Genetics & Molecular Biology

European Food Safety Authority Reviews, Dismisses Séralini Maize Study As Hopelessly Flawed

The European Food Safety Authority has weighed in with its assessment of the maize study by Gilles-Eric Séralini and his research team at France’s University of the Caen, which purportedly showed that rodents fed a strain of genetically modified corn with ...

Article - Jon Entine - Oct 5 2012 - 1:27pm

Infertility: A Protein's Tale

Five percent of men are affected by infertility and some new insights into sperms' swimming skills could shed light on why. In a new study, researchers have shown how a protein called RABL2 affects the length of sperm tails, crippling their motility ( ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 9 2012 - 11:30am

Biotechnology is not all about foods only. There is much more in store for future of mankind.

Biotechnology is not all about foods only. There is much more in store for future of mankind. Even if we may or may not like Agricultural Biotechnology which is estimated to be $6 billion market (2005), including applications such as: Pest-resistant p ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Oct 9 2012 - 7:27pm

Synthetic Biology Circuits Get Their Most Complicated Version Yet

Synthetic biology uses genes as interchangeable parts to design cellular circuits that can perform new functions, such as sensing environmental conditions. But their complexity is limited by a critical bottleneck: the difficulty in assembling genetic compo ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 10 2012 - 2:00pm

Gluten And T-cells: What Happens In Celiac Disease Gets Visualized

Scientists have used a three GeV synchrotron radiation facility to visualize an interaction between gluten and T-cells in the human immune system, providing insight into how celiac disease is triggered. And it will lead to a vaccine, they believe. An incre ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 12 2012 - 4:30am

Teaching An Old Protein New Tricks: Developing A Novel Gene Therapy For Huntington's Disease

In a landmark essay published in 1872, the physician George Huntington was the first to articulately describe a condition which he referred to as 'hereditary chorea'. Of his experience with hereditary chorea, which clearly left a strong impressio ...

Article - Eve Hardy - Oct 16 2012 - 1:37pm

GM Mice Put To Work As Living, Furry Hidden Landmine Detectors

Even today, landmines planted as far back as World War II are still being discovered, posing a serious threat to civilians in 69 countries worldwide. Approximately 70 people are killed every day as a result of a landmine explosion in accidents that should ...

Article - Eve Hardy - Oct 16 2012 - 1:30pm

Barley Genome Deciphered

An international research effort has resulted in an integrated physical, genetic and functional sequence assembly of the barley genome, which could lead to higher yields, improved pest- and disease-resistance and enhanced nutritional value of crops. ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 18 2012 - 4:08pm

The Altruistic Gene

We humans take great pride in our ability to come together and cooperate as a society. Interestingly, many microbes cooperate as well. A central conundrum among scientists studying microbial cooperation has been how bacteria manage to prevent cheaters fr ...

Article - Robert Cooper - Oct 23 2012 - 6:20pm

Can The Damage From Agenda-Driven Junk Science Be Undone?