Biotechnology
Nature commentary: Europe losing ground in GM crop science
The EU must regulate GM plant varieties with sound science or risk losing ground in the race to grow more ...
Iowa farmer: GE and science will heal the earth
The following is an edited excerpt. Despite two decades of planting GMOs that hasn’t inflicted a single human illness, has ...
Geneticists compare genomes of wild and domestic tomatoes
The following is an edited excerpt. You say tomato, I say comparative transcriptomics. Researchers in the U.S., Europe and Japan ...
Glow-in-the-dark nightmares: Anti-synthetic biology campaigners play hysteria card
In the minds of those who fear synthetic biology, a project to create plants which naturally glow—what should be seen ...
The DNA data deluge
Computing, not sequencing, is now the limiting factor when it comes to genomics research ...
Gene testing to screen astronauts for DNA damage risk
The following is an edited excerpt. Humans in space are at risk of a variety of ailments, from brittle bones ...
Ancient horse genome sequenced: Ancient humans next?
Researchers have assembled a draft of the genome of nearly 700,000-year-old horse. Can they do it for pre-neandertal humans? ...
Genetically modified silkworms spin fluorescent silk
The following is an edited excerpt. Silkworms in a Japanese lab are busy spinning silks that glow in the dark ...
Study suggests new ways to maximize delivery of RNA strands
The following is an excerpt. Nanoparticles that deliver short strands of RNA offer a way to treat cancer and other diseases by shutting off malfunctioning genes ...
Gene editing to treat genetic diseases, Part II
The following is an edited excerpt. Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and its milder form, Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD), are genetic disorders affecting approximately ...
The cancer genome in context: of mice and mutations
Researchers push the boundaries of cancer genomics--including making custom mouse models to develop personalized treatments ...
David Tribe: New EU GE legislation has no scientific justification for mandatory animal feeding trials
The following is an edited excerpt. This commentary focuses on the potential added value of and need for (sub)-chronic testing ...
GE Fashion: Scientists engineer silkworms to produce fluorescent fabrics
The following is an edited excerpt. Researchers have genetically engineered silkworms to produce colored fluorescent silks, which are starting to ...
Listening to the genome: music or noise?
How do we separate the signal from the noise in our "junk"-filled genomes? ...
Speedy soybean approvals revive fears in China about GE food
The following is an edited excerpt. The Ministry of Agriculture's recent approval of imports of three new kinds of genetically ...
McDonald’s to decide on GE fries
The following is an edited excerpt. McDonald's has been mixing up its menu recently in an attempt to combat falling ...
GE ‘anti-expert’ front & center on CNN
The following is an edited excerpt. Of all the people CNN could have chosen for the ‘every day citizen’ comment ...
UK environmental secretary: We must lead the world in GE crops
The following is an edited excerpt. UK Environmental Secretary, Owen Paterson, delivered a speech about genetically engineered crops at the ...
GE ‘anti-expert’ front & center on CNN
The following is an edited excerpt. Of all the people CNN could have chosen for the ‘every day citizen’ comment ...
GE ‘anti-expert’ front & center on CNN
The following is an edited excerpt. Of all the people CNN could have chosen for the ‘every day citizen’ comment ...
GE ‘anti-expert’ front & center on CNN
The following is an edited excerpt. Of all the people CNN could have chosen for the ‘every day citizen’ comment ...
GE ‘anti-expert’ front & center on CNN
The following is an edited excerpt. Of all the people CNN could have chosen for the ‘every day citizen’ comment ...
Far-fetched ethical questions that are about to get real
Science fiction's favorite moral quandaries are suddenly pressing concerns ...
Pig feeding study shows how not to use statistics
The following is an edited excerpt. In the latest issue of Journal of Organic Production Systems, a long-term toxicology study ...
Could genetic engineering make renewable fuel cheaper?
The following is an edited excerpt. Wood and straw are among the waste products our society produces in the greatest ...
Judge: There’s a “gaping hole” in the current regulatory landscape for ‘natural’ claims and GMOs’
The following is an edited excerpt. A federal judge handling a lawsuit filed in California over ‘all-natural’ claims on Mission ...
Chipotle becomes first US restaurant chain to voluntarily label GE foods
The following is an edited excerpt. The recent decision by Whole Foods Market to label all genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) sold ...
