Latest Genetic engineering Stories

In the news release, Earth Balance® Launches First Organic and Non-GMO Project(TM)-Verified Soymilk Line Exclusively at Whole Foods Market®, issued 26-Jul-2010 by Whole Foods Market over PR Newswire, we are advised by the company that the product should read "refrigerated soymilk" in the headline and throughout the release rather than "soymilk" as originally issued inadvertently. The complete, corrected release follows: Earth Balance® Launches First Organic and Non-GMO...

BOULDER, Colo., July 26 /PRNewswire/ -- In an exclusive relationship with Whole Foods Market (Nasdaq: WFMI), Earth Balance, a leading producer of natural spreads and nut butters, today announced the launch of its new line of organic and Non-GMO Project-verified soymilk - an industry first - available in Whole Foods Market stores nationwide as it enters into the marketplace. "Since Whole Foods Market opened its doors thirty years ago, our mission has been to sell the highest quality...

A bacteria that lives in hot springs in Japan may help solve one of the mysteries of the early evolution of complex organisms, according to a study publishing next week in PLoS Biology. It may also be the key to 21st century biofuel production.Biochemists Alan Lambowitz and Georg Mohr began investigating Thermosynechococcus elongatus, a cyanobacterium that can survive at temperatures up to 150 degrees Fahrenheit, after they noticed an unusually high percentage of the bacteria's genetic...

For two decades, the laboratory mouse has been the workhorse of biomedical studies and the only mammal whose genes scientists could effectively and reliably manipulate to study human diseases and conditions.Now researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have added another experimental research animal to the scientific stable: the rat.In a new study appearing in the June issue of Nature Methods, UT Southwestern researchers detail how they created 35 new rat "lines," with each type...

ST. LOUIS, April 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sigma® Life Science, the innovative biological products and services brand of Sigma-Aldrich® (Nasdaq: SIAL), today announced an extension to its award-winning CompoZr® product offering with the global release of the CompoZr Targeted Integration Kit, AAVS1 (www.sigma.com/aavs1). This kit provides a powerful method for the controlled transgene integration and expression of any gene in any human cell line using Sigma-Aldrich's proprietary...

BRUSSELS, April 13, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- - Summary of Peer-Reviewed Research in Nature Biotechnology Magazine Concludes That Biotech Crops are Having a Positive Economic Impact on Farmers, Especially Those in Developing Countries A growing body of research evidence indicates that biotech crops are delivering higher yields and better economic performance for farmers around the world. In a peer-reviewed article that appears in the April 2010 edition of Nature Biotechnology...

Scientists said in a study released on Sunday that a mutation in a single gene could turn hybrid tomato plants into super producers capable of generating more and much sweeter fruit without genetic engineering. Researcher Zachary Lippman of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York said the study also showed that using classic plant-breeding techniques can boost yield as dramatically as using genetically modified organisms. Lippman, along with colleagues, reported in the journal Nature...

SANTA MONICA, Calif., March 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Peter Derycz, Chairman and CEO of Derycz Scientific, Inc., (OTC Bulletin Board: DYSC), a company that is pioneering a fresh way of facilitating the flow of information from content publishers to enterprise customers and their constituents, has contributed articles to the journals Pharmaceutical Manufacturing and Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News. Both articles discuss the ways that a dedicated professional document...

AAAS panel mulls science and public acceptanceSome say the world's population will swell to 9 billion people by 2030 and that will present significant challenges for agriculture to provide enough food to meet demand, says University of Idaho animal scientist Rod Hill.Hill and Larry Branen, a University of Idaho food scientist, organized a symposium during the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting Sunday to explore ways biotechnology could provide healthy and...

Increasing numbers of research studies clearly demonstrate that genetics alone cannot explain the diversity of living organisms, reports Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (GEN). Also driving the development of such complexity is epigenetics, and the February 1 issue of GEN contains three articles that illustrate the growing recognition of the importance of this emerging field of study."Scientists have shown that non-DNA-sequence-changing epigenetic phenomena such as histone...