Medical Regs & Ethics
Aging might be reversible
Imagine if we could turn back time. A team that has identified a new way in which cells age has ...
Angelina Jolie’s preventative mastectomy drew attention, but didn’t make people more informed
In modern medicine, few major diseases lack for celebrity representation. But a new study may discredit the cherished notion of ...
Gene test to take the guesswork out of depression medication dosing
Researchers at Hartford Hospital are looking into a gene that determines how fast the liver clears medication from the body ...
FDA should regulate home genetic tests, just like pregnancy tests
Opening the door to genetic testing and its potential health benefits to anyone with $99 and the desire to spit ...
Non-invasive prenatal screening: Too much information?
With non-invasive prenatal screenings comes the ability to read more and more into the genetics of unborn babies. Can we ...
Ethical dilemmas in medical testing: Should patients be told about unrelated discoveries?
When medical tests find indicators for unrelated disorders, do doctors have an obligation to tell their patients? This is one ...
23andMe FDA flap just a bump in the road say investors
When the Food and Drug Administration told personal-genetics company 23andMe in November to stop sending consumers detailed information about their ...
Best to tell donor-conceived kids about their origins
Secrecy has long been intimately intertwined with donor conception. Once upon a time, non-disclosure was standard. Almost no one talked ...
When it comes to DNA, fears of ‘Big Brother’ are overblown
A new study shows that when the general public is educated about the intricacies involved in collecting and using medical ...
Finding the root of genetic disease in Amish communities
The story began at the Philadelphia children’s hospital late one night in spring 1989, when Dr. Morton found glutaric acid, ...
George Church wonders why you haven’t had your genome sequenced yet
There was a fascinating moment at Google’s Cambridge office when Harvard geneticist George Church asked how many people in a ...
‘Duon’ controversy: Scientists claim second code hiding within DNA, provoking sharp rebuke
In a claim sharply challenged as overhyped, University of Washington scientists say they have "discovered" a second code hiding within ...
Gene therapy staunches hemophillia in test
Researchers at the UNC School of Medicine and the Medical College of Wisconsin found that a new kind of gene ...
Do we need to be protected from our genomes?
The Food & Drug Administration provoked a furious controversy when it recently ordered the personal genetics company 23andMe to stop ...
One geneticist’s take on the 23andMe FDA warning
As a geneticist. I spend a lot of time looking at genomes. But until I taught my “Genetics and Society” ...
Nobel Laureate Richard Roberts: protesting GM crops is a ‘crime against humanity’
Nobel Laureate Richard J. Roberts said that protesting the use of genetically modified crops is a “crime against humanity" while ...
Can we inherit fear of a smell? The latest on transgenerational epigenetics
Can humans inherit the experience of fear? Male mice trained to fear a particular harmless smell before they sire offspring ...
Video: Hofstra GMO debate highlights science v precautionary fears
Scientists and other professionals debate whether regulations on GMOs should be tighter or less restrictive ...
DNA Ahead: tour the science of genetics by playing a board game
DNA Ahead, an educational board-game kit, helps players learn how DNA and advances in DNA science affect nearly every aspect of ...
Video: Bill Gates on why the future needs biomedical innovation
On Monday, Bill Gates delivered the 2013 David E. Barmes Global Health Lecture on the need for biomedical innovation to ...
Is same-sex coupling a matter of genetics or choice?
A new report has found that nearly a third of Laysan albatross pairs on Oahu are of the same gender, ...
“Gene surgery” may replace prescription pills
Instead of taking prescription pills to treat their ailments, patients may one day opt for genetic 'surgery' — using an ...
Jeffrey Smith’s claim of rampant GMO/gluten allergies rebuked by Celiac Disease Foundation
A recent report by anti-GMO activist Jeffrey Smith claims that GMOs can be blamed for the rise of gluten-sensitivity disorders, ...
FDA action against 23andMe doesn’t signal the end for personal genomics
Many have speculated that the FDA action against 23andMe spells an end for personal genomics. But according to a new ...
Should the sperm donor industry be regulated?
The sperm industry is not currently regulated in the U.S. and according to a new article, this lack of regulation ...
Detroit event calls for DNA samples from families of the missing
Local and state authorities are holding an event to collect DNA samples from family members of missing people to help ...
Designer sperm for fixing faulty genes
The "new genetics" promises to fix the faulty genes of future generations by introducing new, functioning genes using "designer sperm", ...
