Science Literacy Project Daily Digest

An isolated outbreak of a deadly disease known as acute hemorrhagic fever, which killed two people and left one gravely ...

What's the charge? Henry I. Miller, a fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution who was founding director of the Food ...

Using genes as interchangeable parts, synthetic biologists design cellular circuits that can perform new functions, such as sensing environmental conditions ...

After a French researcher published an alarming study on genetically modified crops, Indonesian scientists say they will scrutinize research from ...

A British scientist has won the Nobel Prize for Medicine for his work in creating stem cells to battle hitherto ...

An African mosquito species with a deadly capacity to transmit malaria has a perplexing evolutionary history, according to discovery by ...

Researchers have identified genetic "signatures" for aggressive prostate cancer (the second most common cause of death in men, after lung ...

Studies of identical twins unequivocally demonstrate the heritability of politically related behavior. What they do not do, though, is explain ...

U.S. researchers have developed a system, triggered by blue light, that can seek out and turn on or off any ...

Indian state Chhattisgarh has begun an ambitious programme to increase the population of the wild buffalo through cloning ...

Mouse eggs can now be cooked up from scratch. Using stem cells, a Japanese team has created healthy eggs that, ...

In two papers in major scientific journals, researchers today suggested pushing DNA sequencing into more routine use in the clinic, ...

The debate about the possible harmful effects of GM foods came roaring back after a French scientific research linked the ...

A faster DNA sequencing machine and streamlined analysis of the results can diagnose genetic disorders in days rather than weeks, ...

So let’s exercise our right to know. Prop 37 is widely described as a referendum to require special labels for ...

The ACLU has petitioned the US Supreme Court to review a Federal Circuit Court’s decision that an isolated DNA sequence ...

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has found that a controversial study, which claimed to link genetically modified (GM) crops ...

The old battle between seed companies and opponents of genetically engineered agriculture is being waged anew in California, where voters ...

There's a growing gap between what grocery shoppers think they know about their food and the reality. Those tomatoes with ...

A new study describes the mechanism behind impaired muscle repair during aging and a strategy that may help rejuvenate aging ...

UCLA researchers are using a gene therapy to restore the immune systems of children with so-called "Bubble Boy" disease. The ...

Researchers at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine have developed the first animal model that duplicates the human response in ...

StemCells Inc. (STEM) said it transplanted neural stem cells into its first patient with dry age-related macular degeneration, pushing forward ...

The Natural Products Association supports the right of consumers to know what ingredients go into their food products. However, NPA ...

Animal models contribute significantly to our understanding of molecular mechanisms underlying disease pathologies. However, few models predictably translate preclinical findings ...

On Nov. 6, 2012, California voters will decide the fate of Proposition 37, the Genetically Engineered Foods Labeling Initiative. If ...

The Valley's edible crops are grown without genetic engineering, but farmers here still fear a ballot initiative aimed at labeling ...