Honeybee mite raises bumblebee virus risk
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A mite that spreads a dangerous virus among honeybees also plays an indirect role in infecting wild bumblebees, new research shows.
The Varroa destructor mite lives on honeybees and can spread deformed...
CRISPR Jumps in New Direction
Two papers, one published today in Nature and the other last week in Science, describe a new mechanism in which bacterial transposons associate with CRISPR-Cas systems to allow for RNA-guided DNA insertion. Both papers show that...
Trump Administration Proposes Deregulatory Shift on Agricultural Biotechnology – CSPI Newsroom
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Statement of CSPI Biotechnology Director Greg Jaffe
June 12, 2019
If American consumers are going to see the benefits of foods made with genetic engineering or gene editing technology, they will need to have...
Biotechnology construction kit for custom-designed products – Nanowerk
Jun 12, 2019
(Nanowerk News) Microorganisms often assemble natural products similar to product assembly lines. Certain enzymes, non-ribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPS), play a key role in this process. Biotechnologists at Goethe University have now...
Study: Underweight boys and overweight girls have increased risk of depression
The results of a large community-based study have shown that the probability of major depressive disorder in children and adolescents with high, low, or normal body mass index differs according to gender. Underweight boys...
Why fears over smartphone ‘addiction’ are based on flawed evidence
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Most studies into the impact of technology use on psychological wellbeing rely on flawed measures say researchers.
Surveys are often used to understand how people...
Executive Order on Modernizing Regulatory Framework for Agricultural Biotechnology Products – Mirage News
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to conduct Federal oversight of agricultural biotechnology products that...
GENcast: Microbiome Research is More Than Just a Gut Reaction
Over the years, the field of Microbiology has spawned some of the most important discoveries across all of the biological sciences. The emergence of innovative research on the microbiome and its connection to human...
Plant-derived siRNAs could bring a ‘green revolution’ in RNAi tools and therapeutics
"Green revolution" in the early 1950s, the extensive cultivation of Dwarf Rice solves the food problem in developing countries. At present, chronic infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) has been a major public health...
Using molecular biomarkers to guide the choice of therapies for metastatic pancreatic cancer
A new pilot study demonstrated the feasibility of using molecular tumor markers as the basis for selecting the chemotherapeutic agents to use in patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer. Based on these promising results a...
