Science Literacy Project Daily Digest

The Biotechnology Coalition of the Philippines (BCP) has reaffirmed its commitment to push for the adoption of biotech crops that ...

A simple blood test done on maternal serum early in the first trimester of pregnancy to determine if a baby ...

California lawmakers are weighing a bill aimed at protecting their state's citizens from surreptitious genetic testing but scientists are voicing ...

The genetic modification of plants has been back in the news recently as scientists at Rothamsted Research conduct an open ...

Why do we see the colors we do? Some of it goes back to the types of color-absorbing pigments that ...

The number of applications for experimental field trials with GM plants in Europe is steadily decreasing, new figures show. The ...

A 50-year-old man has been charged with criminal damage after an incident at a research centre where a trial of ...

MANILA, Philippines -- International environment group Greenpeace urged a strict scrutiny of regulators of GMO (genetically-modified organism) products being introduced ...

A PhD student from CSIRO and the University of Queensland has found a better way to 'spell check' gene sequences ...

Despite the fact that Swaziland does not have a bio-safety law, genetically modified (GM) products are being imported into the ...

Considerations by one of the most important supermarket chains in the United Kingdom. Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc, one of the ...

I'll be the first to admit that stem-cell research, as we typically view it, troubles me in many ways. The ...

Some growers in the Okanangan region of British Columbia are worried by the introduction of genetically modified crops. This comes ...

Another roadblock or barrier is in the process of being erected in the case of the highly controversial "Frankenfish" the ...

No one's talking about giving intelligence tests, but researchers say they've shown that plants have smarts — the sort needed ...

Biology Professor Vincent Martin describes synthetic biology as applying principles of engineering to biology — understanding how different pieces work ...

For some people, genes are key to predicting our future health. For others, genes as crystal balls are overhyped. Let's ...

"This is a dramatic example of how recent human history has profoundly shaped patterns of genetic variation," said Joshua Akey, ...

Production of genetically-modified products is prohibited in Russia, but their import is allowed. GMO are rarely used for food production, ...

Researchers at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute have begun to unravel the complex processes that cause breast cancer, identifying a ...

Kenya is implementing guidelines to facilitate the commercialization of genetically modified crops by 2014 as part of efforts to boost ...

Rare DNA mutations are so plentiful in the human genome that they make it difficult to precisely identify the genetic ...

Genetically modified (GM) foods have been off the shelves and out of British fields for many years now. But the ...

Genes play a greater role in forming character traits - such as self-control, decision making or sociability - than was ...

A group of local farmers and food activists wants Jackson County to pass an ordinance banning the planting of genetically ...

Anti-Republican science writer Chris Mooney stirred a hornets nest of controversy with the publication of his recent book, The Republican ...

In their review, researchers have shed light on possible routes that unlock cellular regeneration in general, and the principles by ...