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Successful initial safety tests for genetically-modified rice that fights allergy

Successful initial safety tests for genetically-modified rice that fights allergy

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jun 24, 2009 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

In a first-of-its-kind advance toward the next generation of genetically modified foods -- intended to improve consumers’ health -- researchers in Japan are reporting that a new transgenic rice designed to ...





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Risks involved with transgenic fish

Risks involved with transgenic fish

Biology / Ecology

created Aug 31, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fast growing transgenic fish can revolutionise commercial fish farming and relieve the pressure on overexploited fish stocks. But what happens in the natural environment if transgenic fish escape?


Food biotechnology: real world challenges

Biology /

created Apr 08, 2008 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Genetically modified crops have been widely adopted by American farmers. In spite of their use in the United States, the European Union (EU) imposed a 6-year freeze (1998–2004) on growing and importing transgenic crops.


Gene-engineered flies are pest solution

Biology /

created Jan 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

For the first time, male flies of a serious agricultural pest, the medfly, have been bred to generate offspring that die whilst they are still embryos. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Biology describe the ...


A high-fat diet could promote the development of Alzheimer's

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 28, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (14) | comments 0

A team of Université Laval researchers has shown that the main neurological markers for Alzheimer's disease are exacerbated in the brains of mice fed a diet rich in animal fat and poor in omega-3s. Details of the study—which ...


Modified crops reveal hidden cost of resistance

Modified crops reveal hidden cost of resistance

Biology / Biotechnology

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Genetically modified squash plants that are resistant to a debilitating viral disease become more vulnerable to a fatal bacterial infection, according to biologists.


Low-density lipoprotein receptor reduces damage in Alzheimer's brain

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR) has received a lot of attention because of its connection with coronary heart disease and atherosclerosis, but now it appears as if it may have a beneficial influence in degenerative ...


A novel approach in the molecular differentiation of prion strains

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created Aug 29, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A team from the French Food Safety Agency, Lyon, France, has identified a prion protein characteristic that is unique to some natural but unusual sheep scrapie cases. This finding, reported August 29th in the open-access ...


Researchers create first transgenic prairie voles

Biology / Biotechnology

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, have successfully generated the first transgenic prairie voles, an important step toward unlocking the genetic secrets of pair bonding. The future ...


Transgenic maize is more susceptible to aphids

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created Aug 29, 2007 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The environmental consequences of transgenic crops are the focus of numerous investigations, such as the one published in the journal PloS ONE, which was carried out by Cristina Faria and her colleagues, under the supervision ...


Transgenic Goat's Milk Offers Hope for Tackling Children's Intestinal Disease

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created Aug 04, 2006 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

It's hard to improve on milk, but animal scientists at the University of California, Davis, have found that milk produced by transgenic goats, which carry the gene for an antibacterial enzyme found in human breast milk, altered ...



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