Sarah Zhang
Tracing Mormon ancestry may help uncover mysteries of colon and breast cancer
Nobody knew it then, but the genetic mutation came to Utah by wagon with the Hinman family. Lyman Hinman found ...
Genetically engineered natural insecticides? RNAi crops with built-in protection hit the market
DvSnf7 dsRNA is an unusual insecticide. You don’t spray it on crops. Instead, you encode instructions for manufacturing it in ...
Energized evolution: How Earth’s history has been shaped by energy discoveries
Humans bodies require a ridiculous and—for most of Earth’s history—improbable amount of energy to stay alive. Consider a human dropped ...
Glowing Plant’s failed Kickstarter venture highlights pitfalls of synthetic biology
The latest update came quietly on [in April 2017]. “We’re sorry to say that we have reached a significant transition ...
Booming market in novelty consumer DNA tests aimed at lifestyle, wellness and entertainment
Stephane Budel has an idea for an app: You get your DNA sequenced to find out which comic book superhero ...
Do assumptions about race in genetics research promote the Alt-Right agenda?
[On the Internet, there are] pages after pages of Stormfront discussions on the reliability of 23andMe ancestry results and whether ...
Chinese use CRISPR to breed hairier cashmere goats
In China, the world’s top producer of cashmere, scientists have been trying to breed more productive cashmere goats. They’ve now ...
Genetic autopsies offer more questions than answers for grieving families
[S]equencing DNA has become orders of magnitude cheaper and more sophisticated. With medical examiners considering DNA tests as part of ...
CRISPR opens door to new generation of more nutritious and delicious fruits and vegetables
A few weeks ago, Stefan Jansson, a Swedish plant biologist, sat down to a plate of pasta with cabbage harvested from his ...
Video: Presenting genetics lab of tomorrow
The latest advancements in biotechnology and gene editing mean scientists need a more efficient and effective lab environment to conduct ...
Does labeling GMOs with QR scan codes make sense?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . . [A] ...
‘Superbug’ resistant to last-resort antibiotic discovered by chance
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The woman harboring E. coli ...
Glyphosate, cancer confusion: Explaining WHO’s contradicting reports
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Glyphosate poses no cancer ...
How useful are cancer gene tests?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The cancer genetics startup ...
Pesticides, fertilizers derived from microbes offer new frontier in agriculture
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Chemicals are out. With ...
Monsanto’s Robb Fraley uses social media in effort to reach the masses on GMOs
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. If social media has ...
Personalized medicine can perfect blood typing with DNA
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Now that everyone who wants ...
Can GM yeast cure everything from Ebola to cancer?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The offices of Adimab, a ...
Biotech giant Illumina expects patients to want more genetic tests, more often
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. You could say that Illumina ...
Sixth grader’s expulsion from school prompts genetic discrimination lawsuit
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A few weeks into sixth ...
CRISPR patent dispute to be decided on legal technicality
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The U.S. Patent Office ...
Government-funded poop bank delving into gut microbiome
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Poop is a hot research ...
Intrexon plays long game, corners market on synthetic biology companies
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. You've probably never heard of Intrexon, but ...
Biotech companies adopting new vocabulary to escape anti-GMO stigma
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Here are some words guaranteed ...
CRISPR dispute: Who gets patent, and who wins Nobel Prize?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Nobel Prize speculation, gossip, ...
Pills with sensors to alert doctors up for government approval
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Getting people to take their ...
Advances in genetic engineering highlights fractured regulatory structure
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion, and analysis. As the battle over GMO labeling ...
Brain too clever to be fooled by virtual reality
The faceputer ads say virtual reality is coming and it's gonna work this time. But here's some real talk: There ...
