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With just a sample of fluid surrounding a baby in the womb, researchers can make mini organs to test out potential medical treatments

Laura Ungar | 
Scientists have created miniorgans from cells floating in the fluid that surrounds a fetus in the womb—opening new area of ...
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The genetics of loneliness

Studies have shown the impact loneliness has on human health. The adverse health effects of loneliness rival that of smoking ...
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How do people uniquely respond to different diets? 500 Americans will be living at scientific facilities for six weeks to find out

Andrea Petersen | 
Kevin Elizabeth, a 28-year-old tech worker, is one of 500 Americans who will be living at scientific facilities around the ...
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Four out of five people with autoimmune diseases are women. We finally know why

Carmen Leitch | 
It's estimated that four of every five people who have an autoimmune disease are women. For some disorders the ratio ...
Precision medicine timeline: ‘Floodgates might be opening for a generalized cure of most genetic diseases in less than one generation’

Precision medicine timeline: ‘Floodgates might be opening for a generalized cure of most genetic diseases in less than one generation’

Jonathan Schramm | 
The ultimate goal of medicine: Instead of drugs acting on multiple parts of the body precision therapies target only one ...
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What do high-altitude Andean communities and deep-sea fish have in common? Genetic mutations that aid survival in low-oxygen environments

Jennifer Zieba | 
Researchers discovered an example of convergent evolution in the Peruvian and Tibetan highlander communities ...
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Understanding how calorie restriction improves health and increases human lifespan

Kris Rebillot | 
Recent research reveals a significant discovery about dietary restriction and its impact on brain health and aging ...
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Who should take an obesity drug? A new genetic test class to identify patients most likely to benefit

Tina Reed | 
Homing in on obesity's genetic underpinnings through precision medicine may represent a more cost-effective way of tackling weight loss ...
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We have the tools to develop genetics-based personalized medicine, but the data used is outdated and lacks diversity

Manuel Corpas | 
Bias in medical studies towards men of European origin means genetic variants in understudied populations don’t get the focus they ...
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We now know the mechanisms of aging, but how do you slow down the process?

Allison Aubrey | 
The next frontier is to target the basic biology of aging and come up with new interventions to slow it ...
Only 2% of the world's population has green eyes. Why so few?

Only 2% of the world’s population has green eyes. Why so few?

Soo Kim | 
Green eyes are estimated at 2 percent of the population worldwide and prevalence is much higher in certain European countries ...
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We may soon be able to treat hearing loss from loud noises and aging with drugs

Levi Gadye | 
Researchers have found a gene that links deafness to cell death in the inner ear in humans – creating new ...
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Biological exceptionalism: How two Italian sisters lived to 100

Ricki Lewis | 
In my endless email about COVID-19 popped up a new paper analyzing the health of two Italian sisters who lived ...
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Here are genetic reasons why some people age more quickly than others

William Haseltine | 
Which genes are involved in aging and longevity? How are they involved? What are the therapeutic implications? ...
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Maybe the Black Death did not reshape human evolution after all

Ewen Callaway | 
An ancient-DNA study of medieval Cambridge found no sign of genes that helped people to survive the plague ...
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In wake of 23andMe DNA data breach, privacy concerns reemerge

Cathy Cassata | 
A new data breach is highlighting the risks of having your ancestry information stored online — and what it might ...
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The future creeps closer: While two-thirds of Americans say they’d pick an embryo based on genetic profiling, some concerns escalate

Carey Goldberg | 
Nearly one third of those surveyed even say they would consider going through IVF for the sole purpose of such ...
Is biological age testing useful or overrated?

Is biological age testing useful or overrated?

Dana Smith | 
New tests promise to tell you if you have the cells of a 30-year-old or a 60-year-old. Here’s what to ...
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‘Warrior gene’: Some people may be genetically wired for aggressiveness. Can we—should we—do something about it?

Patrick Whittle | 
“Some people have real problems right out of the starting block. We can't dodge the responsibility for social action." ...
Autism increase mystery solved? No, it's not vaccines, GMOs, glyphosate—or organic foods

Autism increase mystery solved? No, it’s not vaccines, GMOs, glyphosate—or organic foods

Arvind Suresh | 
A change in how we diagnose and report autism and not vaccines, glyphosate or chemtrails is the prime mover as ...
There are already 175,000 gene-based health tests of uneven value. How do patients, doctors and insurance companies separate the wheat from the chaff?

There are already 175,000 gene-based health tests available of uneven value. How do patients, doctors and insurance companies separate the wheat from the chaff?

Jason Bush | 
New technology has a history of overwhelming systems that try to manage it, and it’s proving to be the case ...
Genetic medical astrology? Nutrigenomic DNA tests: Can you prime your health by tailoring diet and exercise to your biology?

Genetic medical astrology? Nutrigenomic DNA tests: Can you prime your health by tailoring diet and exercise to your biology?

Mariam Sajid | 
"The promise of genetic testing is that it can tell you more about the way you're built so that you ...
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‘Genetic privacy does not exist in the US’: 23andMe data files hacked, exposing personal genetic information of up to 7 million of people

Leah Larkin | 
By now, you’ve probably heard that 23andMe was “hacked” by criminals who stole the data of up to 7 million ...
What do 'non-identical' identical twins have to do with COVID-19? Mutations!

What do ‘non-identical’ identical twins have to do with COVID-19? Mutations!

Ricki Lewis | 
Identical twins Stella and Desiree Vignes were born in 1938 in a Louisiana town so small that it wasn’t on ...
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Talking Biotech Podcast: Kevin Folta talks with a crime lab expert on how DNA can solve cold cases

Brian Hoey, Kevin Folta | 
DNA has been an invaluable tool to make certain matches between a suspect and a crime. Since its early use ...
Podcast: DNA cancer screening tests are cheap — so why are so few people taking them?

Podcast: DNA cancer screening tests are cheap — so why are so few people taking them?

Nell Greenfieldboyce | 
Cancer is the second-leading cause of death in the U.S. Tests for genetic risk factors are inexpensive, and yet many ...
DNA-solved cold cases: How effective has forensic genetic genealogy been over the years?

DNA-solved cold cases: How effective has forensic genetic genealogy been over the years?

Michelle Taylor | 
The April 2018 arrest of Joseph DeAngelo, the Golden State Killer, is often considered the birth of forensic genetic genealogy ...
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