Print
Email
Bookmark
RSS
Successful Initial Safety Tests For Genetically-modified Rice That Fights Allergy
In a first-of-its-kind
advance toward the next
generation of genetically
modified foods —
intended to improve
... > full story
Salamanders, Regenerative Wonders, Heal Like Mammals, People
The salamander is a
superhero of regeneration,
able to replace lost limbs,
damaged lungs, sliced spinal
cord -- even bits of
... > full story
Virus-resistant Grapevines
Viruses can cost winegrowers
an entire harvest. If they
infest the grapevines, even
pesticides are often no use.
What’s more, these
chemicals are harmful to the
environment. Researchers are
... > full story
Birds With A Nose For A Difference: Avoidance Of Inbreeding In Birds Demonstrated
Avoidance of inbreeding is
evident among humans, and
has been demonstrated in
some shorebirds, mice and
sand lizards. Researchers
... > full story
Browse News Stories
1 to 10 of 546 stories (90 over past year)
view headlines only
-
Re-Write The Textbooks: Key Genetic Phenomenon Shown To Be Different Than Believed
July 2, 2009 — Because females carry two copies of the X chromosome to males’ one X and one Y, they harbor a potentially toxic double dose of the over 1000 genes that reside on the X chromosome. To compensate ... > full story -
Mouse Model Of Parkinson's Reproduces Nonmotor Symptoms
June 30, 2009 — Nonmotor symptoms of Parkinson's include digestive and sleep problems, loss of sense of smell and depression. A mouse with a mutation in a gene responsible for packaging neurotransmitters like ... > full story -
Anti-biotech Groups Obstruct Forest Biotechnology, Researchers Say
June 30, 2009 — The potential of forest biotechnology to help address significant social and environmental issues is being "strangled at birth" by the rigid opposition of some groups and regulations that effectively ... > full story -
Reengineering A Food Poisoning Microbe To Carry Medicines And Vaccines
June 16, 2009 — Scientists have used genetic engineering to tame one of the most deadly food poisoning microbes and turn it into a potential new way of giving patients medicine and vaccines in pills rather than ... > full story -
Cloned Crops Closer To Being Realized
June 10, 2009 — Clonal reproduction of crop species took a step closer to being realized with new research. The advantage of clonal reproduction is that it produces an individual exactly like an existing one -- very ... > full story -
Enzyme Necessary For DNA Synthesis Can Also Erase DNA
June 9, 2009 — Scientists have discovered a new mechanism behind an important process that causes a rapid reduction of DNA in the chromosomes of bacteria. The findings advance our knowledge of how DNA content has ... > full story -
World First: Chinese Scientists Create Pluripotent Stem Cells From Pigs
June 3, 2009 — Scientists have managed to induce cells from pigs to transform into pluripotent stem cells -- cells that, like embryonic stem cells, are capable of developing into any type of cell in the body. It is ... > full story -
Why Can We Talk? 'Humanized' Mice Speak Volumes About Evolutionary Past
May 31, 2009 — Mice carrying a "humanized version" of a gene believed to influence speech and language may not actually talk, but they nonetheless do have a lot to say about our evolutionary past, according to a ... > full story -
TB Vaccine Gets Its Groove Back
May 24, 2009 — Investigators have cracked one of clinical medicine's enduring mysteries -- what happened to the tuberculosis vaccine. The once-effective vaccine no longer prevents the bacterial lung infection that ... > full story -
New Species Of Cholesterol-busting Bug With A Taste For Waste Discovered
May 16, 2009 — A novel species of bacteria with cholesterol-busting properties has been discovered by scientists. They isolated the new bug, called Gordonia cholesterolivorans, from sewage ... > full story
Search ScienceDaily
Number of stories in archives: 71,709
