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Regulation gaps a double-edged sword for GM foods

Jeremy Summers | 
Scientists and entrepreneurs have found some gaps in regulatory pathways that allow them to get their GM products to market ...
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As prenatal testing for Down syndrome increases, so do concerns about genetic counseling

Katherine Bindley | 
Noninvasive prenatal tests provide early-pregnancy information about genetic abnormalities. Can genetic counseling keep pace? ...

Scientists help deliver genetic one-two blow to deadly wheat disease

A new gene that will equip wheat plants to resist the deadly stem rust disease has been discovered by an ...

Dentist buys John Lennon’s tooth at auction in hope of creating a clone

John Ericson | 
Dr. Michael Zuk didn’t blow $30,000 on John Lennon’s tooth for its medical significance or second-hand value. When the Canadian dentist purchased ...

Nobel laureate: Personalized medicine is already here

Aaron Ciechanover | 
Professor Aaron Ciechanover, a faculty member of the Ruth and Bruce Faculty of Medicine and Nobel Laureate in Chemistry (2004), ...

Genetics used to tailor cancer treatment

Erin Ellis | 
A British Columbia Cancer Agency study of 26 terminally ill patients is using genomic information from both tumours and normal ...

Major study links aging gene to blood cancer

Scientists at The Institute of Cancer Research, London, found a genetic variant that influences the ageing process among four new ...

US health insurer to require genetic counseling before allowing BRCA1 and BRCA2 tests

Robert Langreth | 
Cigna Corp. will become the first U.S. health insurer to require genetic counseling nationwide before it pays for tests for hereditary ...

Could the world love pesticide-free GM crops?

Gloria Dawson | 
For many consumers, GMOs are a no-go. But, what about GMO seeds that could radically reduce the use of pesticides, ...

What’s it like to get genetic testing

Jaclyn Cosgrove | 
Why do genetic testing? A genetic test is generally performed so a person can find out if they suffer from ...

Mediterranean diet reduces genetic stroke risk

Dan Cossins | 
Eating a Mediterranean diet may lower the risk of stroke and offset other negative effects associated with a genetic variant ...
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Glowing bunnies: Why they matter

James Hamblin | 
The technique behind glowing rabbits may someday create animals that make biological pharmaceutical products ...
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The old and new eugenics

Kirk Allison | 
Was "negative eugenics" truly something on the margins of society? Kirk Allison, Director of the Program in Human Rights and ...
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Gaming with genes for the sake of a tree

Helen Briggs | 
The public are being asked to help in the fight against ash tree dieback by playing a computer game that ...

Malicious harm to a devastated orange industry

Kevin Folta | 
"Are you ready for a tall glass of GMOs? If they move forward with GMO oranges, you need to know ...

Bunnies and other animals that glow in the dark

Elizabeth Barber | 
When a litter of bunnies was born in Istanbul, scientists were pleased.Two of the bunnies have been successfully genetically engineered to glow ...
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Unhidden traits: Genomic data privacy debates heat up

Abdul-Kareem Ahmed | 
Is addressing genetic privacy concerns for scientific study participants essential, impossible, or maybe undesirable? ...

Genetic switch to guard against escaped ‘superviruses’

Priya Shetty | 
Flu scientists disagree over experiments to make the H7N9 bird influenza virus even more dangerous. Some argue that "gain of function" experiments ...

How would you stop a vineyard apocalypse?

Mitch Frank | 
Imagine a bacterial scourge that was silently spreading from vineyard to vineyard, striking down grapevines in their prime, bankrupting wineries ...

Oil palm gene may be step to sustainable plantations

Sameer C. Mohindru, Shie-Lynn Lim | 
Scientists have identified the gene responsible for determining the yield of oil palm fruits. The discovery is being hailed as ...

Is it time to test your baby’s genetics?

Maxx Chatsko | 
You're expecting. Got the baby crib? Check. Diapers and baby formula? Check. More diapers? Check. A prenatal, non-invasive test with ...

Genetic map of cancer reveals trails of mutation that lead to disease

Ian Sample | 
The first detailed map of genetic faults that cause cancers was published on August 14, 2013. It offers profound insights ...

Remnants of ancient viruses in human genome may play role in cancer

According to an international team of scientists from the United States, Europe and Russia, non-coding parts of the human genome ...

New Hampshire House subcommittee begins work on GMO labeling bill

Jeremy Blackman | 
Two months after his state passed legislation requiring labels on genetically engineered foods, Maine Rep. Lance Harvell, the bill’s chief ...

Whose stem cells are they anyway?

How should we regulate treatments that use cells taken from a patient's own body? If the cells are grown in ...

Bioengineering modular viruses to fight disease

David Ruth | 
Imagine fitting viruses together like Lego pieces and using them as a vehicle to deliver gene therapy. Scientists at Rice ...

Gene breakthroughs spark a revolution in cancer treatment

Researchers have identified fifteen lung-cancer variants, most of them in just the past four years, by decoding DNA in tumors—akin ...
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