Science Literacy Project Daily Digest
Risk genes show up in newborns’ brain scans
Brain scans of newborns show the same brain changes that appear in adults with gene variants linked to Alzheimer’s, schizophrenia, ...
Could genetic diseases be treated prenatally?
Last week we introduced the reality that our genetic technology is far surpassing our ethical ability to deal with the ...
Bacteria or virus? Your genes can reveal what ails you
What's giving you the sniffles? Is it a virus or bacteria? Your genes may offer an easy way to check: ...
Harvard scientists sequence entire genome from single cell
The notion that police can identify a suspect based on the tiniest drop of blood or trace of tissue has ...
Why the GMO labeling bill will fare better in Washington State
On November 6, in the wake of one of the most expensive and scurrilous smear campaigns in history, six million ...
In Latin America, a growing backlash against GM food
Are genetically modified crops “Franken-foods” or the answer to global hunger and climate change? That is the dilemma dividing Latin America, ...
GM food labeling bill pre-filed in New Mexico Senate
Food Safety NewsGenetically Modified Food Labeling Bill Pre-Filed in New Mexico SenateFood Safety NewsWirth for comment were unsuccessful. It is ...
Two in three UK shoppers demand GM product labels
Daily MailTwo in three shoppers demand GM product labels in embarrassing consumer ...Daily MailThe FSA figures show a large majority ...
Consumer DNA testing kits: The new front line of genetics
For the price of a night out, individuals can learn key elements of their genetic composition, hence take life-saving treatment, ...
It’s time to stop obsessing about the dangers of genetic information
The personal genomics horse has bolted, yet many members of the medical community are still trying to shut the barn ...
Personality-influencing gene may be a key to long life
The human genome is like a roadmap for the body, but our understanding of the road signs that point some ...
The problem with GM food is the patent
The Main Problem With Patented GM Food Is The Patent, Not The Fact That It's GMTechdirtBut every GM food becomes ...
Using your 23andMe data: How inbred are you?
South Asian populations exhibit a lot of between population genetic distance, and not simply as a function of geography. But ...
Education doesn’t increase intelligence
Education does not increase your intelligence. It’s the other way around. A subcategory of the last common misconception about intelligence ...
Stem cells and sight: “And the blind shall see again”
Some days the future arrives faster than others—this is one of those days. Researchers from Oxford University just announced that ...
Mark Lynas: An environmentalist’s conversion
It has been more than fifteen years since companies like Monsanto began intense efforts to export agricultural biotechnology from the ...
The GMO debate can finally begin
Last Thursday, Mark Lynas simply stated, in measured and scientific terms, that he had changed his mind. It is a measure of ...
The Silk Road delivered a genetic disease alongside goods and culture
Researchers have identified four new regions on the human genome associated with Behcet's disease, a painful and potentially dangerous condition ...
Counting the cost of the anti-GMO movement
There is a long and growing list of agricultural, environmental, and health improvement that "could have been" if the anti-GMO ...
Bacterial “immune system” used to engineer human DNA in human cells
Precisely engineering the genome of human cells remains largely in the realm of science fiction. It's possible, with the right virus, ...
Genetic tests could pave way to ‘personalised’ asthma drugs
The GuardianGenetic tests could pave way to 'personalised' asthma drugsThe GuardianRoutine and inexpensive genetic testing could save a significant number ...
Does Mark Lynas’s “conversion” represent a turning point in the GM debate?
Anyone who believes the combustible GM discourse has turned a corner would do well to remember similar pronouncements made about ...
Public health genomics: 15 years on
Genomic research was widely expected to transform medicine, ushering in a new era of personalized healthcare and disease prevention, but ...
Eco-feminist says farmers who use GMOs are like rapists
Dr. Vandana Shiva, eco-feminist - whatever that means - philosopher and environmental activist does not like that Mark Lynas has changed ...
Pharmacology may host genome revolution
Genomic research will transform medicine but progress has been slower than expected, leading critics to charge that the promise of ...
Leading anti-GMO activist’s confession: I was completely wrong to oppose GMOs
If you fear genetically modified food, you may have Mark Lynas to thank. By his own reckoning, British environmentalist helped ...
Stem cell showdown: Small business vs. the FDA
Celltex’s venture raises some of the most vexing, emotional issues in the business of medicine. Stem cells hold enormous promise, ...
