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Climate Corp co-founder is Monsanto’s new unlikely champion
When Monsanto Co. purchased Climate Corp. for $930 million last year, it got a San Francisco-based startup that crunches weather data to improve ...
Riken institute scales down stem cell research following scandal
A scandal that started with a few suspicious images has led Japan's most prestigious research institute to slash its stem-cell ...
Ebola drug ‘ZMapp’ shows potential of biopharmed medicine
A handful of patients in the largest-ever Ebola outbreak have been treated with an experimental drug called ZMapp. American missionaries ...
Meet Brett Begemann, the ‘evil wizard’ behind Monsanto
Before you can finish typing "Monsanto employees" into Google, the search engine suggests "Monsanto evil." The world's largest-grossing seed seller ranks between one ...
Food makers begin ousting GMOs from products
Two decades after the first genetically engineered seeds were sold commercially in the U.S., genetically modified organisms—the crops grown from ...
Alzheimer’s proteins in eyes may be key to early detection
Efforts to detect Alzheimer's disease earlier and more cheaply are focusing on signs of the ailment in the eye and ...
Poorest have most to gain from GMOs, hurt most by GMO scare-mongering
The Grocery Manufacturers Association brought a lawsuit in response to Vermont becoming the first state to require GMO labeling regardless ...
Video: San Fran startup Cambrian Genomics set to edit your embryo’s DNA
San Francisco startup Cambrian Genomics is making lots and lots of synthetic DNA, some of which they hope to sell ...
Second Chinese citizen connected to alleged 5-year GM seed theft scheme arrested
U.S. authorities arrested a second Chinese citizen in connection with an alleged conspiracy to steal high-tech corn seed developed by ...
Genes of best sleepers might offer clues for many diseases
In a lab at the University of California, San Francisco, a husband-and-wife team is working to unravel the secrets of ...
Google will be home for 10,000 genomes for autism research
Google Inc. and Autism Speaks, a major autism research foundation, plan to announce on Tuesday a deal in which the ...
There is no ‘bee armageddon’: Misguided neonics ban threatens honeybees and farming
European Union instituted a precautionary ban on neonicotinoid pesticides before actually examining beehives. European farmers, faced with the ban, are ...
Circadian rhythm of water transport protein affects skin cycles throughout the day
Researchers have discovered a protein that regulates the circadian ebb and flow of water in and out of the skin's ...
Genetic susceptibility and well-timed exposures responsible for adult allergies
Allergies are largely genetic. If a parent has allergies, chances are good the children will too. But that doesn't necessarily ...
Senior Chinese official: GMO ‘cutting-edge global technology’ despite criticism
A stream of public criticism from retired military officials against China’s rising engagement with genetically modified food doesn’t amount to ...
Greenpeace, Chinese official claim GM soybeans cause infertility, warn against US grain imports
GMO food is closely identified as a tool of Western strategic policy among Chinese military men, regardless of whether there’s ...
Matching cancer genes and immune cells key to unlocking immune system’s treatment power
In a strategy that combines two of the hottest ideas in cancer research, scientists at the National Institutes of Health ...
Public debate reignites in China following investigation of illegal GMO corn and cotton
A war of words in China has reignited public debate over just how far genetically modified food - still mostly ...
Nicholas Wade on race: Genes and evolution trump culture in shaping human differences
No subject is more taboo than race. New York Times science writer Nicholas Wade takes on the nature-nurture debate in ...
Adult stem cells made into insulin producing cells
For the second time in recent weeks researchers said they used cloning technology on adult tissue, rather than from a ...
Drug developed first in mice may help elderly keep muscle mass
In 1997, scientist Se-Jin Lee genetically engineered "Mighty Mice" with twice as much muscle as regular rodents. Now, pharmaceutical companies ...
Court challenge looms as Vermont legislature passes law requiring GMO labeling by 2016
The movement against genetically modified crops scored a signal victory Wednesday, as the Vermont legislature passed a bill that would ...
Adult cells cloned to create embryos that match adult donors
Scientists for the first time have cloned cells from two adults to create early stage embryos, and then derived tissue ...
U.S. corn exports to China dwindle because of GMOs
China’s tougher stance on imports of genetically modified corn is roiling U.S. agribusiness, largely halting trade in the biggest U.S ...
Video: Cargill says mandatory GMO-labeling is ‘long-term mistake’
Cargill executive chairman Gregory Page discussed the impact of global warming on the nation’s food supply, rising food prices and ...
Five allegations against Riken Institute stem-cell researcher
Japan’s Riken institute said this week it was weighing a retraction of breakthrough stem-cell research led by a Japanese scientist ...
China wants to develop its own GMOs
China has long faced unfavorable food math: It feeds a fifth of the world’s population on a seventh of its ...
Family selects for children with lower genetic cancer risk
To shield any future children from the fear she harbors of getting breast cancer, Katie Dowdy underwent a controversial procedure ...
