Science Literacy Project Daily Digest
Pro-biotech speech by environmental activist generates international buzz
Environmental activist Mark Lynas generated substantial buzz this week by boldly explaining his conversion from staunch opponent of genetically modified ...
Groups criticize delay in release of GE salmon documents
Groups criticize delay in release of GE salmon documentsLexology (registration)... campaign asking its followers to submit comments. “We have until ...
Epigenetics: promising field delivers
Epigenetics: Promising Field DeliversGenetic Engineering NewsThe fascination with epigenetics stems not only from the profound impact that it has exerted ...
Synthetic farm virus built in lab
A synthetic version of the Schmallenberg virus has been made in the laboratory by Scottish scientists. The research raises hopes ...
Key found in fight against farm pest diamondback moth
Scientists have uncovered the "evolutionary trick" of one of the world's worst agricultural pests, the diamondback moth. Diamondback moths wreak ...
India under pressure to allow GM foods
India is the second most populous country in the world and consumes agricultural produce marketed as staple food in large ...
Genomes link aboriginal Australians to Indians
Some aboriginal Australians can trace as much as 11% of their genomes to migrants who reached the island around 4,000 ...
Transgender people in Sweden no longer face forced sterilization
TIMETransgender People in Sweden No Longer Face Forced SterilizationTIMEIn 1999, Sweden granted 175,000 kronor in damages to women who had ...
UK government’s enthusiasm for GM not matched in developing nations
Britain wants GM food to be grown commercially. After years of encouraging developing countries in Africa and elsewhere to grow them, but unable to ...
Could a dopamine gene be the key to longer life?
A gene linked to attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and addiction might also help you live to be 100. A study ...
Safety of induced stem cells gets a boost
New research refutes a 2011 study which raised concerns over the side-effects of induced pluripotent stem cells as a treatment ...
New law provides federal funds for DNA collection in criminal cases
President Barack Obama on Thursday signed into law Rep. Adam Schiff’s (D-CA) legislation that provides funding for the collection of ...
Gene discovery boosts hope of preventing blood disorders
Noah Edwards is four years old and suffers from a disorder that prevents his blood from clotting. He bleeds profusely ...
Are we entering the age of $1 million medicine?
More than a quarter of the new medicines approved in the United States last year were designated for rare or ...
Ron Unz on genius, IQ, race and meritocracy
What is the nature of intelligence and genius? Literally thousands of studies definitively show that DNA plays a dominant role; ...
Institute of Food Science & Technology to sponsor free food science webinar
FoodManufacture.co.uk and the Institute of Food Science & Technology are sponsoring a free public webinar on food science and technology ...
Institute of Food Science & Technology to sponsor free food science webinar
FoodManufacture.co.uk and the Institute of Food Science & Technology are sponsoring a free public webinar on food science and technology ...
Monsanto versus the people
Exploiting their patent on transgenic corn, soybean and cotton, Monsanto asserts an insidious control of those agricultural industries in the ...
Institute of Food Science & Technology to sponsor free food science webinar
FoodManufacture.co.uk and the Institute of Food Science & Technology are sponsoring a free public webinar on food science and technology ...
Like it or not, the future of food involves GM
With consumer demand for minimally processed, fresh-like food, it is inevitable that food ingredient innovation will step up to meet ...
Safer food: New biotech uses DNA to screen for bacteria faster than ever
Chicken meat and other foods will be able to be screened for bacteria even faster and more effectively than ever, ...
Politics and the poor man’s plate
Source – Defining Ideas, Hoover Institution By Henry I. Miller Date – Jan 10, 2013 Website – www.hoover.org Bureaucrats and ...
Made in the image of God: Human value and genomics
In January 2011 and then in January 2012 I posted two articles exploring the implications of contemporary genomics for the Judeo-Christian idea of humankind ...
Science and the debate on GM crops
Council on Foreign Relations (blog)Science and the Debate on Genetically Modified CropsCouncil on Foreign Relations (blog)Opponents label it as “Frankenfood,” ...
Activist farmers join Monsanto protest
Nearly 300 family farmers, activists, and members of Food Democracy Now! gathered in front of the White House today, directly ...
India urged to adopt autonomous biotech regulatory authority
Noted agricultural scientist and Rajya Sabha member M.S. Swaminathan on Tuesday stressed the need for putting in place an autonomous ...
Colorado next target of anti-biotech groups?
Several Colorado agricultural groups are on high alert for the possible introduction of new legislation targeting genetically modified crops this ...
