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Exercise causes epigenetic changes
Exercise promotes health, reducing most people’s risks of developing diabetes and growing obese. But just how, at a cellular level, ...
Poll shows strong support for GM labeling
Americans overwhelmingly support labeling foods that have been genetically modified or engineered, according to a New York Times poll conducted ...
Biotech food companies pledge transparency, launch GMOAnswers.com
With pressure growing to label genetically modified foods, the developers of biotechnology crops are starting a campaign to gain support ...
Fate of Florida oranges rests on whether activists succeed in debasing GM debate
In a journalistic tour de force, New York Times reporter Amy Harmon offers a thoughtful deconstruction of how politics and ...
Can genome research on the palm tree help save endangered rainforests?
Scientists hope to use genomic knowledge to grow better trees that can yield more oil and reduce pressure on the ...
High-tech, high-risk forensics
When the police arrived last November at the ransacked mansion of the millionaire investor Raveesh Kumra, outside of San Jose, ...
DNA backs American history of some dog breeds
Some South Carolina dogs still live in the wild, and local people have long thought they were one of the ...
How weeds evolve
Depending on your point of view, barnyardgrass is a nightmare or a marvel. That’s because it’s a supremely triumphant weed ...
Spatial skills may be an early sign of creativity
A gift for spatial reasoning—the kind that may inspire a child to dismantle a clock—may be a greater predictor of ...
DNA evidence leads to break in Boston Strangler case
Investigators said Thursday that they had linked the man believed by many to have been the Boston Strangler to DNA ...
Biotech innovations rescuing near extinct American chestnut tree
Rival biotechnologists race to use genetic engineering to bring back the American chestnut tree ...
Cornell geneticist seeks to reinvent broccoli
The following is an edited excerpt. Broccoli hates too much heat, which is why 90 percent of it sold in ...
Rare mutation ignites race for cholesterol drug
The identification of woman with a rare gene mutation that results in astoundingly low LDL, or "bad," cholesterol levels has set off ...
Myriad Genetics sues competitors for patent infringement
Myriad genetics is suing two competitors for infringing on patents not covered by the Supreme Court's ruling on human gene ...
Researchers find aspirin slows DNA changes that lead to cancer
The use of aspirin and other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs significantly reduces the risk for cancer, but no one has been ...
The smallest bacterial genome, in context
Researchers find that a bacteria's tiny genome size is made possible only because its host's genetic code does some of ...
Gene sleuths find how some naturally resist cholera
Researchers found that people of the Ganges Delta have adapted genetically to withstand cholera and arsenic ...
Mark Bittman criticizes choice of GE pioneers for World Food Prize
The following is an edited excerpt. If Secretary of State John Kerry’s G.M.O.-boosting speech announcing the World Food Prize at ...
Who really deserves a food prize?
Food writer Mark Bittman argues against the biotech-focused winners of this years World Food Prize ...
When is a tomato not a tomato?
Our modern tomatoes are tasteless -- could GM tech restore the tomato's tastiness? ...
USDA approves Non-GMO Project’s label claims
In a first for the U.S., the Agriculture Department has approved the Non-GMO project's labels for meat and liquid egg ...
The erosion of genetic privacy
For years now, a steady stream of research has eroded scientists’ faith that DNA can be held anonymously. Not so ...
Poking holes in genetic privacy
The following is an excerpt. Not so long ago, people who provided DNA in the course of research studies were ...
After gene patent ruling, availability of gene tests could broaden
The following is an excerpt. Almost immediately after the Supreme Court ruled that human genes could not be patented, several laboratories announced ...
Police agencies assemble records of DNA
The following is an excerpt. Slowly, and largely under the radar, a growing number of local law enforcement agencies across ...
Police DNA databases grow in wake of Supreme Court ruling
A growing number of local law enforcement agencies across the country have moved into what had previously been the domain ...
Using mice to search for cancer genes
The following is an edited excerpt. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center is at the forefront of a new approach to ...
Discussion: Can human genes be owned?
The following is an excerpt. The Supreme Court is expected to decide soon whether human genes can be patented. The ...
