Genetic Modification News

• Pests and Parasites
  Agriculture and Food
  Endangered Plants
  Food and Agriculture
  Genetically Modified
  Botany
   
  

  Multi-Toxin Biotech Crops Not Silver Bullets, Scientists Warn

  March 30, 2013 — The widely used strategy of endowing crops with redundant toxins to fend off pests rests on flawed assumptions, researchers have discovered. Their study helps explain why pests are evolving ... > full story
• Blood Clots
  Hypertension
  Medical Technology
  Anemia
  Medical Devices
  Medical Imaging
   
  

  Artificial Spleen to Treat Bloodstream Infections: Sepsis Therapeutic Device Under Development

  March 30, 2013 — Scientists are developing blood-cleansing technology. The device will be used to treat bloodstream infections that are the leading cause of death in critically ill patients and soldiers injured in ... > full story
• Endangered Plants
  Botany
  Molecular Biology
  Agriculture and Food
  Renewable Energy
  Genetics
   
  

  Researchers Engineer Plant Cell Walls to Boost Sugar Yields for Biofuels

  March 29, 2013 — Using the tools of synthetic biology, researchers are engineering healthy plants whose lignocellulosic biomass can more easily be broken down into simple sugars for the production of clean, green and ... > full story
• Mice
  Rodents
  Genetically Modified
  Mating and Breeding
  Evolutionary Biology
  Animals
   
  

  Mate Choice in Mice Is Heavily Influenced by Paternal Cues, Mouse Study Shows

  March 28, 2013 — Hybrid offspring of different house mice populations show a preference for mating with individuals from their father's original ... > full story
• Bacteria
  Food
  Biotechnology and Bioengineering
  Staying Healthy
  Insomnia Research
  Microbes and More
   
  

  Caffeine-'Addicted' Bacteria: Finding May Lead to New Decontamination Methods, New Medicines

  March 27, 2013 — Some people may joke about living on caffeine, but scientists now have genetically engineered E. coli bacteria to do that -- literally. Their report describes bacteria being "addicted" to caffeine in ... > full story
• Obesity
  Diet and Weight Loss
  Fitness
  Genes
  Children's Health
  Personalized Medicine
   
  

  Study Finds Strong Genetic Component to Childhood Obesity

  March 26, 2013 — Childhood body weight is strongly influenced by genes, scientists say. This study underlines the importance of genetic effects in childhood obesity, supporting the current thinking that children of ... > full story
• Heart Disease
  Stem Cells
  Vioxx
  Stroke Prevention
  Cholesterol
  Diseases and Conditions
   
  

  Gene Therapy May Aid Failing Hearts

  March 26, 2013 — In an animal study, researchers show that it was possible to use gene therapy to boost heart muscle function. The finding suggests that it might be possible to use this approach to treat patients ... > full story
• Healthy Aging
  Alzheimer's Research
  Alzheimer's
  Genes
  Dementia
  Brain Injury
   
  

  DNA Damage Occurs as Part of Normal Brain Activity, Scientists Discover

  March 24, 2013 — Scientists have discovered that a certain type of DNA damage long thought to be particularly detrimental to brain cells can actually be part of a regular, non-harmful process. The team further found ... > full story
• Skin Cancer
  Stem Cells
  Immune System
  Brain Tumor
  Lymphoma
  Cancer
   

  Immune-Cell Therapy Could Strengthen Promising Melanoma Treatment

  March 22, 2013 — Scientists have used newly developed nanotechnology chips (multidimensional and multiplexed immune monitoring assays) to successfully monitor T cells genetically engineered to attack melanoma. They ... > full story
• Malaria
  Virology
  Pests and Parasites
  Insects (including Butterflies)
  Viruses
  Genes
   
  

  Researchers Alter Mosquito Genome With Goal of Controlling Disease

  March 21, 2013 — With a technique called TALENS, scientists used a pair of engineered proteins to disrupt a targeted gene in the mosquito genome, changing the eye color of ensuing generations of the insect. The ... > full story

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