Medical Regs & Ethics
Genetic ‘treasure’ in saliva could spot disease early
Researchers have created a simple saliva test capable of diagnosing diabetes and cancer, and perhaps neurological disorders and autoimmune diseases, at ...
Science as profane: What superstition of 1752 and 2014 share in common
Today, the Frankenstein story is invoked in exactly the opposite way that Shelley wrote it - it is invoked as ...
Lab-grown miniature organs pave way for research on stomach disease
For the first time, scientists have made lab-grown stomachs in a petri dish. The feat was accomplished at the Cincinnati ...
Genetic technologies offer long and short term views of Ebola dangers
High yield genetic sequencers, cell phones and paper-based diagnostics are all being employed to develop a cohesive picture of the ...
Challenging tired arguments against GMOs
Steven Novella of the New England Skeptical Society has a thoughtful and entertaining piece on his Neurologica blog on the seven ...
In biotech, no one is afraid of the big, bad wolf (spider)
Spiders are friends and understanding the natural world can help us achieve advances in areas like biotechnology, human health and ...
Mars bars for brain health? Not so fast
A widely publicized study showed that a component in chocolate may have protective anti-aging effects for the brain. But based ...
Risk and science: Should some virus research be forbidden?
It's not getting much media attention, but the White House has declared a moratorium on some kinds of virus research ...
Not all science created equal: The genetically engineered crops story
In 1987 the US National Academy of Sciences stated there were no new risks from plants created using recombinant DNA ...
How scientists investigate the brain’s internal navigation system
“Can you point to Center City?” neuroscientist Russell Epstein likes to ask visitors to his office at the University of ...
Organic activists reject science, propose ‘natural’ Ebola cure, claim government conspiracy
As often happens in times of medical crises, fringe groups come out from hiding--in this instance, organic activists in the ...
College student alert: Beer improves cognitive function
Flavonoids are versatile plant metabolites found in many plants - including hops, and therefore beer. A new study in Behavioral Brain Research found ...
Nutrigenomics could lead personalized medicine revolution
"Nutrigenomics has the potential to be the next big thing in our fight against lifestyle-linked diseases, says Professor Lynn Frewer, Professor ...
Genetic variant helped in the Arctic, but now makes us fat
Researchers have discovered a genetic variant that arose thousands of years ago in people living in the Arctic. It helped them then, ...
Promising Ebola drugs trapped in a ‘biotech valley of death’
The news that yet another American, New York City physician Craig Spencer, has tested positive for Ebola has stoked an ...
Before sperm meets egg
In high school biology, we all learned that development of a new organism is a complex endeavor ...
How the human immune system resets after Staph infection
When pathogenic bacteria like Salmonella or Staphylococcus invade our bodies, we go into a state of high alert and alter ...
Genetics of congenital heart defects in Down syndrome
In Down syndrome, the most common chromosomal abnormality in humans, a third copy of all or part of chromosome 21 is ...
Genetic mutation missed in 20% of colorectal cancers responsive to drugs
A new research effort has identified a genetic mutation that has been overlooked in recent large, comprehensive gene searches - ...
Monterey, California, hotbed of anti-GMO activism, home to new GMO corn farm
Somewhere near Paso Robles, John Howard and his team will be harvesting corn for the next few weeks. The exact ...
Extremely rare blood type proves invaluable to science and medicine
His doctor drove him over the border. It was quicker that way: if the man donated in Switzerland, his blood ...
Theater production broaches psychiatric health in modern life
City dwellers live life at a maddening pace. And while the urban jungle lets us experience incredible highs, its chaos ...
Addiction can be measured by epigenetics
Both alcohol and cocaine dependence are regulated by epigenetic changes in the brain that begin with abuse. Matched with the ...
Human intestinal tissue successfully grown in mice
A segment of human intestine has been grown in laboratory mice for the first time as part of research that ...
Single gene explains lower breast cancer rates in Latina women
An international research collaboration led by UC San Francisco researchers has identified a genetic variant common in Latina women that ...
Genetics reveals obesity, diabetes linked to pathways involving sleep and immune system
Breaking down complex conditions such as Type 2 Diabetes and obesity into the specific metabolic proteins and processes that underlie ...
Egg freezing: Smart career move?
Recently, Apple and Facebook faced the ire of the internet after both tech giants announced that they were offering upwards ...
