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Appearance Not Always Enough to Identify Species
November 16, 2010 — Linnaean taxonomy is still a cornerstone of biology, but modern DNA techniques have erased many of the established boundaries between species. This has made identifying species difficult in practice, ... > full story -
Natural Selection on Not-So-Natural Plants
November 10, 2010 — New research shows that while a genetically modified squash plant may be resistant to common virus transmitted by aphids, it's no match for bacteria transmitted by ... > full story -
Robust Methods for GMO Detection Ready at Hand
November 10, 2010 — A new Reference Report lists 79 reference methods for GMO analysis which have been validated according to international standards. This Compendium presents the technical state of the art in GMO ... > full story -
Spontaneous GMOs in Nature: Researchers Show How a Genetically Modified Plant Can Come About
November 4, 2010 — Genetically modified plants can come about by natural means. A research group in Sweden has now described the details of such an event among higher plants. It is likely that the gene transfer was ... > full story -
Plants Engineered to Produce New Drugs
November 3, 2010 — Humans have long taken advantage of the huge variety of medicinal compounds produced by plants. Now chemists have found a new way to expand plants' pharmaceutical repertoire by genetically ... > full story -
If GMO Genes Escape, How Will the Hybrids Do? Fitness and Growth of Sorghum, Shattercane, and Its Wild-Crop Hybrid in Nebraska
November 1, 2010 — Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) may raise concerns of genes escaping from crops and having unknown effects on natural, wild species. But what is the real risk that traits associated with GMOs ... > full story -
Protein Injection Shows Promise in Lowering Elevated Triglycerides
October 21, 2010 — A protein injection reduced high triglyceride levels in one type of genetically engineered mice, a new study has found. The approach might help people with similar genetic alterations that cause very ... > full story -
'Reaper' Protein Strikes at Mitochondria to Kill Cells
October 20, 2010 — Many billions of cells in the human body kill themselves every day, as the old and decrepit make way for the new and healthy. This process of programmed cell death, called apoptosis, is crucial in ... > full story -
First Direct Evidence That Response to Alcohol Depends on Genes: Dopamine Receptor Deficiency Leads to Significant Brain Changes in Response to Drinking
October 19, 2010 — A study in mice provides the first experimental evidence to directly support the idea that genetic differences make some individuals more susceptible to the addictive effects of alcohol and other ... > full story -
Tackling Cognitive Deficits in Alzheimer's Disease: One 'STEP' at a Time
October 18, 2010 — Lowering levels of a key protein involved in regulating learning and memory -- STtriatal-Enriched tyrosine Phosphatase (STEP) -- reversed cognitive deficits in mice with Alzheimer's disease, ... > full story
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