Science Literacy Project Daily Digest
Stem cells to optimize match between patient and medication
One of the biggest barriers to the development of new medical therapies is the cost of taking a new drug ...
Singapore firm reveals new GM biofuel crop
Singapore-based bioenergy company JOil has announced a new genetically modified strain of the jatropha plant which produces a higher quality ...
Radical life extension is already here, but we’re doing it wrong
Over the past twenty years, biologists have begun to set their sights on the aging process itself, in part by ...
Rapid DNA sequencing may soon be routine part of each patient’s medical record
Rapid DNA sequencing may soon become a routine part of each individual's medical record, providing enormous information previously sequestered in ...
Mechanical properties of stem cells can foretell what they will become
To become better healers, tissue engineering need a timely and reliable way to obtain enough raw materials: cells that either ...
GM crops: Protesters go back to the battlefields
A decade ago anti-GM protesters tore up fields and Britain roundly rejected so-called 'Frankenfood'. Now, as researchers trial new crops, ...
Scientists deploy genetics in search for bigfoot
Scientists are turning to genetic testing to see if they can prove the existence of the elusive hairy humanoid known ...
Personalized genetic testing not ready says medical group
Getting personalized genetic tests that can pinpoint your risk of developing a number of diseases like cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer's or ...
Researchers find gene that boosts sugar beet yields
A European team of researchers has discovered a gene with the potential to increase sugar beet yields. Presented in the ...
Could stem cells cure MS?
Human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) have become a popular potential therapy for numerous autoimmune and neurological disorders. But while these ...
Professor argues that people will starve to death because of anti-GM zealotry
In 1968 Paul Ehrlich wrote in his book The Population Bomb that “mass starvation” due to “burgeoning population growth” was ...
Richmond passes ban on genetically engineered crops
Richmond council has passed a motion banning genetically modified plants and crops from being grown in the city, the first ...
Singapore firm reveals new GM biofuel crop
Singapore-based bioenergy company JOil has announced a new genetically modified strain of the jatropha plant which produces a higher quality ...
Africa’s First Sustainable Biofuel Plant Opens in Mozambique – Triple Pundit
Today marked the grand opening of the largest industrial park in Mozambique -and it’s got a sustainable edge to boot ...
Stem cells to optimize match between patient and medication
One of the biggest barriers to the development of new medical therapies is the cost of taking a new drug ...
Does Transhumanism create new social relations?
After a near decade of following the spread of Transhumanism, I finally began a PhD project to find out some ...
Swaziland moving towards GM crop farming
SEA in partnership with the University of Swaziland, took the media on an educational tour of genetically modified crops in ...
What rights should you have to your own DNA?
Things you own: Your clothes. Your car. Your body parts. Your DNA? A new bill under consideration by the the ...
Expert calls for expedition of the implementation of Biosafety Law in Ghana
Mr. Kwame Dei Asamoah-Okyere, Head of the Biosafety Unit of the Food and Drugs Board, on Wednesday called for a ...
Central nervous system stem cells shed light on mechanism that controls cell division
Animals consist of many distinct cell types, all of which originate during development from a single cell: the fertilized egg ...
U.S. Embassy partners to organize agricultural biotechnology workshop to promote awareness about GMOs
Funded by the International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, the workshop aims to create awareness of the bio-safety of ...
Delivery system for gene therapy may help treat Arthritis
A DNA-covered submicroscopic bead used to deliver genes or drugs directly into cells to treat disease appears to have therapeutic ...
Dairy producers gain access to new genetic testing services
Canada’s dairy producers have long recognized the benefits of identifying desired genetic traits in their herds. Now, with the creation ...
Number of GM field trials in Europe in decline
The number of applications for experimental field trials with GM plants in Europe is steadily decreasing, new figures show. The ...
Man faces GM wheat break-in charges
A 50-year-old man has been charged with criminal damage after an incident at a research centre where a trial of ...
Stringent GMO regulatory system urged by anti-GM group
MANILA, Philippines -- International environment group Greenpeace urged a strict scrutiny of regulators of GMO (genetically-modified organism) products being introduced ...
New approach to ‘spell checking’ gene sequences
A PhD student from CSIRO and the University of Queensland has found a better way to 'spell check' gene sequences ...
