Canada invests $255M in genomics research
In Canada, federal and provincial governments are partnering with research institutions and private sector partners to invest $255 million in genomics research bringing new...
Aniline Made from Biomaterials For First Time Ever – Turning Point for Key Foam...
In Germany, aniline, a chemical only attained from fossil fuels in the past, was produced from plant-based materials using a microorganism as a catalyst...
First global atlas of soil-dwelling bacteria compiled
In Colorado, University of Colorado, Boulder researchers compiled the first global atlas of soil bacterial communities and identified a group of around 500 key...
Is it ethical? NIH to look at human genome research ethics
In Maryland, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is looking for answers on the ethical, legal and social implications of human genome research. The...
White Guinea yam genome sequencing could help millions in Africa with staple food crop
In Japan, researchers led by the Iwate Biotechnology Institute Research Center performed genome analysis of white Guinea yam (Dioscorea rotundata) to accelerate marker-assisted breeding...
Printing Medicine In Remote Clinics or Printing Needed Supplies in Space Could Be the...
In California, Synthetic Genomics developed a printing machine called Digital-to-Biological Converter that takes digital representations of DNA and prints them using chemicals that make...
ASM contest turns science into art
In New Orleans, the American Society for Microbiology’s Agar Art contest is giving scientists the opportunity to also become artists.
Using agar plates—petri dishes that...
Genetic Breakthrough with Cows to Help Them Fight Tuberculosis
In China, veterinary medicine researchers used CRISPR/Cas9n genetic editing technology to add tuberculosis resistant gene, NRAMP1, into live cow genomes to help cows become...
Fighting climate change with genetically modified livestock in Africa
In Kenya, the International Livestock Research Institute is helping create climate and disease resistant livestock to help farmers in Africa adapt to diseases like...
Phylos Bioscience Creates Largest Genomic Database of Marijuana in the World
In Oregon, Phylos Bioscience has sequenced the DNA of thousands of marijuana samples from around the world creating the largest genomic database of marijuana...