Science Literacy Project Daily Digest
Khoe-San people represent earliest branch off human family tree
The Khoe-San people of southern Africa have been recognised as one of the earliest-formed distinct human genetic groups for several ...
Human brain atlas, revealing genetic activity in 3D, published online
The first detailed maps of genetic activity in the human brain have been published online by scientists. This freely accessible ...
Genetic mutation may have allowed early humans to migrate throughout Africa
A genetic mutation that occurred thousands of years ago might be the answer to how early humans were able to ...
Researchers engineer novel DNA barcode
Much like the checkout clerk uses a machine that scans the barcodes on packages to identify what customers bought at ...
Internationally known scientist stands up for GM crops
Dr Peacock says one of his big disappointments is the way GM food crops have been represented as harmful to ...
GM corn could soon be used to make drugs
Genetically modified corn could soon be used to mass-produce the enzymes used in rare-disease therapies, according to new research ...
Federal court ponders legality of police DNA collection
Federal appeals court judges aimed tough questions Wednesday at a state lawyer defending California's voter-approved requirement that police take DNA ...
How do cats earn their stripes? It’s all in the DNA
A newly-discovered animal gene may explain how the common housecat comes to have a blotchy or stripey tabby fur pattern ...
Marijuana based drug may “turn off” gene that causes breast cancer
The "medical" bit of medical marijuana may be legitimate after all: Turns out a component of cannabis fights cancer, according ...
How do organisms evolve?
A team of researchers at Michigan State University has documented the step-by-step process in which organisms evolve new functions. The ...
Scientists create map of human brain
A comprehensive atlas of the adult human brain that reveals the activity of genes across the entire organ has been ...
In breakthrough, geneticists find 4 distinct types of cancer leading to new treatments
In findings that are fundamentally reshaping the scientific understanding of breast cancer, researchers have identified four genetically distinct types of ...
India: Parliamentary panel seeks stopping of trials of GM seeds
A Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture, which examined in detail the prospects and effects of cultivating genetically modified food crops, sought ...
Noted European scientist defends embattled maize GM study
Scientists have hit back against the criticism levelled at the research linking the world’s best-selling weedkiller and a strain of ...
Under controlled: Why the new GMO panic is more sensational than sense
A new toxicology study states that rats eating genetically modified food and the weedkiller Roundup develop huge tumors and die ...
Scientists use genetics, climate reconstructions to track global spread of modern humans out of Africa
Research indicates the out-of-Africa spread of humans was dictated by the appearance of favourable climatic windows. By integrating genetics with ...
Diseases of aging map to a few ‘hotspots’ on the human genome
Researchers have long known that individual diseases are associated with genes in specific locations of the genome. Genetics researchers at ...
Prenatal genome sequencing expected to pose challenges to doctors
Geneticists soon will be able to identify an unborn child’s risk of developing chronic diseases later in life and possibly ...
Using race in medicine
Racial categories are currently ubiquitous in medicine and medical research. How are these categories determined? Is there uniformity from one ...
Scientists use genetics, climate reconstructions to track global spread of modern humans out of Africa
Research indicates the out-of-Africa spread of humans was dictated by the appearance of favourable climatic windows. By integrating genetics with ...
Growing better poplars for biofuels
It took mankind millennia of painstaking trial and error to breed hardier, healthier food crops. "We can't wait that long ...
Kenya emerges as hub for bio-tech in east African region
Kenya has emerged as a leader in the development and use of biotechnology in the east and central African region ...
As corn withers, biotech companies focus on drought-tolerant crops
The worst U.S. drought in half a century is withering the nation’s corn crop, but it’s a fertile opportunity for ...
Spain: Genetic study will help produce better quality melons
Producing better quality melons with guaranteed results before planting; this will be possible thanks to the "Melonomics" project, involving several ...
Siberian discovery could bring scientists closer to cloning Woolly Mammoth
The key to cloning a woolly mammoth may be locked into the Siberian permafrost. At least, that’s what scientists in ...
The Bushmen tell us a lot about human evolution and genetics
When it comes to the human genetics of the Khoe-San there’s a little that’s stale and unoriginal for me in ...
Genomic studies find all humans did not originate in East Africa
The largest study of genetic variance across present-day populations in southern Africa suggests that there is no single place in ...
