Science Literacy Project Daily Digest
Genetic breakthrough could spell end to supermarket tomatoes that taste like mush
A new discovery from partners at UC Davis and Cornell University reveals that the same genes that account for the ...
Easy tracking of GM content
With debate about the safety of genetically modified (GM) crops, it is important for food processors to be able to ...
Taking the bite out of GM apples
A small BC company called Okanagan Specialty Fruits (OSF) has developed a genetically modified apple that will not turn brown ...
Genetic variant is linked to obesity and insulin resistance
A large study in people at risk of diabetes has found a direct association between the presence of a small ...
Stem cells can beat back diabetes
University of British Columbia scientists, in collaboration with an industry partner, have successfully reversed diabetes in mice using stem cells, ...
Targeted gene therapy enhances treatment for Pompe disease
Gene therapy to replace the protein missing in Pompe disease can be effective if the patient's immune system does not ...
New cancer stem cell mechanism identified
Scientists at Queen Mary, University of London have uncovered a link between two genes which shows how stem cells could ...
Fetal tests spur legal battle
Genetic tests that analyze fetal DNA from a pregnant woman's blood are arriving in a rush, but the commercialization of ...
Genetic discovery could make more tomatoes taste like heirlooms
Genetic modification of food has happened for thousands of year. Tomatoes would still be the size of your thumb without ...
Mutation that makes tomatoes bland identified as gene deliberately bred for color
Plant geneticists say they have discovered an answer to a near universal question: Why are tomatoes usually so tasteless? ...
More countries ban GMOs
While the use of GM crops is rapidly taking over the world, some countries have taken the bold step to ...
Newcastle genetic experts develop new test for Noonan Syndrome
GENETIC experts in the North East have developed a pioneering test that will improve the speed of diagnosis for an ...
Can GMOs save us from climate change?
Malnutrition and starvation are problems that occur all over the world, primarily in developing countries. In coming years, as climate ...
Stem cells help some ailing Houston Zoo creatures
With two big cats needing attention, surgeon Brian Beale of Gulf Coast Veterinary Specialists and stem-cell specialists at InGeneron Inc ...
First farmers: 7,000 year old caveman bones found
Spanish researchers have discovered the complete mitochondrial DNA of an individual that lived 7000 years ago. This discovery is the ...
Human model of Huntington’s disease created from skin’s stem cells
An international consortium of Huntington’s disease experts, including several from the Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center at ...
Europe, a regulatory nightmare for direct-to-consumer genetic testing?
DTC genetic testing comes in many forms, such as carrier tests for genetic disease, ancestry tests, and nutrigenomic tests. At ...
Cultivation of cotton goes up in EG
The cultivation of genetically modified (BACILLUS Thuringiensis) BT-2 cotton has increased substantially in East Godavari district this current season as ...
Protests set for Food Prize events
The Occupy movement will target what Cordaro called “the corporate ownership of the World Food Prize, especially its dominance by ...
The catfish solution
It’s not often we get to use the words “good news” and “farm bill” in the same sentence, but even ...
Stem cell transplantation into mouse cochlea may impact future hearing loss therapies
Researchers in Japan who evaluated the risks and efficacy of transplanting two varieties of stem cells into mouse cochlea have ...
GM food that prevents cancer, makes you healthier?
There is a lot of reasonable debate about the safety of changing the genetic makeup of things we eat, but ...
Cows genetically modified to produce healthier milk
Chinese scientists have developed and unveiled a genetically modified cow whose milk they claim is healthier, triggering fresh alarm over ...
Unlikely support for Bt/GM crops
The Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) bacteria protein in plants have not harmed monarch butterflies, honey bees, rats or shown up in ...
Gene therapy curbs nicotine addiction in mice
Forget patches: gene therapy could suppress cigarette cravings by preventing the brain from receiving nicotine. The treatment is effective in ...
Kenya: Why Kenya has to adopt biotechnology in farming
Today a new revolution is knocking at Africa's door-agricultural biotechnology. It promises to do for agriculture what mobile technology has ...
Stem cells may help reverse diabetes
In a new study, researchers have successfully reversed diabetes in mice using stem cells, thereby paving the way for a ...
