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  • July 2008

    • Italian Cooks Up Eggplant and Tomato Tree

      ANSA (Italy)  |  Jul 11, 08 2:12 PM CDT

      Italian Cooks Up Eggplant and Tomato Tree

      (Newser) - A Sicilian amateur botanist claims to have developed a plant hybrid that functions as the world’s first tomato/eggplant tree, ANSA reports. Taking advantage of the fact that all three share the same genus, Giuseppe Marino grafted tomato and eggplant tissue onto a devil’s fig shrub, a hardy plant that can survive with very little water. More »

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      science  • tomatoes  • trees  • genetic modification  • botany

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  • November 2007

    • Lab Creates Speedy, Lean Mighty Mouse

      Guardian (UK)  |  Nov 2, 07 1:45 PM CDT

      Lab Creates Speedy, Lean Mighty Mouse

      (Newser) - Scientists have made speedy super mice by flipping a genetic switch, reports the Guardian . The mice can run 30 times as far as regular mice, and they live longer and breed later. They also eat 60% more food than average mice but manage to stay leaner and possibly more resistant to cancer, say researchers at Case Western Reserve University. More »

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      biology  • genetic modification  • mice  • bioethics  • Case Western Reserve University

  • September 2007

    • "Skinny Gene" Found in Mice

      MSNBC  |  Sep 4, 07 9:01 PM CDT

      "Skinny Gene" Found in Mice

      (Newser) - A gene dubbed "adipose," identified more than 50 years ago in fruit flies, has now been found to regulate  thinness, or its opposite, in worms and mice, according to a study in the journal Cell Metabolism.  Researchers at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center have determined that the the gene is not merely a binary switch resulting in obesity or emaciation, but can be regulated to induce a particular weight, MSNBC reports. More »

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      genes  • weight loss  • weight  • genetic modification

  • March 2007

    • Modified Corn Could Be Killing The Bees

      Salon  |  Mar 29, 07 10:57 AM CDT

      Modified Corn Could Be Killing The Bees

      (Newser) - Genetically modified corn is the culprit in the disappearance of honeybees, according to a theory offered by a beekeeping expert, says Salon.  In a German study, the corn itself, which contains built-in pesticides, didn't kill the bees, but it seems to have damaged their intestines, making them vulnerable to parasites. More »

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      Germany  • corn  • pesticide  • bees  • genetic modification  • honeybees

    • Modified Mosquitoes Could Fight the Spread of Malaria

      Guardian (UK)  |  Mar 20, 07 8:06 AM CDT

      Modified Mosquitoes Could Fight the Spread of Malaria

      (Newser) - Genetically modified mosquitoes that cannot pass on malaria may help reduce the spread of the disease that now causes a million deaths a year, mostly children. A new study shows that the lab-designed bugs could out-breed their natural competition, eventually driving them out altogether and eliminating the route through which humans are infected. More »

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      health  • disease  • research  • evolution  • malaria  • genetic modification  • parasites  • mosquito

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