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Chilling effect of FDA slowness on approving GM animals that would lead to sustainable foods
A salmon with designer DNA has been in regulatory limbo since the Food and Drug Administration concluded that the fish ...
Scientists fret over FDA slowness on genetically altered animals
Scientists have created a genetically modified milk that lacks a key protein involved in triggering allergies — an impressive technical ...
Poll finds California’s Prop. 37 is likely to pass
By more than a 2-to-1 margin, California voters favor an initiative to require food manufacturers and retailers to label fresh ...
Zombie alert? Male DNA found in women’s brains might prevent disease
Male DNA found in the brains of women appears to have come from male fetuses they carried when pregnant, and ...
Whole Foods endorses genetically modified food labeling measure
Whole Foods Market, the upscale seller of organic products and other "natural" foods, has endorsed a California initiative that would ...
First human whole-brain genetic map created
A team at the Allen Institute for Brain Science has created the first human brain-wide map of gene expression data ...
Prop. 37: Another example of the perils of the initiative process?
Love it or hate it, the one thing you can say for sure about California's ballot initiative process is that ...
As drought hits corn, biotech firms see lush field in GMO crops
The worst U.S. drought in half a century is withering the nation's corn crop, but it's a fertile opportunity for ...
UC Davis professors warn of high cost of Prop 37
The No on Proposition 37 campaign emailed Thursday to tout a new study by UC Davis professors. It concludes that ...
Genome of ancient Denisovans may help clarify human evolution
Our ancestors didn't walk alone: Neanderthals and other ancient peoples shared Earth with them tens of thousands of years ago ...
Gene helps rice grow in phosphorus-poor soils
Rice, like all plants, needs phosphorus to grow. But there's a problem for this crop, the most important calorie source ...
Older fathers pass on more new genetic mutations to offspring
Men who become fathers later in life pass on more brand-new genetic mutations to their offspring, a study has found ...
Bananas and genetic engineering: Past, present and future
Scientists are fighting to protect the hundreds of bananas and plantains people eat around the world from a blizzard of ...
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 ...
