How Many Stink Bugs Do You Like in Your Wine? Researchers Found an Answer
In Oregon, researchers know stink bugs are an issue when harvesting grapes for wine making, but how much is too much? After placing different...
EMBL Opens New Biomedical Tissue and Organ Lab in Spain
In Spain, the European Molecular Biology Laboratory and the Spanish government is opening a new lab, the first in over 18 years for EMBL,...
New Artist in Town – Genetically Modified E.Coli Bacteria Recreate Artwork In Color
In Massachusetts, MIT synthetic biologists integrated 18 genes into E.coli to make the bacteria “see” red, green, and blue colors and react to the...
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...
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...
Four New Infection Fighting Blood Cells Discovered Using Genomics
In Massachusetts, researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology used new single-cell genetic techniques to discover four new types of while blood cells that...
Ginkgo Bioworks Getting 3.2kB Genes from Twist Bioscience
In California, Twist Bioscience is sending some serious genes to Ginkgo Bioworks. Twist’s genes have up to 3,200 base pairs (or 3.2 kB) in...
Good riddance to rats thanks to genetic modifications to save native species
In Ecuador, conservation scientists are turning to genetic modification to control populations of invasive species taking over the Galápagos Islands. They are having a...
Identification based on genome data could further complicate ethical and legal concerns
In New York, researchers found that genome sequence data can be enough to identify people, even with no other information given, leading to ethical...
Pouch Pathogen Protection for Your Fruits and Veggies
In Florida, scientists at the Agricultural Research Service are working with Worrell Water Technologies on a pouch that prevents pathogens from growing on fruits...