This story examines the ethical issues of water fluoridation. Fluoridation in the United State began in the early 1945. Grand Rapids, Michigan became the first city to implement community water…
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As reported at BBC.com, scientists have created the world’s first flu resistant genetically modified (GM) chickens that do not spread bird flu. Researchers have inserted an artificial gene into chickens;…
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“AquAdvantage” salmon, a genetically modified (GM) salmon altered to secrete growth hormone year round resulting in twice the size of a normal salmon, have tested positive for infectious salmon anemia…
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Research scientists at The University of Edinburgh have used newly discovered information about parasite survival to better understand sleeping sickness. Sleeping sickness is a parasitic disease that is transmitted by…
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Lyme disease is one of the most political and controversial epidemics of our time. The disease originates from a bacteria transmitted through the bite of a tick and can remain…