stonedfox:

Genetically engineered silkworms with spider genes spin super silk

Transgenically-engineered silkworms, with glowing red eyes, are spinning silk in a lab at at University of Notre Dame that has the prized strength and elasticity of spider silk. The researchers say this long-sought super silk might be used to make sutures, artificial limbs and parachutes.

davorpavelic:

Mickey’s third ear.

sciencememes:

Science tatts…. awesome!

elvisfang:

Genetics is coming to an END today! #hospital #usmle #genetics #step1 #kaplan #iphone4 #iphonesia #guangzhou #china #2012 (Taken with instagram)

Genetically engineered crops have been with us now for some 20 years, and it is becoming apparent that the reality of GMOs has fallen far short of business model expectations. A report issued in 2009 by the Union of Concerned Scientists entitled Failure to Yield: Evaluating the Performance of Genetically Engineered Crops found that GM technology has not increased yields at all through its entire history, despite the millions that have been spent on GM development, much of it from government funding.

jenniferburgess:

How To I.D. Genetically Modified Food at the Supermarket

Not many consumers realize that the FDA does not require genetically modified food to be labeled.

That’s because the FDA has decided that you, dear consumer, don’t care if the tomato you’re eating has been cross bred with frog genes to render the tomato more resistant to cold weather.

Some consumers may not be concerned with eating Frankenfood, but for those who are, here’s how to determine if the fruits and vegetables you’re buying are (GM) genetically modified.

Hat tip to Marion Owen for her valuable information. Here’s how it works:

For conventionally grown fruit, (grown with chemicals inputs), the PLU codeon the sticker consists of four numbers. Organically grown fruit has a five-numeral PLU prefaced by the number 9.

Genetically engineered (GM) fruit has a five-numeral PLU prefaced by the number 8.

For example:

A conventionally grown banana would be: 4011

An organic banana would be: 94011

A genetically engineered (GE or GMO) banana would be: 84011

These tips are specially important now that over 80% of all processed foods in the US are genetically modified.

Many countries in the European Union have beenbanning GM products and produce (including Austria, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary and Luxembourg).

wnxthjt-9:

Intro video

This is why I choose to do my bio project on Genetically Modified Organisms. This series was made in the early 2000’s but set in 2019 to about 2023. Once you get over the bulky cell phones and floppy discs, the vision of the emanate future is quite clear. Thanks to recent advances in the field of genetics this is a very plausible ( and probably just around the river bend) future. The main character is genetic engineered to be the best that a human can be….that is with a bit of help from other animal’s DNA. Which brings me to this: if we are capable of making glow in the dark animals by mixing genes whats to say that this isn’t possible for super strong/intelligent/fast human

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ninjamindfist:

Belgian Blue cattle originated in Belgium as the product of crossbreeding between local red-pied and black-pied cattle and cattle imported from England in the late 1800s. The breed became recently established with the founding of the Belgian White Blue herd book in 1973 (Lips, Tavenier,…

sciencememes:

Genetic Engineering…