A collaborative research project between Australian and Chinese scientists has shown how soybean can be bred to better tolerate soil salinity. The researchers, at the University of Adelaide... Read more
Scientists from Université Laval, the University of British Columbia and the University of Oxford have discovered a natural resistance gene against spruce budworm in the white spruce. The br... Read more
Gene gives plant a moisture sensor Duke University researchers have identified a gene that could help scientists engineer drought-resistant crops. The gene, called OSCA1, encodes a protein i... Read more
Investigators identify genes that contribute to radiation resistance and potential cancer protection
The benefits of this research and its progeny could be substantial, says Cox. A team of researchers from the University of Wisconsin have identified 46 genes in Escherichia coli that are nec... Read more
“Imagine if you didn’t have to plant seeds for crops – if crops were just like your flowers and your maize just came up year after year” Since the first plant genome sequence was obtained fo... Read more
New understanding of the genes involved in taste perception and food preferences can lead to personalized nutrition plans effective not just in weight loss but in avoiding diseases such as c... Read more
IT SOUNDS like science fiction, and for years it seemed as though it was just that: fiction. But the idea of gene therapy—introducing copies of healthy genes into people who lack them, to tr... Read more
Many fungi have antibacterial properties. Researchers at Oregon State University have discovered that one gene in a common fungus acts as a master regulator, and deleting it has opened acces... Read more
Epigenetic factors identified as key to preventing loss of wheat caused by rain and high humidity (and should lead to better beer The global wheat industry sometimes loses as much as $1 bill... Read more
Safer drugs thanks to a new solution to a 150-year-old chemistry problem? Just like gloves, molecules come in so-called left-handed and right-handed versions. Until now, however, it could be... Read more
AUSTRALIAN researchers have made a breakthrough in combatting a global stem rust strain threatening the world’s wheat crops CSIRO post-doctoral fellow Sam Periyannan has cloned a stem... Read more
Researchers estimate that food availability must double in the next 25 years With fewer than a dozen flowering plants out of 300,000 species accounting for 80 percent of humanity’s ca... Read more
New research in The FASEB Journal suggests that with magnetic guidance, specially designed nanoparticles can help deliver genes to injured arteries, using stents as the delivery platform Ste... Read more
A new, streamlined approach to genetic engineering drastically reduces the time and effort needed to insert new genes into bacteria, the workhorses of biotechnology, scientists are re... Read more
A diagnostic ‘cocktail,’ containing a single drop of blood, a dribble of water and a dose of DNA powder with gold particles, could one day lead to the treatment of the world’s leading diseas... Read more
