Science Literacy Project Daily Digest
DNA confirms twisted bones belong to Richard III
The following is an excerpt. There were cheers when Richard Buckley, lead archaeologist on the hunt for the king's body, ...
Experts: GM crops can only do India good
The following is an excerpt. BANGALORE: India's biotechnology and healthcare services sector says numerous regulatory challenges are thwarting discovery, research and innovation. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, ...
Pigeon DNA supports Darwin’s work
The following is an excerpt. Pigeon breeding, Darwin argued, was an analogy for what happened in the wild. Nature played ...
Lobbying by agri-business killed New Mexico GMO labeling Bill, claim supporters
The following is an excerpt. Supporters of a New Mexico Senate bill proposing mandatory labeling for genetically engineered food and ...
3-D printer to speed human embryonic stem cell research
The following is an excerpt. A team of scientists is reporting a breakthrough in the 3-D printing using human embryonic ...
We consume DNA every day with no ill effects
A combination of rare-to-impossible events would be required for the so-called "toxic" CaMV 35S gene to be a human health ...
Crime-fighting DNA banks should be used sparingly
The following is an excerpt. DNA has been such an effective tool for solving crimes that many people are pushing ...
Environmentalists push for GMO labeling in Hawaii
The following is an excerpt. HONOLULU (AP) — Environmental groups are urging Hawaii lawmakers to require all genetically modified food ...
Will federal compromise on GMO labeling trump state law, forever?
The following is an excerpt. Here is the pattern: a grassroots effort builds over time to enact local or state ...
Spider venom inspires new farming methods
The following is an excerpt. Producing food will undoubtedly get more difficult and expensive as the combined challenges of climate ...
Wal-Mart may back GM labeling initiative
The U.S.'s largest grocery store operator has been discussing lobbying for a national labeling program ...
Genetically modified tobacco produces cheap, effective rabies treatment
The following is an excerpt. According to the World Health Organisation more than 55,000 people die after contracting rabies every ...
Mapping the human microbiome
The following is an excerpt. Did you know that foreign microoganisms outnumber our own cells by 10:1, and that we ...
The myth of common cuckoldry
The following is an excerpt. One of the quasi-facts which I often stumble upon is the idea that in 10 ...
Genetics-poverty link questioned
The following is an excerpt. Economists at Brown University and Williams College published a paper in this month’s issue of the American Economic ...
Tailored gene therapy could replace drugs for HIV patients
The following is an excerpt. One of the biggest problems in treating HIV patients is the amount of daily individual ...
Recreating how genes turn on and off in humans
The following is an excerpt. Durham, NC (Scicasts) – By reproducing in the laboratory the complex interactions that cause human genes ...
The promising future of GM rice
Commercialized GM rice had not yet become a reality—farmers aren’t growing it and consumers can’t eat it. But varietals with ...
The popular (and misleading) view of DNA
Despite push-back against genetic determinism ("DNA is not destiny"), there's is still a popular reluctance to reduce the prominence of ...
Golden rice: Is a GM food breakthrough finally here?
The following is an excerpt. Scientists say they have seen the future of genetically modified foods and have concluded that ...
The “right time” to have children
Are older parents trading the financial security of age for increased risk of disorders like Down syndrome, multiple or premature ...
Glaucoma risk depends on genetics and race
Research may soon reveal the genetic variation that underlies ethnic disparities in glaucoma risk ...
India farmer suicides a case of misplaced GM blame
The following is an excerpt. Numbers are hazy and disputed, but since 1995, facing crippling debt, thousands of Indian farmers ...
Taiwan clones world’s first spotted miniature pigs
The following is an excerpt. A Taiwan research team with members from National Chung Hsin University, Chung Shan Medical University ...
GM potatoes will be back
The following is an excerpt. KENNEWICK, Wash. -- A University of Idaho researcher says he's optimistic efforts to develop genetically ...
Russia: Compulsory registration of GMO products
The following is an excerpt. A bill to introduce compulsory registration of all products containing GM-components is in the final ...
Burger King finds horse DNA at Irish plant
The following is an excerpt. LONDON – Burger King has found traces of horse DNA at a plant that supplied ...
