/3d6KyG9 #CaseyMeans #SurgeonGeneral #PublicHealth #SciencePolicy

🚨 Dr. Casey Means, wellness influencer and Levels Health co-founder, is nominated as U.S. Surgeon General. Critics question her scientific credentials.

David Zaruk examines the implications:
🔗 buff.ly/3d6KyG9 

#CaseyMeans #SurgeonGeneral #PublicHealth #SciencePolicy
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100 years after the Scopes trial, creationist beliefs persist — shaping school board battles and science education today. “Teachers must teach what taxpayers desire” still echoes in 2025. 🔗 buff.ly/LoDsy3q The Associated Press #ScopesTrial #ScienceEducation #CultureWars

100 years after the Scopes trial, creationist beliefs persist — shaping school board battles and science education today.

“Teachers must teach what taxpayers desire” still echoes in 2025.

🔗 buff.ly/LoDsy3q

<a href="/AP/">The Associated Press</a>
#ScopesTrial #ScienceEducation #CultureWars
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🇺🇸🥩🇪🇺 Europe says yes to soybeans, no to hormone-treated “beautiful beef.” Trade talks heat up as food safety becomes a red line in the latest U.S.-EU tariff standoff. Read more: buff.ly/sQ0t5VT #TariffWar #HormoneBeef #FoodStandards #USAg #EUTrade

🇺🇸🥩🇪🇺 Europe says yes to soybeans, no to hormone-treated “beautiful beef.”

Trade talks heat up as food safety becomes a red line in the latest U.S.-EU tariff standoff.

Read more: buff.ly/sQ0t5VT

#TariffWar #HormoneBeef #FoodStandards #USAg #EUTrade
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Activists are pushing to ban fluoropolymers—the backbone of medical tech like pacemakers & stents. 📉 No toxicity, no risk—just fear-driven policy. ⚠️ One-size-fits-all bans on PFAS could endanger lives. 🔗 buff.ly/bVvdIxn @jonentine @GeneticLiteracyProject #PFAS

Activists are pushing to ban fluoropolymers—the backbone of medical tech like pacemakers &amp; stents.

📉 No toxicity, no risk—just fear-driven policy.
⚠️ One-size-fits-all bans on PFAS could endanger lives.
🔗 buff.ly/bVvdIxn 

 @jonentine @GeneticLiteracyProject
#PFAS
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Join us on Friday at 11 am CST for a fascinating topic - How Bioweapons can impact Agriculture & Public Health x.com/i/spaces/1lDxL…

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The MAHA Commission Report mixes real concerns with some very shaky science, citing sources that, in some cases, say the exact opposite of what the report claims. @camjenglish and Liza Dunn break down the full report in this episode. 🎧Listen here: bit.ly/4kRjuDQ