Science Literacy Project Daily Digest
Genetic markers: Dilemmas of discovering destiny
IT IS being hailed as one of the biggest ever breakthroughs in the treatment of two diseases which claim tens ...
Synthetic biology device called first of its kind
For the first time, synthetic biologists have created a genetic device that mimics one of the widgets on which all ...
Caffeine-addicted bacteria may help combat water pollution
The following is an edited excerpt. It looks like humans aren't the only ones who need a daily caffeine fix ...
DNA is the Linux of the natural world
The following is an edited excerpt. We probably all vaguely assume that computers will overthrow us someday, which may be ...
Eating organic food associated with longer lives (in flies)
The following is an edited excerpt. In a new study at Southern Methodist University, researchers raised fruit flies on extracts of ...
Ten facts about GM crops
The following is an edited excerpt. Biotech crops are the fastest adopted crop technology in recent times. In 2012, a ...
Egypt: Proponents of biotech agriculture discuss merits of GM crops
The following is an excerpt. A conference discussing the merits of genetically modified crops took place Sunday at Cairo University’s ...
“Monsanto Protection Act”: anti-GMO conspiracy theorists lose it over minor deregulation
The following is an excerpt. Anti-GMO conspiracy theorists are losing it over a minor deregulatory provision in Congress’s short-term appropriations ...
Tasmania: GMO ban debate
The following is an excerpt. Tasmania's dairy farmers are warning the state's ban on genetically-modified organisms, or GMO's, could disadvantage ...
Nigeria: President urged to sign Agricutlural Biotechnology Bill
The following is an excerpt. Senator Bukola Saraki has urged President Goodluck Jonathan, to, as a matter of urgency, give ...
Unproven stem-cell treatment given green light
The following is an edited excerpt. A combination of patient-derived stem cells, which have no publication record of efficacy, can ...
Cloning, de-extinction, and possibly human applications
The following is an edited excerpt. Antonio Regalado of MIT Technology Review got a nicescoop at the TEDx DeExtinctionconference: George Church and Robert Lanza ...
GMO labeling activists oppose continuing resolution provision
The following is an excerpt. A demonstration organized by supporters of labeling genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in food products today consisted ...
Farmers and food safety advocates lead Monsanto backlash
The following is an edited excerpt. Anger is growing against President Barack Obama the day after he signed into law ...
DNA-damaging toxins found in common plant-based foods
The following is an excerpt. In a laboratory study pairing food chemistry and cancer biology, scientists at the Johns Hopkins ...
Wheat genome sheds light on its domestication, adaptation and modification
The following is an edited excerpt. Two manuscripts related to the ancestral wheat genomes of Triticum urartu andAegilops tauschii provide an unprecedented glimpse ...
Jane Goodall, anti-GMO writers show profound ignorance of basic biology
The following is an edited excerpt. It’s a sad day for the reality-based community, within the critiques of Jane Goodall’s new ...
Bioscience should underpin African agriculture, meeting hears
The following is an excerpt. Bioscience projects including ones that turn tannery waste into manure can improve crop productivity and food ...
No labeling needed when consumers know the whole truth
The following is an excerpt. Shop at Whole Foods. Spend your Whole Paycheck. That’s the popular description of the upscale ...
The era of genetics-based advertising is coming
The following is an excerpt. If you thought personalised advertising based on your Facebook status updates, Gmail content or online ...
Tumor DNA studies help explain cancer genetics
The following is an excerpt. As it has become more efficient and less expensive to analyze the DNA in normal ...
GMO labeling activists oppose continuing resolution provision
The following is an excerpt. A demonstration organized by supporters of labeling genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in food products today consisted ...
Genetics may determine who becomes a heavy smoker
The following is an excerpt. Individuals who pick up smoking as teenagers have a much higher risk of becoming heavy ...
Storm erupts over publishing of HeLa genome
The following is an excerpt. One of the world's most prestigious laboratories is frantically trying to resolve a row over ...
The dawn of genome trolling
The following is an excerpt. Last week European scientists were shamed into cutting off public access to a genome sequence ...
Italy: Stem-cell cocktail given green light
The following is an excerpt. A combination of patient-derived stem cells, which have no publication record of efficacy, can now ...
Farmers and food safety advocates lead Monsanto backlash
The following is an edited excerpt. Anger is growing against President Barack Obama the day after he signed into law ...
