Science Literacy Project Daily Digest
How a quarter of the cow genome came from snakes
Genomes are often described as recipe books for living things. If that’s the case, many of them badly need an ...
Company aims to screen ‘virtual progeny’ from sperm banks
When economic development consultant Anne Morriss and her partner were looking for a sperm donor, genetics was an afterthought. “We trusted ...
Adam Lanza’s DNA could be compared to forensic databases
Days after the Newtown shootings of December 14, 2012, headlines trumpeted the state medical examiner’s request of University of Connecticut geneticists to ...
Nature creates genetically modified organisms — including humans
Despite some concerns over the transfer of DNA from one organism to another to create genetically modified crops and animals, ...
Why we have a right to consumer genetics
It’s hard to get straightforward health guidance from personal genome tests, which are banned in some places. But one way ...
Separating wheat from chaff at the genetic level
It may be the greatest thing since sliced bread. Heck, it may be even better than sliced bread. Several weeks ...
In epigenetics, location is everything
In a novel use of gene knockout technology, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine tested ...
Desperate patients seek stem cell miracles, but scientists warn of hidden dangers
Boca Raton parents Gary and Judy Susser say they know the hope and promise of stem-cell therapy. Nine years ago they ...
What Democrats can learn from reformed anti-GMO activist Mark Lynas
British environmentalist Mark Lynas was an early advocate against GMOs and, as he tells it, that meant he was an ...
Why I changed my mind about GMOs
Lecture to Oxford Farming Conference, 3 January 2013 I want to start with some apologies. For the record, here and ...
U.S. Fish and Wildlife concerned about AquaBounty salmon
Maynard-based AquaBounty Technologies — with a genetically modified fish that grows twice as fast as native Atlantic salmon — won ...
Genes are no guarantee you’ll get the kids you want
Some people are concerned about genetically modified food, with good reason, but I’m more concerned about genetically modified kids. One ...
Oldest man in world has “genetic edge”
Jiroemon Kimura, who became the world's oldest man on record last week, can thank a combination of luck early in ...
Tool developed to evaluate genome sequencing methods
Advances in bio-technologies and computer software have helped make genome sequencing much more common than in the past. But still ...
Gene determines how much of a “reward” people get from booze
One in six U.S. adults binge-drinks four times a month, consuming an average of eight drinks per session, according to ...
GM food: British public ‘should be persuaded of the benefits’
The British public should be persuaded of the benefits of genetically modified food, the environment secretary will tell the UK's farming industry on ...
Oregon farmers hope to ban GM crops
Supporters of a local ban on genetically modified crops filed signatures with the Jackson County clerk on Wednesday in Medford ...
GM maize ban lifted in Russia
A temporary ban on GM maize has been lifted in Russia. The ban was put in place in September last ...
India’s GM labeling law suffers from ‘lack of planning’
On New Year's day, India joined a select band of countries where food containing genetically modified (GM) content must be ...
Label-It-Yourself activists should be prosecuted
GM labeling activists are not waiting for government-mandated labeling. Vigilantes are going through the aisles of supermarkets and applying their own ...
Glybera: The story of gene therapy
Glybera (alipogene tiparvovec) made history on November 2 when the European Union approved its marketing application, making the gene therapy the first to ...
GM labelling comes to India
On the New Year’s day India joined a select band of countries in the world which have mandated labeling of food containing ...
When should you give genetic testing as a gift?
When 23andMe offered their DNA test for just $99, I started to think about giving it for Christmas presents. It was an ...
Promising trends for 2013: Genome editing and sequencing
More than once last year, researchers described leaps in medical science that were so breathtaking, and held so much potential ...
Medical-testing companies disagree on potential impact of gene patent ruling
Much has changed since 1990, when geneticist Mary Claire King first located the breast-cancer gene at the heart of the ...
2013: Year of the stem cell
Researchers have already safely injected stem cells into patients with neurodegenerative diseases and spinal cord injuries -- and they've seen ...
Knowing you carry a cancer gene
The oncologist called me alone to the exam room, and I told her the story I had revealed to more ...
