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 […]
genetics
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 […]
The key to octopuses’ uncanny intelligence is in their genes.
Nature reports that the octopus has, for an invertebrate, a really large genome – including a long sequence of genes that regulates intelligence in “higher” […]
Makin’ babies with Neanderthals *changed* us.
As a species. In some pretty profound ways, Nature says. They highlight a few of the “outsize effects” our Neanderthal genes have on our lives: […]
The gene technology that will change everything.
Wired revels in the newest scientific revolution – the ability to rewrite our genes with ease: The stakes, however, have changed. Everyone at the Napa […]
World’s oldest sperm found inside fossilized worm.
It’s the sperm of perspective, is what it is. Nature is showing off the very seed of history – the oldest animal sperm ever discovered: […]
The Big-Brain Gene. So here’s where the trouble started….
Sci-News.com showcases the gene that gave us (and our Neanderthal and Denisovan cousins) big brains: A gene that is responsible for brain size in modern […]
The DNA hard drive.
New Scientist marvels at the ability of DNA to store information, with a realization that glassed-in genes could safely store information for millennia: Just 1 […]
A social network for sharing your DNA. Online, I mean.
Fusion has the details on the growing community of DNA uploaders: Members of openSNP upload their genes along with things like their sex, age, eye […]
One dad, two moms… on the cellular level. Now, legal. Almost.
Nature reports on a British legal ruling that’s a world-first, a step toward allowing medical scientists to create “three-parent” embryos: This technique, known as mitochondrial […]
Genghis Khan ain’t the only big daddy.
Nature checks our DNA and finds that, yes, a lot of us are related to the Mongolian conqueror… but Genghis Khan ain’t the only big […]
A rat bustier or a rat camisole for a little rat naughtiness.
LiveScience examines how and why rats are aroused by tiny vests: In an unusual study, researchers allowed virgin male rats to have sex with females […]
Schizophrenia: many diseases in one
Daily Beast looks over Washington University research that’s found that the singular diagnosis of schizophrenia is actually a compound disease, caused by eight different genetic […]
Triathlete uses internet to defeat her rare genetic disease
The Atlantic gives hope to the new generation of WebMD obsessives with a fascinating tale of an athlete who used the internet to figure out […]
My great-grandmother was stressed when she was pregnant AND IT FREAKS ME OUT!
Science Daily has yet more research on the heritability of stress, with research that shows the effects of stress on one pregnant mom can last […]