Science Literacy Project Daily Digest
Genetically altered corn targets worldwide food demand
Purdue researchers aim to ensure global food security by genetically altering corn to be more drought resistant ...
Secrets to oldest living family’s longevity: genetics, quality of life and diet play role in Sardinian family’s long life
Researchers searching for clues to the elixir of long-life in these lands have studied these ancient island communities for years ...
Older fathers pass on more new genetic mutations to offspring
Men who become fathers later in life pass on more brand-new genetic mutations to their offspring, a study has found ...
Certain human diseases may have evolutionary epigenetic origins
Ninety-six percent of a chimpanzee's genome is the same as a human's. It's the other 4 percent, and the vast ...
Plant genetics’ role in challenging year
The cold, wet weather has affected both early and late-sown crops across the varietal spectrum. In 2011, most crops were ...
Brazil court supports consumers’ resistance to GMO in food items
A Brazilian court has demanded that multi-billion dollar food giant Nestle label all of its products as genetically modified that ...
Monsanto eyes 2013 launch for new soybean seeds in Argentina
Monsanto aims to start selling the new seeds--which have the combined traits of resistance to insects and the herbicide glyphosate--in ...
U.S. Appeals Court: Government can fund stem cell research
A three-judge panel at the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia refused to order the Obama ...
Scientists grow lung cells from patients in lab to test drugs
Researchers have produced lung cells in the lab using stem cells grown from the skin of patients with cystic fibrosis ...
Eating disorders ‘may be genetic’
In a new study, researchers have uncovered fresh evidence of a genetic predisposition to eating disorders that is passed on ...
DNA sleuths cure hospital infections
In one of the nation's most sophisticated hospitals, genome sequencing helped cure a deadly infection that spread through the hospital ...
Blood cells coaxed back into stem cell state
Johns Hopkins scientists have developed a reliable method to restore blood cells into a primitive stem cell state from which ...
Volumise your face using your own stem cells
In your 20s, you may be crabby about a full, fat face and how it makes you look portly in ...
A GPS in your DNA
While your DNA is unique, it also tells the tale of your family line. It carries the genetic history of ...
Controversy simmers over allergies and genetically modified food
Over the last 18 years, genetically modified food has become quite common in the United States. During that same period, ...
GMO crops: To label or not to label?
This fall, California voters will be asked to vote on Proposition 37, a law which would require that all foods ...
Anti-GM acitivists say spread of genes from GM rice “slow but unavoidable”
GM crop genes, such as those designed for insect resistance, can spread through cross-pollination with wild plants surrounding farmers' fields ...
Stem cell trial for Autism launches in U.S.
Families with autistic children must navigate a condition where questions outnumber the answers, and therapies remain sparse and largely ineffective ...
U-turn on GM in Turkey
Turkey's Food and Beverage Associations Federation (TGDF) has withdrawn applications to import 29 genetically modified (GM) food items due to ...
New research shows more approval of GM food consumption
Genetically Modified Organisms are playing a major role in the economic transformation of developing countries despite the emergence of pest-resistant ...
Australian anti-GM acitivists demand GMO labeling
Food Standards Australia New Zealand has approved 43 varieties of genetically modified canola, corn, potato, rice, soybean and sugarbeet for ...
Shoddy drafting or part of the plan?: The “natural” problem in California’s biotech food labeling initiative, according to pro-biotech commenter
The “California Right to Know Genetically Engineered Food Act,” also known as Proposition 37 (“Prop 37″), advances the deeply misguided ...
Synthetic future: Harvard Medical School professor leads effort to streamline biological engineering
If the field of synthetic biology lives up to its promise, says Harvard Medical School Professor Pamela Silver, cheap, fast ...
Low oxygen boosts stem cell survival in muscular dystrophy therapy
Controlling the amount of oxygen that stem cells are exposed to can significantly increase the effectiveness of a procedure meant ...
DNA deletions promote cancer, collateral damage makes it vulnerable
Genomic deletions promote cancer by carving up or eliminating tumor-suppressor genes, but now scientists report in the journal Nature that ...
Public benefits of whole genome sequencing
Rapid advances in genomic sequencing technologies are making the possibility of reliable and affordable whole genome sequencing (WGS) a reality ...
Genetically engineered algae for biofuel could pose potential risks
Algae are high on the genetic engineering agenda as a potential source for biofuel, and they should be subjected to ...
