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Do vaccines cause autism? No, it’s in the genes
Over the last few years, we’ve seen an explosion of studies linking autism to a wide variety of genetic and ...
Texas GMO labeling advocates face stiff opposition
When Eric Herm heard in 2005 that genetically modified cottonseeds were the latest innovation on the market, he thought he ...
Evil twin of embryos: The tumor
Researchers are finding that the genes and biological mechanisms that guide the development of fetal cells within a fetus are ...
Resurrection ecology: Searching for ancient DNA
Scientists can revive thousand-year dormant mosses and they're searching for viable cells that would make it possible to revive extinct ...
Faults in stem cell acid bath study
A study billed as a breakthrough in stem cell research contained a spliced image, material recycled from the lead author’s ...
Korean scientist’s new project: rebuild after cloning disgrace
No one galvanized South Korea’s national pride as he did, and no scandal in recent years unsettled the country as ...
Genetic entrepreneur J. Craig Venter to tackle the problem of human aging
Craig Venter sequenced the first human genome. He made the first synthetic cell. And now, for his next trick, he's ...
Rare mutation kills off diabetes gene
A new study based on genetic testing of 150,000 people has found a rare mutation that protects even fat people ...
Powerful new DNA-editing method
In the late 1980s, scientists at Osaka University in Japan noticed unusual repeated DNA sequences next to a gene they ...
Video: Feelings, Facts, Food and GMOs
Andrew Revkin led a Google Hangout discussion with Shelley Boris, a chef committed to conscientious cuisine and author of “Fresh ...
Matching dog DNA to droppings, to clean up Naples, Italy
Problems? Yes, conceded Tommaso Sodano, the vice mayor here, Naples has problems. Unpaid debts have reportedly topped $2 billion. Many ...
We should use genetic engineering to treat disease, not fundamentally alter future children
The mitochondrial manipulation that the FDA is considering would start us down the slippery slope toward human experimentation with unknown ...
Genetics of being a daredevil
Watching participants in slopestyle and half-pipe skiing and snowboarding flip, curl, cartwheel and otherwise contort themselves in the air during ...
DNA of basketball: Generation after generation of NBA All-Stars
For a growing number of fathers and sons, the N.B.A. is a family business. This season, 19 second-generation players have ...
Genetic Atlas: Human history of moving around and fooling around
New statistical approaches are giving us our first real shot at pulling apart the genome to see when human populations ...
After 13 years in regulation limbo, GM corn steps closer to approval in Europe
After 13 years, six scientific opinions and two legal challenges, an insect-resistant type of corn is on the verge of ...
Preparing for the inevitable: DNA tests for newborns
Today, parents don't need to deal with the knowledge of genetic pitfalls that might lie ahead for their offspring. But ...
Chinese, with genetic research lagging, caught stealing ‘designer’ hybrid seeds
China's latest economic espionage target may be biotech seeds in an attempt to circumvent years of costly and expensive research ...
Brain science pioneer shifts focus of NIMH to basic neuroscience and genetics
Drain science pioneer Dr. Thomas R. Insel, now director of the National Institute of Mental Health, has sharply shifted the ...
Genetic screening of embryos thwarts disease and creates ethical questions
Screening embryos for IVF lets parents avoid passing on deadly genetic diseases. But selecting according to gender or disease risk ...
Why we need GM wheat
Three crops — corn, soybeans and wheat — account for a vast majority of the value of America’s agricultural crop ...
Using genetic techniques to target just one species of insect
Scientists and biotechnology companies are developing what could become the next powerful weapon in the war on pests — one ...
FBI review of national database finds errors in DNA profiles
The Federal Bureau of Investigation, in a review of a national DNA database, has identified nearly 170 profiles that probably ...
Deciphering the mysterious X chromosome
The X chromosome is part of the system that determines gender. Yet, despite its significance in human life, the X ...
Complications of finding a doctor who supports genetic screening during IVF
Genetic screening can reduce the chances of initiating an IVF pregnancy that may end in miscarriage but, as one woman ...
Amy Harmon GMO redux: Targeting female journalists for deviating from ideological expectations
Journalist Amy Wallace explores gender expectations in science communication and overcoming bias in writing about GMOs and other important topics ...
Huge new genomics study searches for roots of genetic disease in 100k people
Here comes genomics, Take 2. Pharmaceutical companies invested heavily in genetic studies in the frenzy after the sequencing of the ...
Resurrected 700 year-old water flea eggs show human impacts on evolution
DNA evidence says some tiny water fleas hatched from eggs at the bottom of a Minnesota lake, are 700 years ...
