Science Literacy Project Daily Digest

Ten years after it was introduced to India, genetically modified cotton is not living up to its promise. It is ...

Research conducted at the Oregon National Primate Research Center at Oregon Health & Science University helps answer some long-standing questions ...

Last month, when I summarized the views of Calestous Juma, professor of the practice of international development at Harvard, on ...

Scientists have successfully extended the lifespan of mice using gene therapy, a strategy never before employed to combat aging. The ...

A new technology could help to monitor and track genetically modified crops in the food processing chain, say researchers ...

Synthetic biology is the newest purported cure-all technology for remedying our social, environmental, and public health ills. As many prominent ...

Our genes control many aspects of who we are -- from the color of our hair to our vulnerability to ...

RESEARCHERS are planning the first genetic study to help determine which patients are at risk of nausea and vomiting after ...

The field of study called population genetics has played a critical role in the development of modern biology, helping unite ...

Nagpur is emerging as a big destination for companies associated with 'cord blood banking' or CBB. In the last few ...

Human teeth can be engineered to regenerate, thanks to the world’s most poisonous fish. British scientists have been studying the ...

Sorghum is a staple food crop that feeds millions of people in Africa and Asia. It is a popular breakfast ...

There’s more to your DNA than your DNA. We are now becoming aware of the epigenome. While DNA controls you, ...

An article from the Harvard Business School proposes a theory about what factors influence how genetically modified crops are approved ...

Sir, – It’s not often these days that one finds oneself in agreement with virtually anything said by a government ...

Sharine and Brian Kretchmar of Yukon, Okla., tried a number of medical treatments to conceive a second child. After a ...

Steve Marsh, of Kojonup in Western Australia, lost his organic certification for almost 70 per cent of his 478ha farm ...

No farmer in their right mind wants to poison pollinators. When I spoke with one Iowa corn farmer in January ...

The refinement of purebred dogs over the past four or five centuries has created interesting versions of Canis familiaris, such ...

For a quarter of a century, gene therapy has been stymied, largely because the patient's immune system attacks the treatment ...

A key Connecticut lawmaker says efforts to enact state legislation requiring labeling of genetically modified food died in the face ...

Pluristem Therapeutics Ltd. (Nasdaq:PSTI; DAX: PJT: PLTR)has announced that a seven year-old girl suffering from an aplastic bone marrow whose ...

Professor of international development at Harvard, Calestous Juma has called on Africa to form an "International Institute for Biotechnology" that ...

Algae could become an important source of sustainable biofuel, as production doesn't compete with food crops for land. But we ...

A solution to the ethical dilemma of using human embryonic stem cells to treat human diseases could be staring us ...

“The role of the backyard beekeeper is extremely valuable,” said Serge Labesque, one of the North Bay's most knowledgable beekeepers, ...

This month, after almost a decade of intense debate, Kenya is expected to become the third country in Sub-Saharan Africa ...