Syngenta Reaches Settlement with Kansas Farmer Over Selling Uncertified Wheat Seed
In Kansas, Syngenta settled with Kyle Awalt, a Kansas farmer, for his sale of noncertified protected wheat seeds, specifically Syngenta’s AgriPro SY Monument and...
Genomics Testing Speeds Up Foodborne Bacteria Research
In Georgia, researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are using new genomics testing to...
How Do We Know Stories Passed Down Through Generations Are True? Genomic Data Confirms...
In Illinois, researchers at the University of Illinois and Pennsylvania State University have proven through genomic data that what aboriginal communities oral histories have...
Bio-Rad Acquires RainDance Technologies to Strengthen DNA Sequencing Applications
In New York, Bio-Rad Laboratories acquired one of its rivals, RainDance Technologies. Details on the acquisition amount or impact for RainDance employees were not...
Medication Making You Sicker? Blame Your Gut Bacteria!
In New York, your gut bacteria can directly affect how well your body absorbs and metabolizes medication. Research on a chemotherapy drug showed that...
Newly discovered microbes named after Canadian band Rush
In Canada, three new species of microbe found in the guts of termites have been named after members of the Canadian prog-rock band Rush,...
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-ever cancer genomic profiling program offered to more than 2M Americans
In Maryland, LifeMark Partners, Inc., an independent national insurance marketing organization, announced that a complimentary cancer genomic profiling program will be exclusively available to...
Torque launches new immune cell therapeutics to treat cancer
In Massachusetts, Torque, an immuno-oncology company launched its technology platform to create a new class of immune cell therapeutics to treat cancer, financed with...
Canada using DNA technologies to speed up agricultural imports and exports
In Canada, the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food announced that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency is using DNA-based technologies to help speed up the...