Science Literacy Project Daily Digest
Ready or not, genomics is coming to hospitals
This year, at a faster pace than many industry insiders anticipated, we're seeing genomics enter the world of real-life care ...
California voters to decide on GMO labeling
The California Secretary of State's office has announced that the Right to Know initiative to label genetically engineered foods will ...
Eatings disorders linked to genes
There should be no guilt or shame with an eating disorder. These feelings are common. But new research tells us ...
Russia to allow GMOs in order to enter WTO
As Russia aims to join the World Trade Organization, it is sweetening the deal by offering to drop its restrictions ...
Germany to oppose easing of GM trace rules
Germany will oppose any European Union move to allow traces of unapproved genetically-modified (GM) organisms in food in a similar ...
Stem cells used to repair damaged eyes in world-first Aussie trial
A medical breakthrough by Australian scientists has shown how sheets of stem cells grown on contact lenses can repair damaged ...
EU plans to let traces of unapproved GMOs in food
Tiny amounts of unapproved genetically modified organisms (GMOs) will be permitted in food imports to the European Union under draft ...
Gene therapy paves way for new cancer treatment
Gene therapy has been proven effective in inhibiting breast tumor growth in mice, marking a new pathway for cancer treatment, ...
Italy: GMO field to be destroyed after being authorized 14 years ago
An experimental field of GMO plants, authorized in 1998 in Italy, is going to be destroyed during the next few ...
Stem cells converted to human bones
Scientists have grown human bone from stem cells in a laboratory, paving the way for patients to have bro-ken bones ...
India: Move on GM crops provokes massive protests
The environment ministry's Genetic Engineering Approval Committee — meant to regulate GM crop release — has been hit with a ...
Africa: Gov’t takes measures to increase cotton production
The Government of Ghana has pledge its commitment towards the increment of cotton production in the country. To this end, ...
Genetic screening of unborn babies ‘may be inaccurate’, says genetic watchdog Council for Responsible Genetics
New tests for genetic screening of unborn babies will not be 100 per cent accurate and may scare parents into ...
Should we label genetically modified food?
States--including California and Vermont--are considering laws that would require that genetically modified foods be clearly labeled on the packaging. Nationwide, ...
Patients nix genetic tests due to cost, says study
Pennsylvania researchers have discovered that a sizable percentage of patients potentially at risk for cancer would turn down testing to ...
Can genes accurately predict human health?
One of the most controversial aspects of the genetic screening revolution is the proliferation of gene tests by such organizations ...
Stem cells market – Is the government holding it back?
Stem cell research is very dynamic with research trends, focus, and approaches evolving rapidly - but increased government restrictions on ...
U.S. House biotech proposal would bypass courts-critic
A provision in a U.S. House bill would allow farmers to grow genetically modified crops while court battles are under ...
Anti-GM group find drought-resistant GM corn lacking
The Union for Concerned Scientists (UCS) said the only genetically altered corn approved by regulators and undergoing field trials in ...
Nigeria: ‘Genetically modified foods safe for humans’
The National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA) says consumption of Genetically Modified (GM) foods will not pose any threat to human ...
Campaign to label biotech foods a waste of time and money, says GM supporter
Occasionally you just have to stop and ask yourself what the public has against scientific progress; especially when it comes ...
Creator of drought-tolerant corn says value is to be determined by farmers
The makers of the first corn genetically modified to be tolerant of drought said they are confident it will prove ...
Mechanism that maintains stem cells readiness identified
An immune-system receptor plays an unexpected but crucially important role in keeping stem cells from differentiating and in helping blood ...
Nature, nurture or neither? Epigenetics is the new twist in an age-old argument
It is a shibboleth of family life – that every individual is the product of their genes and environment, the ...
Genetic screening of unborn babies ‘may not be 100 pc accurate’
New tests for genetic screening of unborn babies will not be 100 per cent accurate and may scare parents into ...
Japan team create liver from stem cells
Japanese researchers have created a functioning human liver from stemcells, a report said Friday, raising hopes for the manufacture of ...
How do you live knowing you might have an alzheimer’s gene?
Though as much as 99 percent of all Alzheimer’s cases are not a result of a known genetic mutation, researchers ...
