Medical Regs & Ethics
Have a rare disease? Fund your own clinical trial
With research funding cuts on the rise and clinical trial spots running short, people are finding new ways to support ...
DNA testing fetus leads moms to their own cancer diagnoses
Moms undergoing genetic testing for fetal health sometimes learn they have cancer. Advances in fetal DNA testing are paving the ...
NY Times article sparks call for greater ethical awareness in science journalism
Major media, New York Times included, have a history of hyping up what turned out to be erroneous claims linking complex ...
Food Babe complains NYT article doesn’t include scientists who agree with her
Note: This is a response to the New York Times' piece, "Taking On the Food Industry, One Blog Post at ...
Do out-of-pocket genetic tests work against health care system?
Health insurance companies usually cover certain genetic testing as part of treatment (though they often pay little, if anything, for ...
SynBio is fast lane to entrepreneurial high tech opportunities
Software development used to be the only low barrier entry point to the high tech-sector, but now is the time ...
Ethical ‘decision day’: How should we regulate ‘gene editing’ of humans?
Should we tinker with the genes of our descendants? It's been a futuristic ethical debate for half a century. Now ...
Unlocking healing powers of the ‘neuroplastic’ brain: Norman Doidge on why ancient faith healers may have been right
Organizational anthropologist and new GLP contributing writer addresses the 'mysteries of the mind'--how the natural plasticity of the brain can ...
It’s 2015: Do you know where your genetic data are?
Are pharmaceutical or insurance companies looking at your DNA? Even when genomes do not identify individuals to which they belong, ...
Challenging hype around “printing” 3D arms and legs?
Recently there’s been a lot of hype surrounding the promise of 3D printed limbs. Everywhere from The New York Times ...
Why human pheromone myth persists despite lack of scientific evidence
Every year around Valentine's Day, there is a rash of stories in the news about sexy smells and pheromones. You ...
Technology is here: Using gene editing to prevent cancer
If anyone had devised a way to create a genetically engineered baby, I figured George Church would know about it ...
For some pregnant women, prenatal genetic test results in cancer diagnosis
MaterniT21 PLUS was the first noninvasive prenatal test (NIPT) to hit the market, in October 2011, and Sequenom has sold ...
23andMe to employ wealth of genetic data in research for cures
Personal genetics firm 23andMe is planning to use its database of health information to research possible cures for a range ...
New stem cell clinic feigns government approval with provocative name
Some American stem cell clinics that operate without FDA approval can give the appearance of being in the mainstream of ...
False memories implanted in mouse’s brain during sleep
Mice can recall artificial memories created during sleep once they’re awake, researchers from the French National Center for Scientific Research ...
Will genetically modifying embryos create real life dystopia?
Citing safety fears for babies, genetics researchers called for a halt to experiments that would alter the DNA of human ...
#ScientistsArePeople! “Mommy PhD” campaign challenges anti-GMO death, rape threats against scientists
I'm a scientist. Yet when I go on to advocacy blogs to share science-based information, my comments are deleted. I’m ...
Lack of proven benefit highlights danger of genetic tests for cancer
Online ads for genetic cancer tests that promise to identify the best treatment “to kill your cancer” and match the ...
Nex-gen technologies expand sequencing options for doctors
Genetic data has gone the way of fast food: It's cheap, speedy, and widely available. And that's a good thing, ...
Egg-freezing advocates invoke fear to win patients
Mark Surrey, fertility specialist to the Kardashians, opens with the story of a 44-year-old lawyer who waited too long to ...
Evolution is weird: Killer diseases save lives and make us smarter?
Inflammatory bowel disease, psoriasis, Tay-Sachs disease and certain breast cancers can kill you or make life very challenging. So why ...
Investigative food journalism should go for more than the yuck factor
Recent articles in the UK news media have 'lifted the lid' on the production of convenience food. While on the ...
Modern European languages traced to waves of migrating ancient Russian herders
New DNA evidence suggests that herders from the grasslands of today's Russia and Ukraine carried the roots of modern European ...
The Death of death? Review of “Evolving Ourselves” and unnatural selection
The meat of this controversial new book is the immense array of futurist and transhumanist possibilities for driving change on ...
How will approval of first copycat biotech drug impact consumer costs?
The Food and Drug Administration approved the first copy of a biotechnology drug for the U.S. market, firing the starting ...
Injury-prone? Your genes might explain why
Injury is a fact of life for most athletes, but some professionals—and some weekend warriors, for that matter—just seem more ...