Science Literacy Project Daily Digest

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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, ...

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

Scientists have discovered the enzyme in our cells which corrects the most frequently occurring mistake in DNA as cells divide ...

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

The study, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), looked at how genes on sex-linked ...

Mice with a single missing gene have brains that are 35 percent larger than normal, a new study found. Though ...

Patients with brain cancer may face devastating side effects from chemotherapy, but a new study offers a possible solution: stem ...

Biotechnology's promise to feed the world did not anticipate "Trojan corn," "super weeds" and the disappearance of monarch butterflies. But ...

In Washington, in an attempt to piece together the switchgrass genome, the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI) in an international ...

Conventional wheat farmer Peter Lundgren will join other GM sceptics in a public debate on Rothamsteds GM wheat trial hosted ...

Campaigners are set to lock horns with the scientists behind the GM wheat trial at Rothamsted Research in a live ...

Researchers at Duke University Medical Center transplanted a set of human genes into a zebrafish and then used it to ...

An Okanagan orchardist is trying to get the OK for a genetically modified apple that won't turn brown, but his ...

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

Academics yesterday called on the Agriculture Department to destroy farms growing Hawaiian papaya in Kanchanaburi province after a recent study ...

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

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