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Can homosexuality be explained by epigenetics?
Is it really true that homosexuality can be explained by epigenetics?io9Is it really true that homosexuality can be explained by ...
Personalised medicine and the duty of disclosure
Mind the double bind - personalised medicine and the duty of disclosureLexology (registration)New federal law will ban genetic discrimination by ...
Virus-based gene therapy holds promise for neurological disease
Novel virus-based gene therapy holds promise for Canavan diseaseNews-Medical.netResearch led by Paola Leone, PhD, of the University of Medicine and ...
Is Obama kowtowing to anti-biotech activists?
Reason (blog)Is Obama Kowtowing to Anti-Biotech Activists?Reason (blog)For the past 17 years, AquaBounty Technologies has been doggedly pursuing Food and ...
Something fishy in the White House?
Emily Anthes, science writer and author of the upcoming book about biotechnology Frankenstein's Cat, responds to Jon Entine's piece about the ...
Lessons from Prop 37 — the future of genetic engineering in agriculture
To me, the bread and butter of GM will be control of plant diseases. Control of plant diseases are not ...
Food movement needs to follow the money, not waste time on labels
Over the past several years I have spent a great deal of time in high-security, limited-access genetic modification laboratories. While ...
Bats evolved to fix DNA from damage caused by flight
[N]ow, thanks to our ability to sequence genomes, some researchers have provided a new picture of how bats manage to ...
GMO apples inflame Washington label debate
Source – Capital Press By Dan Wheat Date – Dec 19, 2012 Website – www.capitalpress.com The president of a Canadian ...
Connecticut has ‘no need’ for GMO food label
No Need For 'Frankenfood' LabelHartford CourantProviding consumers with the facts is a good idea. But the fight against genetically modified ...
Cotton genome offers clues for fiber improvement
al.comUnraveling the Threads: Simplest Cotton Genome Offers Clues for Fiber ...Science Daily (press release)Aside from the DOE JGI, the University ...
Appeals court rules transgneic beet challenge moot
Capital Press (subscription)Appeals court rules biobeet challenge mootCapital Press (subscription)A federal appeals court has refused to revive a lawsuit filed ...
Indiana farmer challenges Monsanto before Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether a 75-year-old soybean farmer from Indiana is liable to Monsanto Co. in a ...
Gene therapy extends lives of children with brain disease
Children born with a rare, genetic brain disorder that causes severe atrophy and often leads to death within three years, ...
Medical examiner wants to probe Sandy Hook shooter’s genetics
Connecticut's chief medical examiner said he hopes Adam Lanza's biology will help explain why the Sandy Hook shooter went on a deadly rampage. The ...
Canada: In search of genomic incentives
In a renewed quest for medical breakthroughs, the Canadian government recently committed $67.5-million for research into “personalized medicine.” This bold ...
Breakthrough technique has potential to stop some genetic disorders from being inherited
Today, researchers at the New York Stem Cell Foundation and Columbia University Medical Center announced the success of a new technique to transfer the ...
Can your genes predict when you’ll die?
In Greek myth, the amount of time a person spent on earth was determined at birth by the length of ...
Body builders: Making artificial organs from cells
Ready-made organs have been a science fiction fantasy for decades. New “bioartificial” organs, made from plastic that’s seeded with stem ...
Is there a right time to give consent for genetic testing?
Globe and MailIs there a right time to give consent for genetic testing?Globe and MailFor Chad Sapieha, the choice is ...
We’ll see human cloning ‘within 50 years’
Telegraph.co.ukHuman cloning 'within 50 years'Telegraph.co.ukSir John Gurdon, whose work cloning frogs in the 1950s and 60s led to the later ...
Women with unclear BRCA tests choose to have their ovaries removed
Medical DailySome Women Choose to Have Their Ovaries Removed, Despite Inconclusive ...Medical DailyThe study was based on the self-reported responses ...
Scientists create a one-time, universal flu vaccine using genetic engineering
New process to make one-way flu vaccine discoveredScience Daily (press release)Associate Professor Sang-Moo Kang and his collaborators have found a ...
New fetal genetic test opens a host of ethical questions
ScientistYear of the FetusScientist“This will affect the complexity of genetic counseling tremendously,” said Emily Hardisty, a certified genetic counselor and ...
GMO stories helped drive consumer behavior in 2012
According to a recent survey, the Midwest drought, genetically modified organisms and the lean finely textured beef "pink slime" misnomer ...
Genetic testing reveals fake fish on your plate
Oceana’s findings are not exactly subtle, since their report is titled “Widespread Seafood Fraud Found in New York City,” and ...
India: Farmers’ leaders call for right to choose GM crops
A consortium of some farmers organisation from Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu have urged the government to remove all ...
