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‘Organic GMOs’: Pamela Ronald and Raoul Adamchak on how genetic engineering can reduce pesticide use and protect the environment
[Genetic engineering] is a powerful tool that can help us farm responsibly and sustainably by minimizing damage to the environment and ...
Yeast-grown synthetic spider silk could be the next luxury fabric
The elusive science behind crafting synthetic spider's silk is no longer elusive. In fact, it’s scalable enough that customers can ...
Video: Explaining CRISPR gene editing with a toy train
When people refer to Crispr, they're probably talking about Crispr-Cas9, a complex of enzymes and genetic guides that together finds ...
Fighting aging: Mutation found in Amish population adds 10 years to lifespan
New research now shows that some humans possess a genetic equivalent to [an anti-aging] drug. A small number of Amish people in ...
Android intimacy: Drawing the line between science and human
Today, the technical ability to produce a robot that truly looks and moves and speaks like a human remains well ...
John Deere acquires precision ag technology that could reduce pesticide use by 90 percent
Tractor giant John Deere just spent $305 million to acquire a startup that makes robots capable of identifying unwanted plants, ...
GMO nitrogen-fixing microbes could one day help plants fertilize themselves
Peanuts, peas, and many types of beans are climate-friendly because they basically make their own fertilizer. They play host to ...
23andMe chasing Parkinson’s clues through genomic data mining
In 2015, 23andMe began inking lucrative research agreements with pharma giants like Genentech and Pfizer, in addition to launching its own R&D ...
Male scientists can help fix STEM gender biases–why don’t they?
A vast literature of sociology research shows time after time, women in science are deemed to be inferior to men ...
We each have 3 billion base pairs in our genome. Artificial intelligence can help us sort it out.
Genes carry the information that make you you. So it's fitting that, when sequenced and stored in a computer, your ...
Gene-swapping cheese microbes could provide clues to antibiotic resistance in humans
You and your favorite cheese—whether it's cheddar, Wensleydale, or a good aged goat brie—have something in common: You’re both home to a ...
‘Mosquito factory’ churns out sterile males produced without genetic modification to fight Zika
100,000 live mosquitoes, all male, all incapable of producing offspring [are released daily in Fresno, California]. … Though counterintuitive, the ...
Carnivores beware: Meat allergies skyrocketing thanks to lone star tick
In the last decade and a half, thousands of previously protein-loving Americans have developed a dangerous allergy to meat. And ...
CRISPR needs ‘global consensus’ in fight to ameliorate diseases
[A]t WIRED’s 2017 Business Conference in New York, Jennifer Doudna said it was...Crispr custom-designed human offspring that made her take ...
How genetics helps make cows more profitable and environmentally friendly
[J. P.] Brouwer, along with his father and two brothers at Sunalta Farms in central Alberta, runs the first commercial dairy ...
Sensationalism or news? Was journal right to publish CRISPR ‘off-target mutations’ study?
[When] doctors from Columbia, Stanford, and the University of Iowa published a one-page letter to the editor of Nature Methods describing...2,000 unintended ...
CRISPR creator Jennifer Doudna warns gene editing may be going too fast
Easy genetic modification could mean cures for cancer (yay!), kitty-sized pigs (squee!), and, yes, designer babies (ack). In her new ...
Does US need a ‘biology strategy’ to ensure gene editing research proceeds ethically?
With the arrival of the gene-editing technology Crispr, biology will soon converge with everyday medicine, big agriculture, and artificial intelligence ...
GMO disease fighters: Zika-destroying GM mosquitoes may soon be joined by GM moths to quash cabbage and kale pest
A half-inch-long moth that devours kale, broccoli, and Brussels sprouts may not inspire the same fear as a Zika-carrying mosquito, but ...
Backward regulations may prevent Europe from ever benefiting from easy-to-develop disease-resistant tomatoes
Engineering a tomato resistant to a pernicious fungal disease doesn’t seem like it’d be the easiest part of a plant pathologist’s ...
‘Functionally’ extinct northern white rhino could be saved through genetic engineering
The last male northern white rhino has seen better days. At the advanced age of 43, arthritic in leg and ...
Dementia, Alzheimer’s linked to soda — and why you shouldn’t worry about it
If you didn’t know better, you’d think Alzheimer’s disease is the plot of a bad horror movie: A creeping silent killer steals ...
Tree vaccine: ‘Weaponized’ GM virus could save Florida citrus industry from greening disease
Florida’s citrus growers are running out of time. Since 2005, when a deadly disease called citrus greening first showed up ...
Autonomous robot cornfield scanner reveals how individual crops respond to climate change
Allow me to introduce you to Vinobot, the little rover on a mission to make sure crops weather global warming ...
Rigging natural selection: Fight against Zika requires mosquito genes that resist mutations
Of the many great things promised by Crispr gene editing technology, the ability to eliminate disease by modifying organisms might ...
Why cells are like computers—And how ‘hacking’ them could lead to new diagnostic tools
Cells are basically tiny computers: They send and receive inputs and output accordingly. If you chug a Frappuccino, your blood sugar ...
Bananas and many staple crops may be doomed to disease if we cannot biodiversify
[Editor's note: The following is an excerpt from the book "Never Out of Season: How Having the Food We Want ...
Human Genome Project 2: Should scientists synthesize entire human genetic code from scratch?
In May 2016, scientists, lawyers and government representatives converged at Harvard to discuss the Human Genome Project-Write (HGP-Write), a plan ...