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...
Grow your own paint? Could happen using genetic coding of nature’s colors
In the United Kingdom, researchers from the University of Cambridge and Dutch company Hoekmine BV are unlocking the genetic code behind some of the...
CRISPR Gene- Editing Tool Used to Restore Vision
In California, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Shiley Eye Institute at UC San Diego Health, with colleagues in...
How Biochar Improves Plant Health is Better Understood
In Israel, researchers at the Volcani Center Agricultural Research Organization have caught a better glimpse of why biochar can have positive effects on soil...
Less is more but not in a good way – less microbes lead to...
In the United Kingdom, University of Manchester researchers found that the less microbes you have in your body, the more resistant to antibiotics they...
Estonia to genotype 100K citizens in 2018
In Estonia, the government allocated €5 million ($5.9 million) to support the genotyping of 100,000 people in the Northern European country next year. The...
Bumblebee Brews – Bee and Wasp Based Yeasts Offer Wild Beer Flavors
In North Carolina, a new species of yeast for brewing tasty beers has been discovered from an unusual source – bees and wasps. While...
Drinking water technology keeps water microbe free for months
In Lithuania, researchers at Kaunas University of Technology are developing drinking water disinfection technology to destroy microorganisms and provide long-term (up to 3 months)...
Researchers make U.S. history with first human gene editing
In Oregon, researchers at the Oregon Health and Science University have made history by being the first ones to create genetically modified human embryos...
We aren’t even half human – microbes make up more than 50%
In the United Kingdom, scientists say more than half of our body is not human, with human cells making up a mere 43% of...