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The Internet is a big place; when youre looking for biotech-related websites, where should you start? Here is our recent list of the Best Web. The BacMap genome atlas ...

The world’s leading experts in rice genetics – the science that brings us better rice varieties – are meeting in Manila, 5 - 8 November, for the 7th International Rice Genetics Symposium (RG7).

Scientists set out to determine what makes facial morphology so distinct. Genetics play a major role as evident in the similarities between parents and their children, but researchers have puzzled over what is it in our DNA that fine-tunes the genetics so that siblings - especially identical twins ...

Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) say they have come up with a hair restoration method that can generate new human hair growth, rather than simply redistribute hair from one part of the scalp to another. The approach could significantly expand the use of ...

People with negative views may blame their attitude in their genes. Scientists from Cornell University and partners discovered that a specific gene involved in emotional memories could influence how people focus their eyes and attention...

Researchers of Iranian Biological Resource Center (IBRC) have managed to introduce a novel archaeal species in International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. The strain named Halopenitus malekzadehii sp. nov in honor of Professor Fereydoun Malekzadeh; the father of Bacteriology in Iran.

Scientists at Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany and University of Ottawa, Canada reported the successful development of genetically modified pea expressing insect resistance gene cry1Ac through Agrobacterium-mediated transformation ...

Researchers at MIT say they have developed a novel type of nanoparticle that protects a vaccine long enough to generate a strong immune response both in the lungs and in mucosal surfaces far from the vaccination site, such as the gastrointestinal and reproductive tracts. The scientists are working on this project ...

A global roundtable on access to information, public participation, and access to justice regarding living/genetically modified organisms (LMOs/GMOs) will be held in Geneva, Switzerland on October 16-17, 2013. The roundtable is a joint event on the Aarhus Convention and the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety.

VIB is organizing a scientific symposium on 12 November 2013 in Belgium to mark the 30th anniversary of the first successful introduction of foreign genes into plants. Top speakers from the public and private sector will reflect on the achievements of agrobiotechnology and ...