Live in a megacity? Your microbiome is more fragile
In South Korea, researchers at Chung-Ang University collected microbial skin samples from over 230 healthy people living in megacities and smaller cities in China...
23andMe granted first FDA approval for cancer genetic testing
In California, 23andMe, Inc., received the first-ever FDA authorization for a direct-to-consumer genetic test for cancer risk. The authorization allows 23andMe to provide customers,...
Aglytix Partners with AGCO Corp. for Precision Ag Data Collaboration
In Minnesota, Aglytix Inc., a software analytics developer for the agricultural industry, is partnering with Georgia-based AGCO Corporation, a design, manufacturer and distributor also...
Amateur beekeeping leads to discovery of plastic-eating worm
In Spain, a researcher at the Spanish National Research Council stumbled upon a polyethylene-eating worm while removing the parasitic pests from his backyard hobby...
uBiome Awards Grant to Study Pregnant Women Genomics and Preterm Birth
In Massachusetts, Dr. Olaf Bodamer from Boston Children’s Hospital, who is known in pediatrics, biochemistry and human and molecular genetics, is using a newly...
Big Data Helps Farmers’ Profits According to USDA
In Washington, DC, the United States Department of Agriculture released data showing that larger farmers (over 2,900 acres) are using more technology and precision-agriculture...
Silicon Valley Meets Agriculture with Tuckaway Farms Use of Technology
In New Hampshire, Tuckaway Farms owner Dorn Cox demonstrates how he uses technology including precision ag, his smartphone, and drones to help run his...
New way to repurpose DNA to create new materials discovered
In California, scientists at The Scripps Research Institute showed that they could make several potentially valuable chemical modifications to DNA nucleotides and produce useful...
Design Your Own Baby Coming Soon? Could Be Within Five Years
In New York, Jef Boeke, Director of the Institute for Systems Genetics at New York University, told The Daily Mail that artificial human DNA...
Students use synthetic biology to tackle cow burps
In Nebraska, students at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln have proposed two methods for dealing methane emissions related to livestock, a major contributor to global...