Science Literacy Project Daily Digest
Chemotherapy may be creating cancer stem cells
Cancer treatments may be creating more dangerous and persistent cancer cells that are resistant to both chemotherapy and radiation. Three ...
Mexicans protest against genetically modified corn
A theatrical protest in Mexico City against genetically modified corn. Scores of people took to the streets of the capital ...
Parrot genomics: Genome sequencing of endangered bird
The international open-access journal GigaScience(a BGI and BioMed Central journal) announces the publication of a unique study providing the genome ...
Association between obesity and consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages
It's hardly shocking, but a National Institutes of Health funded study finds that people with a genetic proclivity for obesity ...
Mentally handicapped children may not have inhertited handicap from parents
In children with severe intellectual disabilities genetic causes are very frequent and we have found in more than half of ...
Napiergrass: A potential biofuel crop?
A grass fed to cattle throughout much of the tropics may become a biofuel crop that helps the nation meet ...
Genetic traces of extinct human species discovered
DNA collected from modern hunter-gatherers -- the Pygmies of Cameroon, the Sandawe and Hadza of Tanzania, and the Khoe-San of ...
Livestock genetics could be a valuable resource
Farm animal genetic resources are not only valued significantly for their current economic, environmental services social and cultural roles but ...
Farmers say Switzerland is not ready for GM crops
The farming community in Switzerland is not opposed in principle to genetically modified (GM) plants. But growing GM plants is ...
Australia: New joint initiative to promote biotech and GM in agriculture
A new industry group, the Agricultural Biotechnology Council of Australia (ABCA) has been formed to promote and encourage debate on ...
‘Semi-dwarf’ trees may enable a green revolution for some forest crops
The same "green revolution" concepts that have revolutionized crop agriculture and helped to feed billions of people around the world ...
Stem cells ‘boost kidney transplants’
“Stem cells beat kidney rejection,” says BBC News. The broadcaster says that an injection of stem cells given alongside a ...
Nutrient in eggs and meat may influence gene expression from infancy to adulthood
Just as women are advised to get plenty of folic acid around the time of conception and throughout early pregnancy, ...
Genomics create opportunities for dairy farmers
The advent of genomics has certainly played a heavy role in today’s popular genetics. Screening for elite males and females ...
Zombie alert? Male DNA found in women’s brains might prevent disease
Male DNA found in the brains of women appears to have come from male fetuses they carried when pregnant, and ...
Storm over GM maize study worsens
THOSE who hoped the study would go away will be disappointed. Claims that eating genetically modified maize gives rats tumours ...
Study shows stem cells may prevent and cure Alzheimer’s
In the first study of its kind, researchers at Korea's leading university and the RNL Bio Stem Cell Technology Institute ...
Researchers plan whole-genome sequencing of hantavirus in public health study
California researchers and public health officials have launched what they describe as a groundbreaking series of studies of a rare ...
Researchers find possible key to regulation of ovarian cancer stem cells
Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center have discovered that the micro ribonucleic acid miR-214 plays a critical role in regulating ovarian ...
Mayo Clinic finds way to weed out problem stem cells, making therapy safer
Mayo Clinic researchers have found a way to detect and eliminate potentially troublemaking stem cells to make stem cell therapy ...
Reverse aging? Scientists find way to make old muscles young again with proteins and stem cells
It is a dream for everyone as they grow older to turn back the clock and live in a younger ...
Europe’s GM food fears reignited over controversial GM study
A recent French study claiming rats fed genetically modified corn suffered tumours has reignited Europe’s fears over GM food. Despite ...
Poll finds California’s Prop. 37 is likely to pass
By more than a 2-to-1 margin, California voters favor an initiative to require food manufacturers and retailers to label fresh ...
Labelling law for GMOs in Thailand produce
In the U.S. over eighty per cent of the soybeans, corn, and canola grown in the U.S. are Genetically Modified ...
Report says ‘biotech crops help farm income rise $78 b’
A new research, conducted by the UK-based PG Economics Limited, has claimed that the use of biotech crops had resulted ...
Mouse pancreatic stem cells successfully differentiate into insulin producing cells
In a study to investigate how transplanted islet cells can differentiate and mature into insulin-producing pancreatic cells, a team of ...
Scientists uncover mechanism by which plants inherit epigenetic modifications
During embryonic development in humans and other mammals, sperm and egg cells are essentially wiped clean of chemical modifications to ...
