Suboptimal nutrition is a leading cause of poor health. Nutrition and policy science have
advanced rapidly, creating confusion yet also providing powerful opportunities to reduce the …

Molecular communication (MC) and molecular network (MN) are communication paradigms
that use biochemical signaling to achieve information exchange among naturally and …

Abstract The United States and the world face serious societal challenges in the areas of
food, environment, energy, and health. Historically, advances in plant genetics have …

By the end of the 1980s, a broad consensus had developed that there were potential
environmental risks of transgenic plants requiring assessment and that this assessment …

Synthetic biology is a new interdisciplinary research area that uses engineering principles
as guidelines for biological investigation. With research goals to modify existing biological …

The costs of meeting regulatory requirements and market restrictions guided by regulatory
criteria are substantial impediments to the commercialization of transgenic crops. Although a …

Through the use of the new tools of genetic engineering, genes can be introduced into the
same plant or animal species or into plants or animals that are not sexually compatible—the …

Genome editing describes a variety of molecular biology applications enabling targeted and
precise alterations of the genomes of plants, animals and microorganisms. These rapidly …

The ability of scientific knowledge to contribute to public debate about societal risks depends
on how the public assimilates information resulting from the scientific community. Bayesian …

Over the past several decades, the use of genetically engineered microorganisms (GEMs,
often referred to as Genetically Modified Microorganisms or GMMs) has become widespread …