Science Literacy Project Daily Digest
European association for bioindustries: “Scientific consensus on GM greater than climate change”
The following is an excerpt. “The scientific consensus on genetically modified [GM] crops is even greater than that for climate change”, claims ...
Quadruple helix DNA could target disease
The following is an excerpt. Cambridge University scientists say they have seen four-stranded DNA at work in human cells for ...
Monsanto’s transgenic soy sowing misery in Latin America
The following is an excerpt. With headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri, and multiple locations on all five continents, Monsanto “has ...
DNA study sheds light on aboriginal Australians’ heritage
The following is an excerpt. When modern humans left Africa as far back as 70,000 years ago, they dispersed across ...
French vineyards turn ‘green’ using genetics, robots
The following is an excerpt. An Earth-friendly future for French wine could include disease-resistant grapes, solar-powered robots, and lighter packaging, ...
Geneticist on DNA privacy: Make it so people don’t care
The following is an excerpt. Worried that your genetic information could be revealed? You should be, says Harvard geneticist George ...
Jamaica: Senate approves bill to protect plant genetics
The following is an excerpt. THE Senate on Friday passed the Bill providing for the protection of Jamaica's plant genetic ...
Farmers feel label fatigue
The following is an excerpt. Backers of a Washington state initiative that would require the labeling of genetically modified foods ...
Quadruple DNA helix discovered in human cells
The following is an excerpt. Quadruple helices that intertwine four, rather than two, DNA strands had been made in the ...
Why China is a genetic powerhouse with a problem
The following is an excerpt. In the South China city of Shenzhen, a thriving manufacturing hub known for cheap goods ...
The trouble with epigenetics
The following is an excerpt. Further, genetic analysis of adaptations that have arisen in evolution (like differences between closely related ...
Is it possible to clone a Neanderthal?
The following is an excerpt. In an interview with Der Spiegel, geneticist George Church made some headlines by claiming that it will ...
FDA approves new flu shot using recombinant DNA technology
The following is an excerpt. A new flu shot, Flublok, made using new technology, has just been approved by the ...
If we are to save India from starving, we must embrace GM crops
The following is an excerpt. Each year nine million people die because of hunger and malnutrition. The task of feeding ...
India shouldn’t ban GM crop field trials
The following is an excerpt. Dismissing Parliamentary panel's suggestion to halt all field trials of genetically modified (GM) crops, Agriculture ...
Monsanto files brief in Bowman v. Monsanto
The following is an excerpt. Monsanto Co. filed a brief late Wednesday with the U.S. Supreme Court, which is slated ...
Supreme Court conundrum: How far does a soybean seed patent go?
The following is an excerpt. Though it has received considerably less attention than the Myriad gene patent case, which the ...
Autism and genetics: It’s complicated
The latest news in autism and genetics, courtesy of Laura Blue writing at Time Healthland: In one of the largest-ever ...
Why GMOs are great and why they should be labeled
Earlier this week, I was dismissive of the GMO labeling movement in a way that didn’t do justice to its core concerns. I wrote: Like ...
Activist Vandana Shiva address GMO labeling rally in Hawaii (video)
Edited from the livestream of the event held at the Hawaii State Capitol on January 16, the video contains Dr ...
FDA ruling on GMO salmon worries Alaska fishermen
Making a living on fishing has always been a gamble, but this year Alaska’s fisherfolk have even more cause for ...
How will genetics feed the world?
At a time when the global population is growing and growing largely in the underdeveloped and developing countries, the need ...
Study highlights the privacy risk of donating your genome
If you contribute your genome sequence anonymously to a scientific study, that data might still be linked back to you, ...
Leprosy bug turns adult cells into stem cells
Leprosy bacteria can reprogram cells to revert to a stem-cell-like state, able to mature into different cell types, researchers report ...
Depression gene search disappoints
A massive effort to uncover genes involved in depression has largely failed. By combing through the DNA of 34,549 volunteers, ...
Complex behaviors driven by remarkably simple genetics
Humans engage in a lot of complex behaviors, but many of them are learned. Genetics gives us a nervous system ...
DNA from the bottom of Greenland’s ice sheet reveals a lush, green landscape in the past
DNA residues drilled up from Greenland’s ice sheet base reveal a green, lush landscape before the great island became covered ...
