Latest Genetic engineering Stories

A group of experts is urging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to hold off on approving genetically modified salmon fit for consumption.David Senior, the chairman of a committee of independent experts consulting the FDA and a professor of veterinary medicine at Louisiana State University, told reporter Jean-Louis Santini that he and his 14 colleagues were "sending a message for further studies."Santini notes that the committee members, who had been meeting at a hotel in...

The world's largest chemical company, BASF, was criticized recently after it told Brussels investigators that a "human error" was made after seeds from a new strain of genetically modified potato were found in a Swedish field. The German company, which is authorized to grow a strain of GM potato called Amflora but not the experimental Amadea variety, told the European Commission that the wrong seed was accidentally fed into the wrong tube, according to commission spokesman Frederic...

Biopharmaceutical firms and other life science organizations are taking definitive steps toward creating greener working environments and developing more sustainable operations, reports Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (GEN). This promising trend was made clear through a series of presentations and panel discussions that took place at GEN's (www.genengnews.com/gen-articles/biopharma-s-going-green/3381), "GreenBioPharma" conference, which was recently held in...

U.S. health officials are expected to determine whether genetically engineered fish are safe to eat in a decision that could deliver the first altered animal food to consumers' dinner plates. The fish in question is manipulated to grow twice as fast as traditional Atlantic salmon, something its creator Aqua Bounty Technologies Inc. says could help boost the nation's fish sector and reduce pressure on the environment. However, consumer advocates and food safety experts say that splicing and...

Scientists are turning to a decades-old technique to better understand the physical effects of compression on macromolecules and how it might impact their research in proteomics, mass spectrometry, protein extraction, and tissue investigations, reports Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (GEN). These studies are built upon the early ultrahigh pressure discoveries of the late Nobel Prize winner in Physics, Percy Bridgman, Ph.D., who was a professor at Harvard from 1908 to 1954,...

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...