Gina Kolata
Business booming for stem cell therapy clinics despite dearth of evidence of effectiveness
Out of nowhere, over the past two to three years, the clinics have sprung up — 570 in the United ...
Americans disinterested in using science to build better humans
Americans aren’t very enthusiastic about using science to enhance the human species. Instead, many find it rather creepy. A new ...
CRISPR co-discoverer Emmanuelle Charpentier furthering advances in gene editing
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Emmanuelle Charpentier — one ...
Genetic screening for breast cancer offers information, but often no guidance
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. At a time when ...
When Alzheimer’s is inevitable, is genetic screening any use?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Marty and Matt Reiswig, ...
Middle-aged white Americans increasingly falling victim to suicide
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Something startling is happening ...
Verdict on ‘devious defecator’ case: Employees protected from genetic discrimination
The case that experts believe is the first to go to trial under the law involves something completely different: an ...
Will organic farmers embrace precision gene editing if ancient wild traits are restored?
What’s in a name? A lot, if the name is genetically modified organism, which many people are dead set against ...
New blood test could replace biopsy in detecting and monitoring cancer
In the usual cancer biopsy, a surgeon cuts out a piece of the patient’s tumor, but researchers in labs across ...
What makes genes tick?
The expectation is that by uncovering the switches and genes they control, scientists can add depth to genetic findings like ...
Massive genetics research facility tackles Ebola
An old two-story brick building in a shabby part of town, formerly a distribution center for Budweiser beer, is now ...
‘Alzheimer’s in a Dish’—human brain cells in gel—opens new avenues for research
For the first time, and to the astonishment of many of their colleagues, researchers created what they call Alzheimer’s in ...
Newly found mutations keep triglyceride levels low, thwart heart disease despite diet
Two major studies by leading research groups published on Wednesday independently identified mutations in a single gene that protect against ...
Rare mutation kills off diabetes gene
A new study based on genetic testing of 150,000 people has found a rare mutation that protects even fat people ...
Genetic screening of embryos thwarts disease and creates ethical questions
Screening embryos for IVF lets parents avoid passing on deadly genetic diseases. But selecting according to gender or disease risk ...
Rare mutation ignites race for cholesterol drug
The identification of woman with a rare gene mutation that results in astoundingly low LDL, or "bad," cholesterol levels has set off ...
The erosion of genetic privacy
For years now, a steady stream of research has eroded scientists’ faith that DNA can be held anonymously. Not so ...
Poking holes in genetic privacy
The following is an excerpt. Not so long ago, people who provided DNA in the course of research studies were ...
Using mice to search for cancer genes
The following is an edited excerpt. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center is at the forefront of a new approach to ...
Plans for a global trove of genetic data
The goal is to put the vast collection of data on genetic variations and health into databases open to researchers ...
Geneticists push for global data-sharing
69 institutions in 13 countries are working to enable the free flow of information in genomic medicine ...
Unlucky family with faulty DNA yields clues to heart disease
The following is an edited excerpt. Early heart disease ran in Rick Del Sontro’s family, and every time he went ...
Cancers united by common genetic patterns
Evidence grows that cancers are best defined by their genetic fingerprints, not their organ of origin ...
Human genome, then and now
The following is an excerpt. Eight years of work, thousands of researchers around the world, $1 billion spent — and ...
Five major mental disorders share genetic link
The following is an edited excerpt. The psychiatric illnesses seem very different — schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, autism, major depression and ...
DNA test for rare disorders becomes more routine
The following is an excerpt. A new kind of testing is proving particularly helpful in diagnosing mysterious neurological illnesses in ...
Mutations found in melanomas may shed light on how cancers grow
The following is an excerpt. In a leap forward in understanding the basic science of one of the most lethal ...
Seeking clues to violence in the genome of Newtown gunman
Geneticists at the University of Connecticut are quietly making plans to study the DNA of the Newtown gunman, in an ...
