Science Literacy Project Daily Digest
Genetically modified rice a good vitamin A source
Genetically modified rice could be a good source of vitamin A for children in countries where deficiency in the vitamin ...
NIH funds gene therapy using ultrasound
NIH awarded researchers at Allegheny General Hospital (AGH) a $1.7 million grant over four years to progress development of a ...
Celebrities may be easy clone — through their diets
Mix a cup of whisky and the occasional chocolate bar with brewer’s yeast and let fester. In a few weeks, ...
Golden Rice, set for debut, will be great source of Vitamin A, study shows
A new study found that Golden Rice is just as good, and even better than supplements and other foods at ...
Farmers turn to engineered corn to adapt to drought. But will it be enough?
Out in western Kansas, the corn looks unsalvageable. The landscape is rife with curled brown leaves, an unmistakable sign of ...
California labeling initiative: Anti-GM activist compares the food industry to tobacco industry
As the California labeling act gets closer to election day, proponents of both sides are coming out of the woodwork ...
Researchers identify a novel double-stranded DNA structure
Scientists have been proposing a novel form of double-stranded DNA structure since 1996. Referred to as 'S-DNA', it is produced ...
Monsanto’s genetically modified sweet corn sparks debate
Protesters of genetically modified food were outraged in early August when Wal-Mart Stores Inc. confirmed that the company plans to ...
As prices for prenatal genome sequencing tests fall, some worry about consequences for families in a real-life ‘Gattaca’
If you could know your unborn child's entire genetic makeup, would you want to? Researchers believe that tests that detail ...
Could genetically modified seeds be a drought solution?
Could genetically modified seeds be a drought solution? While farmers across the country struggle with the worst drought in 50 ...
Mitochondrial DNA may hold answer to why women live longer than men
Scientists working on fruit flies say their work provides an answer to the question of why women tend to live ...
Key West, Florida, says NO to genetically engineered mosquitoes
Dengue Fever afflicts millions of people around the world. It is a virus that is spread by a specific mosquito, ...
Scottish people’s DNA study could ‘rewrite nation’s history’
A large scale study of Scottish people's DNA is threatening to "rewrite the nation's history", according to author Alistair Moffat ...
Behind the hype on stem cells
There's a lot of hype about the potential for stem cells to revolutionise medicine, but the race to innovation shouldn't ...
23andMe makes music from your DNA
Most people don’t go around all day and wonder what secrets might be hidden in their genes. Personal genomics startup ...
Newton’s Law: If an apple hits you on the head it can rewire your genetic circuitry, creating a savant
Getting smacked in the head is no picnic, as most football players, hockey players, and boxers would attest. Debilitating side ...
Genetic studies give clues to Tourette Syndrome and OCD
Two new large-scale studies searching for the genetic links to a couple of relatively common psychiatric conditions show how difficult ...
Malaria genome sequencing brings hope
The search for a vaccine against malaria remains high on the global research agenda for many years. The parasites being ...
Scientists advance genetic understanding of how flowers are formed
Scientists from the Smurfit Institute of Genetics at Trinity College Dublin have made a significant breakthrough in understanding the genetic ...
Scientists use light to ‘tag and track’ genetic processes
In a new study, UT Dallas researchers outline how they used fluorescent molecules to "tag" DNA and monitor a process ...
Gene discovery could improve treatment for acute myeloid leukemia
Scientists have made a discovery involving mice and humans that could mean that people with acute myeloid leukemia, a usually ...
India: Bar GM food crops, says parliamentary panel
In a major setback to the proponents of genetically modified technology in farm crops, the Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture on ...
Controversy over scientists plan to map and make public extended family’s genome
Not as many people around the world cared about the genes of Manuel Corpas and his family as he had ...
India: Greens call for halt to field trials of GM food crops
Environmentalists have called for stopping all field trials of genetically (GM) modified crops and a wider public debate on the ...
Frozen human embryos yield viable stem cells biomedical research
Even after being frozen for 18 years, human embryos can be thawed, grown in the laboratory, and successfully induced to ...
GM calves bred to beef up flavor
Scientists in Beijing confirmed they have successfully bred two genetically modified (GM) cloned calves for the first time in the ...
New genetic risk factors for diabetes discovered
Two large-scale gene association projects have identified a large number of new loci that influence glycemic traits such as blood ...
