Guardian
For Jamaican athletes, speediness is in the genes
Let's put political correctness aside: World class athletic ability is in the genes, and the success of Jamaican sprinting just ...
Biotech can help increase food security in sub-Saharan Africa but opportunities ignored
Transforming agriculture is central to sub-Saharan Africa's development prospects. Three-quarters of people in extreme poverty – existing on less than $1.25 a day ...
NGOs usually considered trustworthy, but often not when it comes to GMOs
Non-profits are usually considered trustworthy, especially compared to corporations and governments. But when it comes to genetically modified foods, they ...
‘Synthetic biology’ is difficult to define, even for experts
He was looking quite lost. An eminent scientist and UN delegate was stumbling over the meaning of a term that ...
Redheads not on verge of extinction
Redheads, rest easy: your chances of climate change-induced extinction are identical to those of people with less exhilarating hair colour ...
El Salvadoran farmers protest millions in US aid over GM seeds
Farmers in El Salvador are protesting against a multimillion-dollar grant from a US aid agency that would force the country to open its seed ...
European scientists boycott Brain Project attempt to fit brain onto computer
The world's largest project to unravel the mysteries of the human brain has been thrown into crisis with more than ...
Donor egg pregnancies increase risk for complications for moms
Women who become pregnant using donated eggs have at least three times the risk of developing serious complications, a major ...
GM mosquito breakthrough: Make them all males
Scientists have hailed the genetic modification of mosquitoes that could crash the insect’s populations as a “quantum leap” that will ...
New consumer focused GM foods designed to provide health and sustainability benefits
It’s easy to understand why many Americans are unenthusiastic about genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Although supermarket aisles are lined with ...
Bt eggplant farmers in Bangladesh target of anti-GMO “green” groups
Farmers growing a landmark genetically modified food crop in Bangladesh – Bt brinjal, or aubergine – have found themselves at the centre of a ...
Marsh v Baxter case tested organic certification standards in Western Australia and showed they must change
A biotechnology scientist says organic certification bodies need to relax their rules and be “more realistic” about the presence of ...
Western Australia court ruling highlights need for law reform to include ‘biotrespass’
The supreme court of Western Australia handed down a landmark decision yesterday, on genetically modified crop liability. The ruling in Marsh ...
Role of biotechnology in global food security cannot be dismissed for ideological reasons
Biotechnology sceptics have a right to question the role of biotechnology in global food security. But they are wrong to ignore ...
Neanderthals not extinct from lack of smarts
Scientists have concluded that Neanderthals were not the primitive dimwits they are commonly portrayed to have been. The view of ...
Guardian’s John Vidal attacks Gates Foundation for links to Monsanto and Cargill (on site funded by Gates Foundation)
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which is sponsoring the Guardian's Global development site is being heavily criticised in Africa and the ...
Ignorance about genetics helps spread of common contagious disease
It’s that strange time of year when, despite springtime breaking out all over town – tulips, apple blossom, sunshine, the ...
Breastfeeding mother prosecuted for child’s death from genetic disorder
On Thursday last week, a South Carolina jury convicted Stephanie Greene, a 39-year old nurse, of killing her six-week-old daughter ...
Two sides to knowing your genetic risk for disease
Dr Sharon Moalem recently diagnosed a mother with a rare type of hereditary ataxia, a neurological disorder for which there ...
DNA evidence suggests Black Plague not a rodent problem
Archaeologists and forensic scientists who have examined 25 skeletons unearthed in the Clerkenwell area of London a year ago believe ...
We’ve got more in common with Neanderthals than once thought
If you'd asked me five years ago whether modern humans and Neanderthals interbred, I'd have said: probably not. I wasn't ...
Half of meat product samples contained DNA of wrong animals, British council finds
Half of the meat samples tested by a local authority food safety team last year contained species of animals not ...
Europe’s GM crop regulations are an outdated ‘roadblock’
Despite the absence of any evidence GM crops pose an intrinsic hazard, in Europe only one has been approved since ...
Observer UK editorial board endorses jumpstarting GM crops
Feeding the swelling numbers of people on our planet is one of the most serious challenges facing our leaders today ...
23andMe slowed by FDA order, but the company (and personalized medicine) advances
23andMe's conflict with the FDA has slowed the stream of people subscribing to the service, but co-founder Anne Wojcicki thinks ...
European scientists on African mission to break biotech logjam
Africa is expected to be the next target of GM food companies, as European scientists and policymakers travel to Ethiopia ...
Families hope anti-genetic engineering groups don’t stop gene cure for mitochondria disease
Hopes of tackling mitochondrial disease will be raised in a few weeks when the government announces regulations that will permit ...
Gay people are not genetic aberrations
The recent gay gene "finding" hasn't been peer reviewed, doesn't amount to much scientifically, and opens the door to the ...
