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In biotech, no one is afraid of the big, bad wolf (spider)

Spiders are friends and understanding the natural world can help us achieve advances in areas like biotechnology, human health and ...
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Does no-till agriculture boost global crop yields?

No-till farming is considered a key conservation agriculture strategy because it avoids conventional plowing and farming practices. It has been ...
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‘Hobbit species’ continues to provoke questions about course of human evolution

Sarah King | 
In 2003, researchers excavating a limestone cave on the remote Indonesian island of Flores made an extraordinary discovery: the 18,000-year-old ...
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Hydrocooling helps sweet cherries survive the long haul

People like their sweet cherries sweet but getting them from place to place in the modern world isn't without challenges ...
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Organic activists reject science, propose ‘natural’ Ebola cure, claim government conspiracy

Jon Entine | 
As often happens in times of medical crises, fringe groups come out from hiding--in this instance, organic activists in the ...
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Cancer genetics: YEATS protein as target for cancer

The human body has an unprecedented capacity to move genetic material from place to place, including a packaging and delivery system ...
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How the human immune system resets after Staph infection

When pathogenic bacteria like Salmonella or Staphylococcus invade our bodies, we go into a state of high alert and alter ...
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Genetics of congenital heart defects in Down syndrome

In Down syndrome, the most common chromosomal abnormality in humans, a third copy of all or part of chromosome 21 is ...
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Genetic mutation missed in 20% of colorectal cancers responsive to drugs

A new research effort has identified a genetic mutation that has been overlooked in recent large, comprehensive gene searches - ...
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Genetic variant helped in the Arctic, but now makes us fat

Researchers have discovered a genetic variant that arose thousands of years ago in people living in the Arctic. It helped them then, ...
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Before sperm meets egg

In high school biology, we all learned that development of a new organism is a complex endeavor ...
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Gluten-free fad food choice, rarely medically dictated

Meredith Knight | 
Millions of people have lately adopted a gluten-free diet by self-diagnosing with gluten sensitivities in spite of the fact there ...
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How to sell a toxic pesticide the smart way–call it organic

Hank Campbell | 
Puzzled about how organic pesticides and synthetic ones have such a different perception among Whole Foods shoppers? Here is an ...
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Addiction can be measured by epigenetics

Meredith Knight | 
Both alcohol and cocaine dependence are regulated by epigenetic changes in the brain that begin with abuse. Matched with the ...
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US Ebola hysteria and money pit highlight lack of resources to confront diseases that kill far more people

Hank Campbell | 
The Ebola hysteria underscores how frenzy rather than need drives government responses and resources. Listeria is a disease that's not ...
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Women carry fetal DNA long after children’s birth

Meredith Knight | 
Women and their offspring exchange small amounts of DNA during pregnancy. Those fetal DNA signatures can last a lifetime in ...
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An end to fat shaming? The 50 year DNA mystery of metabolic dysfunction may soon be solved

Hank Campbell | 
Eat all of the pizza you want? Unlikely, but some people do have a biological disadvantage when it comes to ...
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Mutagenesis: One way Europeans wish it was 1936 again

Hank Campbell | 
Want to use ionizing radiation and mutagenic chemicals to create herbicide-resistant crops without the messy GMO protests? Mutagenesis is the ...
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Closer examination of risk factors for Latinos underscores cultural diversity

Meredith Knight | 
Investigations into the genetics of disease in Latino populations are yielding interesting patterns of risk and protection from disease. The ...
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Natural Resources Defense Council sues EPA to block rollout of Dow Enlist Duo GMO system

Jon Entine | 
The NRDC filed what is expected to be the first of numerous suits challenging the EPA's approval of Enlist Duo, ...
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Why random walks in evolution lead to the same place–and why biotechnology opponents should take note

Hank Campbell | 
A recent study found that evolution is not as random and chaotic as critics of biology like to contend. In ...
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Beyond universal donors, some people are programed with no blood type at all

Penny Bailey | 
People genetically coded with the RH-null blood type have a blood type more rare than extremely rare disease. Their numbers ...
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Sperm mislabeling causes consternation for all-white family with mixed race child

Meredith Knight | 
Sperm is a product, but not a well-regulated one. After receiving donor sperm from an African American donor, a Caucasian ...
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If not for the NIH, we might have an Ebola vaccine

Hank Campbell | 
Because it is election season, government-funded academia and science media have been claiming that politics can be blamed for the ...
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CDC faced a nearly impossible balancing act with Ebola, and failed

Alex Berezow | 
In an attempt to claim public concerns from turning into mass hysteria, the CDC made some major blunders--some medical and ...
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Ebola infographic: Is this outbreak poised for pandemic?

Editors | 
A second Texas healthcare worker tests positive for the virus amid predictions that as many as 10,000 people a day ...
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Is organic agriculture leading to an increase in antibiotic resistance?

Hank Campbell | 
Conventional agriculture is under attack by organic and anti-GMO activists for contributing to antibiotic resistance as the result of animals ...
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