Science Literacy Project Daily Digest
GM proponents face litigation
Litigation threats are forcing biotechnology campaigner Bill Crabtree to rethink his approach to the controversial topic, and call for greater ...
What we know—and don’t know—about the biology of homosexuality
The media was abuzz this week after an international group of researchers proposed that scientists may have been looking for ...
Heart cells turned into ‘biological pacemakers’ with injection of single gene
Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute researchers have reprogrammed ordinary heart cells to become exact replicas of highly specialized pacemaker cells by injecting ...
Canada joins personal genome project
The Personal Genome Project, an initiative to generate DNA sequence from the genomes of the general public, has been around since ...
Restless genes: How the human compulsion to explore is a defining part of human success
What drove us out from Africa and on to the moon and beyond? If an urge to explore rises in us ...
Buyer beware in ancestry testing!
Over at Genomes Unzipped Vincent Plagnol has put up a post, Exaggerations and errors in the promotion of genetic ancestry testing, which to ...
Synthetic biology can turn soaps and shampoos into fuel
However, for people not afraid of science, a PNAS paper showing that synthetic biology can be used to manipulate hydrocarbon ...
Kashi caves to anti-GMO demands
Kellogg's Kashi Still Battling GMO Foesbrandchannel.comKellogg's Kashi brand has just introduced two new USDA Certified organic cereals, touting that it's ...
UK should ban, or at least label, GMOs
Daily Mail'Frankenstein food' a good thing? It's all great GM liesDaily MailThere is no doubt that it was a declaration ...
What’s more dangerous: biology or synthetic biology?
Slate MagazineWhat's More Dangerous: Biology or Synthetic Biology?Slate MagazineTom Knight got the bug for bioscience while he was a computer ...
Personalized medicine offers glimpse into the future
Personalized medicine offers glimpse into the future - City & Region - The ...Buffalo NewsAndrew M. Cuomo to spur economic ...
Christmas tree genome relatively unchanged in 100 million years
Science can make better corn and, well, better everything - except perhaps the Christmas tree. The genome of conifers like spruce, ...
GM food-crops in developing countries: blessing or curse?
There is immense pressure on developing countries to adopt genetically modified (GM) crops in the shortest possible time to supposedly ...
UK: Seeds of another GM row are sown
Humbug. Christmastide would not be the same without the word. But while it is usually Scrooge’s denouncement of the festivities, ...
Untested stem cell cosmetics endanger consumers
Nature.comIn The Flesh: The Embedded Dangers of Untested Stem Cell CosmeticsScientific AmericanAbout three months earlier the woman had opted for ...
Smart food — Is there an alternative to GMOs?
By 2050, we need to figure out how to not only feed but also nourish the three billion new people ...
Co-founder of Greenpeace: GM opponents need a fundamental conversion
It takes courage, humility and honesty to admit mistakes. And how many of us haven't jumped to wrong and impetuous ...
N.C. considers compensating victims of eugenic sterilizations
The N.C. House will again pursue legislation in 2013 to compensate state residents sterilized decades ago by a state-sanctioned board, ...
What 23andMe is really selling
This week, 23andme, the personalized genomics company founded by Anne Wojcicki, wife of Google co-founder Sergey Brin, got an influx of investment cash ...
Scientist uncover clues about the evolution of hands
Fossils show that limbs evolved from fins, and a new study reveals how it may have happened. Spanish scientists injected ...
Will Monsanto destroy Mexico’s corn?
Aljazeera.comWill Monsanto destroy Mexico's corn?Aljazeera.comThose in the North fear the high costs and debts associated with transgenic corn, while the ...
The future of food: Are there alternatives to GMOs?
By 2050, we need to figure out how to not only feed but also nourish the three billion new people ...
Indian scientists found guilty of marketing contaminated GM cotton seeds
India TodayIndian scientists found guilty of marketing contaminated GM cotton seedsIndia TodayCertain tests conducted in 2004 at the National Research ...
We’re overselling the health-care ‘revolution’ of personal genomics
In the very near future, we’ll all be able to have our entire genome – all our genetic information – ...
Personalized medicine for prostate cancer: Promise of the future
Personalized medicine is treatment specific for a patient based on his or her genetic makeup. It doesn’t involve designing a ...
Cancers better at manipulation of host genes than thought
Cancer cells are derived from our very own stock, being based on our very DNA. Yet they are able to ...
DNA isn’t all-powerful: A challenge to personalized cancer care
(Reuters) - The cancer cells were not behaving the way the textbooks say they should. Some of the cells in ...
