Science Literacy Project Daily Digest

Veterinarians hope a new medical procedure can treat a 25-year-old chimpanzee with a torn ACL, or anterior cruciate ligament, at ...

A few days ago Nathaniel Comfort pointed me to this post, Genetic determinism round-up. If you are curious go read ...

It's a bit of a cliché to point out that the new reproductive and genetic technologies (NRGTs) have a way ...

Whole genome sequencing of melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, has confirmed the long-held belief that greater sun exposure ...

From looking at these patterns of relatedness the authors infer that despite the genetic variation in the modern Jewry, most ...

A coalition within the U.S. specialty crop industry has petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency and USDA’s Animal and Plant Health ...

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

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

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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

New York University biologists have discovered new mechanisms that control how proteins are expressed in different regions of embryos, while ...

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

Love it or hate it -- and there are plenty of people on either side -- the company controls much ...