Science Literacy Project Daily Digest
Acid-burn victim gets rare stem cell surgery
A group of local doctors on Wednesday injected grown stem cells into a severely-burnt Malaysian woman to repair her skin ...
Organics activist Ronnie Cummins lashes out at biotech industry, urges California labeling initiative
Ronnie Cummins, an organics activist, vilifies GMOs and the biotech industry in his op ed. Cummins claims that the food ...
Activists accuse Monsanto of trying to “end run” GMO restrictions
Activists accuse Monsanto of a "quiet coup" regarding various activities, including the 2012 Farm Bill, which activists claim will allow ...
Dietary recommendations based on genetics seen as more credible than general dietary guidance
An increasing number of consumers regard dietary recommendations based on genetics as being more credible than general dietary advice, according ...
Why women live longer then men: It’s in the genes
THE reason women live roughly four years longer than men in Australia may not solely be down to their reduced ...
Wal-Mart to sell genetically modified sweet corn
Rejecting entreaties from consumers and activists, Wal-Mart says it plans to sell a new crop of genetically modified sweet corn ...
Genetic screening identifies genes linked to human skeletal disease
A genetic screening approach to studying bone disease has found nine new genes associated with bone health and suggests a ...
Anti biotech activists claim that “GM ‘cure’ threatens to be much worse than any agricultural disease”
“I KNOW an old lady who swallowed a fly” — we all know the song from our childhood, but what ...
Genetics test reveals your cat’s ancestry
Ever wondered whether your feline hails from eastern Asia or the eastern Mediterranean? No need to rack your brain anymore ...
Explaining obesity: Diet, lifestyle or genes?
Modern lifestyles are quite different from those of our hunter-gatherer ancestors. That seems obvious. People looking to apply blame for ...
Greenpeace activists in costly GM protest
Two women who broke into CSIRO and destroyed a research crop of genetically-modified wheat with whipper-snippers have cost Greenpeace more ...
New technique allows plant breeders to introduce crop traits without access to full genome of crops
A new technique will allow plant breeders to introduce valuable crop traits even without access to the full genome sequence ...
Personalized medicine closer to reality: Using stem cells to study variants of Parkinson’s disease
A nationwide consortium of scientists at 20 institutions, led by a principal faculty member at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute ...
Your diet affects your grandchildren’s DNA, scientists say
You are what you eat, the saying goes. And, according to two new genetic studies, you are what your mother, ...
Monsanto wins big award in a biotech patent case
A federal jury awarded $1 billion in damages to the crop biotechnology leader Monsanto on Wednesday, saying that its arch ...
Sick from stress? Blame your Mom, and epigenetics
If you're sick from stress, a new research report appearing in the August 2012 issue of The FASEB Journal suggests ...
Fat stem cells from liposuction used to form functioning blood vessels
Liposuction may yield more than just a leaner figure – it can potentially produce stem cells for tissue reconstruction. Researchers ...
California gene-altered food campaigns draw $4.3 million
A campaign to make California the first state to require labeling of genetically modified foods has raised $2.3 million in ...
In defense of synthetic biology: Can it help create a better future for all?
Synthetic biology means different things to different people. Its leading scientists want to create, characterise and, crucially, standardise individual pieces ...
Global agricultural biotechnology market growing at a rapid pace
The global market for agricultural biotechnology was $13.7 billion in 2011 and is estimated to grow to $14.4 billion in ...
GM crops lead to genetically modified tires
High yielding, genetically modified crops have transformed the economics of U.S. farming. But they also pack an unexpected punch: Their ...
New evidence for stem cells that spur cancer’s growth
For a decade, it’s been one of the most hotly debated questions in cancer: do tumors return despite powerful treatments ...
Ireland: Protest over GM potatoes grows
It was reported last week that Ireland's Environmental Protection Agency had approved the trial of a genetically modified potato crop ...
Are stem cells delivering on their potential therapeutic benefits?
Since stem cells have the potential to become almost any cell in the body, these cells offer tremendous potential to ...
Get ready for a new genre of medical tests for the era of personalized medicine
A new genre of diagnostic tests – which determine whether a medicine is right for a patient’s genes – are ...
Can genetics improve ethanol production?
A California company with a stake owned by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln announced it has discovered a yeast gene that ...
Swedish agricultural and food co-operative shuts feed line after GM rapemeal found
Lantmannen highlighted the severity of the European Union's opposition to genetically modified foods by revealing that it had closed down ...
