Science Literacy Project Daily Digest
GM lobby still trying to force discredited GM foods, says GM opposer
Genetic modification was supposed to be the ground-breaking science of the future. Its magic wand would feed the world and ...
Personhood vs. stem cell research
Recently, it was announced that Republican voters will have the opportunity to vote on a ballot question in the July ...
Africa: Biosafety regulators urged to strengthen links
In efforts to harmonise national biosafety regulations across Africa, the links between national regulatory authorities and key stakeholders must be ...
20 years of GMO policy keeps Americans in the dark, says GMO opposer
Popular resistance is boiling over on the GMO labeling issue, as the New York Times reported last week in a ...
Are Pro-GMO scientists against chemical pesticides?
Even scientists promoting Bt eggplant are against excessive and injudicious use of chemical pesticides. In a press release, Dr. Emiliana ...
Stem cell therapy helps paralysed man walk
For nearly three years, Sundar (26) was waiting to be told that he could to regain control of his bladder ...
Genes culled from desert soils suggest potential medical resource
Despite their ecologic similarity, soils from three geographically distinct areas of the American southwest harbor vastly different collections of small, ...
GM benefits are plain to see, comments GM supporter
IF CROP biotechnology had not been available to the 15.4 million farmers using it in 2010, maintaining global food production ...
Genes that stunts infants` growth found
Scientists have identified a gene mutation responsible for IMAGe syndrome, a rare disorder that causes stunted growth in babies, a ...
Survey: Most see no need for biotech info on food labels
A new survey shows very few Americans cite biotechnology as an information need on food labels. Neither are most consumers ...
Stem cell procedure treats bone disease
Doctors at Southampton General Hospital are extracting stem cells from the bone marrow of patients in need of hip repair ...
The inside story on the GM wheat trial debate
If the organisers of this weekend’s Take the Flour Back protest against the genetically modified wheat trial at Rothamsted in ...
Wal-Mart defies anti-biotech extremists, keeps sweet corn on market
Good for Wal-Mart! Despite intense pressure by anti-biotechnology activists, the retailing giant didn’t cave in to demands that it “reject” ...
Genes may hold the key to a life of success, study suggests
Genes play a greater role in forming character traits - such as self-control, decision making or sociability - than was ...
Police keep anti-GM protestors in UK from destroying wheat crop
Police kept hundreds of protesters at bay as they attempted to destroy a field where genetically modified wheat is being ...
‘Marry out?’ Some surprising consequences of genetic disease risk among Ashkenazi Jews
Ashkenazi Jews have historically been an endogamous population. Marrying within the group remains important to many Jews because endogamy is ...
Britain’s Green Party promotes anti-science zealotry
This is one of those agonised posts. I actually like the Green Party. My dad used to be, and may ...
Activists in UK plan to trash crop experiment
For researchers at the UK's Rothamsted research center, the past few weeks must have felt like a train wreck in ...
Gene discovery could lead to birth control pill for men
When it comes to birth control, numerous options are available to women to help them regulate their menstrual cycle and ...
Gene screens show Appalachian Mulungeons likely of sub-Saharan ancestry
For years, varied and sometimes wild claims have been made about the origins of a group of dark-skinned Appalachian residents ...
Breakthrough in stem cell technology a first in Africa
A team of researchers at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is the first in Africa to establish ...
Opponents of this crop trial are blind to the food crisis, says GM supporter
The battle over GM food has begun again and it seems there is little in common between those in favour ...
Turning DNA into a hard drive
Silicon-based computers are fine for typing term papers and surfing the Web, but scientists want to make devices that can ...
Is addiction genetic?
Is addiction a moral defect, a mental illness or a party trick gone wrong? Two events, a policy and a ...
It’s in the genes: Research pinpoints how plants know when to flower
Scientists believe they've pinpointed the last crucial piece of the 80-year-old puzzle of how plants "know" when to flower ...
The Geek Manifesto on GM crops
On Sunday, an anti-GM crop group called Take the Flour Back is planning a “day of mass decontamination” at the ...
Old drug could have new use as cancer stem cell killer
An old drug once routinely used as a treatment for schizophrenia appears to have a hidden talent, Canadian researchers have ...
