Genetically Modified Crops Are Overregulated According To Food Science Expert

It has been almost 20 years since the first genetically modified foods showed up in produce aisles throughout the United States and the rest of the world, but controversy continues to surround the products and their regulation…

Mice With Reduced Caloric Intake Accumulate Longer Telomeres, Reduce Their Incidence Of Cancer, And Are In Better Health

One of the indicators of a cell’s health is the state of its DNA and containers – the chromosomes – so when these fuse together or suffer anomalies, they can become the source of illnesses like cancer and/or ageing processes…

Honey Bees Reveal Link Between Sugar Sensitivity And Metabolic Disorders

Scientists studying the genetics of honey bees found they reveal some insights into the link between sugar sensitivity, diabetic physiology and carbohydrate metabolism that may also be relevant to humans…

Some Gene Mutations May Be Treatable With Diet

Scientists have moved a step closer to correcting some unhealthy gene mutations with diet, according to a new research report appearing in the April 2012 issue of the journal GENETICS…

First Diagnostic Test For Hereditary Children’s Disease

A breakthrough in genetic research has uncovered the defect behind a rare hereditary children’s disease that inhibits the body’s ability to break down vitamin D. This discovery has led researchers to develop the first genetic and biochemical tests that positively identify the disease

Our Desire To Consume Caffeine Driven By Our Own DNA

The desire to keep drinking coffee may not be so much a question of lifestyle or not getting enough sleep, but rather a consequence of having a particular set of genes, US researchers reported in the journal PLoS Genetics. The authors explained that people who have two versions of two particular genes have a much higher chance of wanting to consume more caffeine than others…

Strawberry Genome Sequence Obtained By 75 Scientists From 38 Centers Worldwide

A massive international collaboration has resulted in the publication of the DNA sequence for the strawberry, authors wrote in the journal Nature Genetics.

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