Science Literacy Project Daily Digest

Illegally smuggled into Brazil 14 years ago, transgenic soy has proved a boon to domestic farmers and now accounts for ...

Animals whose ancestors were exposed to an environmental compound generations earlier have been found to developed an increased reaction to ...

Scientists have discovered a complex gene cluster responsible for the synthesis of the medicinal compound noscapine ...

Farmers using improved seeds and biotech crop varieties continue to see significant economic and on-farm environmental benefits, according to the ...

Scientists are a step closer to harnessing a technique that “literally mends broken hearts”, according to the Daily Express. The ...

For years scientists have slaved away, trying to piece together the genes that make up the ripe, red goodness that ...

Chakravarti is among thousands of Indians who lose their sight in chemical accidents each year. Today, some of those people ...

In a remarkable new story, one professor, who sequenced his own genome, found that he was a high risk for ...

Stem cells are not invincible and therefore not likely to be the magic wand in the world of medicine, but ...

Despite the facade put in place by Monsanto that virtually all mainstream medical organizations believe there is no difference between ...

In November, California voters will decide on a ballot initiative that would require labeling of all foods containing ingredients from ...

The government has maintained a ban on imports of GM crop seeds and GM products. The ban on products is ...

We hear a lot about Genetically Modified foods, or Genetically Modified Organisms - GMOs. But what exactly are they, and ...

Dr. Ruthie Harper will tell you that beautiful skin starts from the inside out, and it's all about your DNA ...

Recent scientific progress includes the mapping of the entire human genetic code, or genome, which was completed in 2003, and ...

Somebody please get Sen. Lisa Luddite Murkowski, R-Alaska, down off her high-flying Frankenfish. Enough with the pandering to Alaska commercial ...

By the time Dr. Spencer Misner had carved away the dead and diseased flesh from Bobby Rice’s right foot last ...

Genetics can help predict whether a person is likely to quit smoking on his or her own or need medication ...

Popular resistance is boiling over on the GMO labeling issue, as the New York Times reported last week in a ...

Even scientists promoting Bt eggplant are against excessive and injudicious use of chemical pesticides. In a press release, Dr. Emiliana ...

Stem cells are mysterious. They are cells that make or replenish other cells. For example, when you donate blood, your ...

The much-anticipated opening of the Asian Regenerative Center for Cellular Therapies (ARCCT) will soon be taking stem cell therapy treatment ...

Recently, it was announced that Republican voters will have the opportunity to vote on a ballot question in the July ...

Genetic modification was supposed to be the ground-breaking science of the future. Its magic wand would feed the world and ...

In efforts to harmonise national biosafety regulations across Africa, the links between national regulatory authorities and key stakeholders must be ...

A team of researchers at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is the first in Africa to establish ...

Silicon-based computers are fine for typing term papers and surfing the Web, but scientists want to make devices that can ...