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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 ...
Mark Bittman weighs in: How many cheers for Cheerios?
Well, a major and venerable American brand has gone and announced that it contains no genetically modified organisms (G.M.O.'s). Cheerios is G.M.O.-free! ...
We’re always losing the war on cancer
Half a century ago, the story goes, a person was far more likely to die from heart disease. Now cancer ...
Liberals v. Science: As Hawaiians debate GMOs, local legislator committed to science is ostracized
In November, after months of rancorous debate, the County Council on the Big Island voted to ban biotech companies and ...
Food, genes and the feeling of risk
Riffing off of breaking news about General Mills announcent that it had dumped GMOs from its iconic Cheerios, Andrew Revkin ...
‘Brainlike’ computers, able to learn from own mistakes, could arrive in 2014
The first commercial version of a new kind of computer chip, which would allow computers to learn from their own ...
When consumer genetic test results don’t agree
I like to plan ahead; that much I knew about myself before I plunged into exploring my genetic code. I’m ...
When it comes to human brain, size isn’t everything
According to new research, expansion of the brain in our ancestors ripped apart tethered neurons, enabling new circuits to be ...
Seeking alternative to fossil fuels, high-yielding heat and cold resistant biofuel crop potential genetic goldmine
Six years ago, jatropha—an inedible, drought-resistant plant that produces a high-quality oil—was “the next big thing in biofuel,” because its oil ...
Simple genetic modification could restore American chestnut to dominance
Scientists have found a simple genetic modification to revitalize the American chestnut, but now the question remains: should they be ...
Toe fossil provides glimpse into the racy social lives of Neanderthals
A single Neanderthal toe bone has provided scientists with the most complete genome to date, offering a new glimpse into ...
