Microbe is a pain in the gut, triggers IBD
In Nebraska, a colon-dwelling bacterium may trigger inflammatory bowel diseases by raising the immune system’s alarm against its peaceful bacterial community, reports a recent...
Drones, genomes and microbes give insight into whale microbiomes
In Massachusetts, where whale watching is a popular pastime, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution scientists used high tech drones with sterilized petri dishes attached to...
Fish-killing algae blooms meet their match
In California, Agilent, a life sciences, diagnostics and applied chemical markets company, is working with researchers at the Technical University of Denmark to analyze...
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...
Want to know what your baby will look like and like to eat?
In Colorado, HumanCode startup introduced BabyGlimpse, a $259 test that uses DNA from a couple to predict what their future child might look like...
Citrus origin and evolution genomic research could help industry fight citrus greening
In Florida, a University of Florida professor, California-based U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute researchers, and a global group of scientists have traced...
Tough tooth to crack but researchers find a way to collect stem cells from...
In Nevada, researchers at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas developed a new method of extracting large numbers of stem cells from something...
Genetically Modified Silkworms Attack Virus and Survive
In China, researchers are using silkworms to kill viruses, taking CRISPR/CAS, an immune system that attacks foreign genes in the host to protect itself,...
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...
To Be or Not To Be GMO: That is the Question Facing Indian Mustard...
In India, the genetically modified debate continues as a group of seven farmers’ unions petition to the Prime Minister to allow the implementation of...