Science Literacy Project Daily Digest
‘Golden Rice’ scandal tarnishes ethics committee
'Golden Rice' scandal tarnishes ethics committeeGlobal TimesThe results of an investigation into the infamous experiment of "Golden Rice," a genetically ...
Speed up roll-out of GM crops, says British prime minister
Source – The Telegraph (UK) By Christopher Hope Date – Dec 10, 2012 Website – www.telegraph.co.uk European Union bureaucrats are ...
Scottish government responds to UK minister’s pro-GM comments
In view of the UK Food Minister's pronouncements on GM today ('Food minister Owen Paterson backs GM crops') we publish ...
New evidence of Prop 37 voting fraud?
After election day most of us heard that Prop 37, the initiative to label GMO foods failed to gather enough ...
Genetically reprogrammed AIDs virus rescues girl from cancer
In the first of its kind experimental treatment, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia used a disabled form of the virus that ...
DNA evidence shows gypsies came from India
The GuardianDNA Evidence Shows Gypsies Began Their Exodus From India 1500 Years AgoScience 2.0While the Middle East and Caucasus regions ...
Seralini paper to blame for Kenya’s GMO ban
Seralini Paper Influences Kenya Ban of GMO ImportsForbesBags containing 'MON 810', a variety of genetically modified maize (corn) developed by ...
UK food minister backs GM crops
Telegraph.co.ukFood minister Owen Paterson backs GM cropsTelegraph.co.ukThe Coalition has so far allowed small-scale cultivation trials for GM food but its ...
Cheerios anti-GM attacks demonstrate a need for food transparency
General Mills' Cheerios Facebook Page Morphs into an Anti-GMO CampaignTriple PunditConsumers focused on the issue of transparency and right-to-know, and ...
Anti-GM activists rally in India
Campaign against genetically modified food products takes rootTimes of IndiaCHANDIGARH: Even as MNCs are trying to woo various state governments ...
How accurate is 23andMe?
My initial inclination in this post was to discuss a recent ordering snafu which resulted in many of my friends ...
UK to map genomes of 100,000 people
Government hopes public health programme will revolutionise the treatment and prevention of cancer and other diseasesUp to 100,000 people in ...
Should the FDA regulate DTC genome sequencing?
The Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) gene testing industry has generated a lot of press over the last five or six years. But ...
We all have hundreds of DNA flaws
Everyone has on average 400 flaws in their DNA, a UK study suggests. Most are "silent" mutations and do not affect ...
Genetics traces Gypsies to ancient Indian origin
The Romani people—once known as “gypsies” or Roma—have been objects of both curiosity andpersecution for centuries. Today, some 11 million Romani, ...
New prenatal genetic test offers parents more answers
Three studies released Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine highlight the use of microarray testing as the latest technology ...
Prenatal diagnosis story shows challenge of genetics reporting
The New England Journal of Medicine reported this week that prenatal diagnosis with gene chips is superior to conventional chromosome ...
China sacks three officials for GMO rice test
China sacks three officials for GMO rice test: XinhuaNBCNews.com (blog)By Reuters. China has fired three officials for testing genetically modified ...
Vermont ‘prioritizes’ GMO food labeling law
Debate over GMO labeling law in VermontWCAXWhen University of Vermont student Danielle Piraina heads to the grocery store, she steers ...
Indian farmer calls for access to biotechnology
Farming in India has reached a very crucial phase. In a scenario of rising consumption needs and aspirations, and dwindling ...
Costa Rica battles Monsanto over GMO corn
(NaturalNews) With the exception of about 1,000 acres of land that have been devoted to the cultivation of transgenic crops ...
How to build a better tomato using genetics
Since plants were first grown for food, farmers, and more recently plant breeders, have selected their best plants, saved the ...
Expert tours own exome, finds mainly false alarms
When 23andMe offered a few select clients the opportunity to have the protein-encoding portion of their genome sequenced, Gabe Rudy ...
Gene therapy on the mend
Last month, Europe’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use approved a gene therapy for a rare genetic disease, the ...
Genetically modified mosquitoes to be released in Key West?
Mosquito control officials in the Florida Keys are waiting for the federal government to sign off on an experiment that ...
Agrochemical industry interest in GMOs “threatens independent science”
Today, independent science is threatened with extinction. While this is true in every field, it is the field of food ...
XYY men and genetic determinism
PLoS Blogs (blog)XYY MenPLoS Blogs (blog)This week's New England Journal of Medicine has four articles about the new precision in ...
