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...
Bigger better beefsteak tomatoes thanks to genomics
In Georgia, geneticists found that the gene variant called Cell Size Regulator is responsible for the size of various cultivated and wild tomatoes. They...
A step closer to human cloning? Two cloned monkeys created in China
In China, two healthy, cloned monkeys were born after having been created with the same method that was famously used with Dolly the sheep...
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...
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...
Google Knows Everything? Soon It Could Know Your Genetic Profile
In the United Kingdom, Google’s artificial intelligence arm, DeepMind, could soon have access to genomic information for thousands of people. While DeepMind is already...
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...
Accelerated Genetics Has New CEO to Take the Reins
In Wisconsin, after four months of searching, Accelerated Genetics, a cattle genetics cooperative, has a new CEO, Janet Keller. The board decided to hire...
ASM contest turns science into art
In New Orleans, the American Society for Microbiology’s Agar Art contest is giving scientists the opportunity to also become artists.
Using agar plates—petri dishes that...
Phylos Bioscience Creates Largest Genomic Database of Marijuana in the World
In Oregon, Phylos Bioscience has sequenced the DNA of thousands of marijuana samples from around the world creating the largest genomic database of marijuana...