GMO mosquitoes will fly. Probably.
Just a short note (from a Fusion story), but one kind of overlooked story from election day is that the Florida Keys approved releasing genetically […]
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Florida Keys voting on genetically-modified mosquito plan.
FiveThirtyEight Science has an in-depth article on a genetic reponse to the Zika threat and the scientific stakes of ballots cast in Florida’s southernmost county: […]
Rescuing the seeds of Aleppo
Nature finds hope for the future in war-torn Syria, where a seed-bank dedicated to preserve our ancient plants (which could save our crops from climate […]
A three-parent baby born in Mexico.
Nature (and New Scientist) have been covering the developing story about a healthy baby boy born from genetic material supplied by three parents: Nature: Researchers […]
We (mostly) came out of Africa together.
PhysOrg looks at three studies that suggest humans, for the most part, all came out of Africa in one migration more than 100 millennia ago: […]
We can inherit the memory of heart attacks.
Science Daily reports on Swedish scientists who’ve found we can inherit “memories” of a heart attack: In the current [Uppsala University] study, the researchers examined […]
Researcher tucks into a CRISPR meal.
Umeå University has more on their molecular biology professor, Stefan Jansson, who sat down to eat a CRISPR-modified pasta-and-veggie dinner to show off the technology’s […]
Prepare to make prehistoric monsters
Nature braces for the fun in the gene labs, as CRISPR paves the way to recreate bygone creatures: The precise, efficient CRISPR–Cas9 gene-editing technique has […]
Beer geneticists.
Nature reports on another genetic revolution that’s, um, brewing in Belgium, where DNA researchers are tweaking yeast to make better beer: Kevin Verstrepen’s lab meetings […]
Two teams of scientists are using CRISPR on humans.
CBC News reports on the pioneering work (and maybe friendly rivalry) being used to cure lung cancer with edited genes: [F]or scientists like Jason Moffat, […]
Chinese researchers edit genes in human embryos – again.
Nature has more on the (non-viable) human embryos that were modified to resist HIV before being destroyed: Researchers in China have reported editing the genes […]
Hormone hacking: home-grown gender control.
The Open Source Gendercodes project is planning to take sex hormones out of the pharmaceutical factory and into the kitchens (and gardens) of any transgendered […]
Florida carpenter ants program themselves.
Science Daily reveals how one species of ant takes on their own brains and programs their social roles – doing the job we thought DNA […]
Chickens that lay medicine are here.
Nature reveals the existence of transgenic chickens, modified to produce drugs in their eggs: The drug, Kanuma (sebelipase alfa), is a recombinant human enzyme marketed […]
Super-healthy tomatoes showcase genetic meddling’s sunny side.
Scientific American celebrates a bumper crop of super-healthy tomatoes, thanks to genetic modification: A single tomato of the new variety contains the same amount of […]