Genetics & Molecular Biology

The 1970s GMO- Insulin

It may seem like olden days to millennials, but the late 1970s were a lot like today. America was divided due to an unpopular President, gas was expensive, the movie industry was at death's door... and genetic engineering was a big concern. ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Dec 12 2018 - 12:21pm

Genetically Different

Whenever we talk about people and how they behave on a certain environment there seems to be a general consensus in the way it should be. Society summarizes the sum of individuals, and bring with it a single framework from which every person can work from ...

Article - Ana Maria Mora - Dec 18 2018 - 6:30pm

Degradasome: Mitochondrial Instability Knowledge Could Lead To Breakthrough For Devastating Childhood Diseases

Though mitochondria, the energy factories of our cells, are the root of numerous diseases, including thousands in children each year, funding for such diseases is scant compared to heart or breast cancers or other medical issues. That may be because it is ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 3 2019 - 11:32am

The Genetic Reason You May Be A Morning Or Night Person

Do you prefer to rise early with the lark or stay up late with the owl? Your preference turns out to be partly decided by your genes. Our genetic study of nearly 700,000 people has revealed new insights about the genetics of chronotype – our preference to ...

Article - The Conversation - Jan 30 2019 - 6:00am

Hamilton Broadway Show Producer Loves Cloning

When you think "Hamilton" in 2019, you think $800 tickets to a Broadway show in Manhattan, and when you think Manhattan, you think urban wealthy elites and the denial of science that seems to go with it. Not so for "Hamilton" producer J ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jun 7 2019 - 6:00am

The Science And Politics Of Genetically Engineered Salmon: Dr. Alison Van Eenennaam Answers 5 Key Questions

A Massachusetts-based company earlier this month cleared the last regulatory hurdle from the Food and Drug Administration to sell genetically engineered salmon in the U.S. Animal genomics expert Alison Van Eenennaam, who served on an advisory committee to ...

Article - The Conversation - Mar 27 2019 - 12:21pm

Papaya Sugarcane May Be On Its Way

The Rainbow Papaya in Hawaii is a great example of how biology solved a devastating problem that nature created and chemicals could not fix. It put GMOs, the successor to mutagenesis, on the map worldwide, and today billions of meals have been served using ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 3 2019 - 1:33pm

Genetic Engineering Removes Antibiotic Resistance From Bacteria

The conjugative transfer of anti-antibiotic resistance genetic elements could lead to development of probiotic bacteria that re-sensitize resistant bacteria to antibiotics, providing a solution to a crucial problem- how to get new antibiotics when countrie ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 12 2019 - 4:27pm

A Rubber Producing Dandelion May Mean A Solution To Deforestation Problems In Asia

When most people think of rubber, they usually just think of tires but natural rubber is an incredibly important yet under-appreciated bioresource used to make at least 50,000 different products.  Approximately 13 million tons are collected every year from ...

Article - Katrina Cornish - May 1 2019 - 3:04pm

Insects? Lab-Grown Meat? Are You Ready For Lab-Grown Insect Meat?

Pop culture is in a bit of a quandary. Though food is essential for life, culturally it is no longer a basic necessity, and that's thanks to science. We grow more food on less land than ever dreamed possible. Even Europe, with all its political limita ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jun 3 2019 - 10:37am