Science Literacy Project Daily Digest

Around 200 protestors from across the UK, Ireland, France and Belgium have been marching against the return of open air ...

Is there an obesity gene? Or at least a genetic trigger that drives some people to eat more than others? ...

Now, researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have uncovered a series of biological events that implicate the stem ...

Progressive small farmer organizations in Mexico scored a victory over transnational corporations that seek to monopolize seed and food patents ...

The field trial of GM spring wheat has raised questions about the technology and the intentions of the researchers. Research ...

France's attempt to ban the planting of a Monsanto strain of genetically modified maize was rejected by the EU's food ...

Gardeners are all too familiar with the experience. You plant a handful of shriveled sand-colored tomato seeds, urge them out ...

In a step toward understanding possible genetic differences in smoking behaviors, a team of researchers co-led by SRI International has ...

Swiss researchers provide evidence that a protein in the cell nucleus responds to environmental stimuli like a kind of sensor, ...

Some liken it to heaven. Some liken it to a sack full of spoiled onions and jock straps. But durian, ...

A new technique that converts stem cells into brain cells has been developed by researchers at Lund University. The method ...

A U.S. animal rights group hopes to save a herd of genetically modified pigs from early deaths after funding dried ...

Replacing dead or dysfunctional nerve cells with new, healthy ones derived from stem cells eases chronic pain in mice, a ...

The US Food & Drug Admin. just approved a drug made from genetically modified carrots to treat Gaucher, a rare ...

Stem cells often lose their effectiveness when removed from their normal microenvironment in the body -- the "niche", as it's ...

CONTROVERSY over genetically modified wheat is building to what seems likely to be confrontation in the UK on 27 May ...

The size and consistency of fat-derived stem cells can predict what type of cell they will become—findings that could lead ...

Environmental activists under the auspices of the 'Friends of the Earth Nigeria' have condemned the attempt by multinational agricultural companies ...

New studies led by researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) shows specific genetic traits may predispose people to ...

One of the biggest barriers to the development of new medical therapies is the cost of taking a new drug ...

Singapore-based bioenergy company JOil has announced a new genetically modified strain of the jatropha plant which produces a higher quality ...

Rapid DNA sequencing may soon become a routine part of each individual's medical record, providing enormous information previously sequestered in ...

A decade ago anti-GM protesters tore up fields and Britain roundly rejected so-called 'Frankenfood'. Now, as researchers trial new crops, ...

To become better healers, tissue engineering need a timely and reliable way to obtain enough raw materials: cells that either ...

Scientists are turning to genetic testing to see if they can prove the existence of the elusive hairy humanoid known ...

A European team of researchers has discovered a gene with the potential to increase sugar beet yields. Presented in the ...

Getting personalized genetic tests that can pinpoint your risk of developing a number of diseases like cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer's or ...