Medical Regs & Ethics
Gene therapy restores sense of smell in mice, may aid research into other diseases
Scientists have restored the sense of smell in mice through gene therapy for the first time—a hopeful sign for people ...
Researchers find genetic signs of human migrations and marriage practices
Your genome is a window onto your heritage – or, more precisely, several windows. There are the marks left by ...
Can early menopause be cured? A genetic mouse model may pave the way
Scientists have established a genetic mouse model for primary ovarian insufficiency (POI), a human condition in which women experience irregular ...
Ancient human kin’s DNA code illuminates rise of brains
DNA analysis of an extinct human ancestor that lived 80,000 years ago has pinpointed fundamental genes tied to the brain’s ...
Gene control, delivered directly to the brain , could help cure diseases
A biotech company called Alnylam announced today that a small clinical trial for a genetic therapy based on RNA interference, ...
Synthetic ‘upgrade’ for fruit fly’s DNA
The genetic code of the fruit fly Drosophila has been hacked into, allowing it to make proteins with properties that ...
Genetically engineering ‘ethical’ babies is a moral obligation, says Oxford professor
Professor Julian Savulescu said that creating so-called designer babies could be considered a "moral obligation" as it makes them grow ...
Scientists to hunt for lifesaving information buried in cradle-to-grave data collected by doctors and hospitals
A revolution in medical research in Britain is to give academics and the life sciences industry unparalleled access to the ...
Unsung heroes behind those big genomics breakthroughs
Sometimes, when scientific research is done right, it may also be completely invisible to the public, who may never know ...
DNA sleuths cure hospital infections
In one of the nation's most sophisticated hospitals, genome sequencing helped cure a deadly infection that spread through the hospital ...
US court upholds federal funding for stem cell research
A federal appeals court has ruled that because no human embryos are destroyed in human embryonic stem cell research studies ...
Synthetic future: Harvard Medical School professor leads effort to streamline biological engineering
If the field of synthetic biology lives up to its promise, says Harvard Medical School Professor Pamela Silver, cheap, fast ...
Low oxygen boosts stem cell survival in muscular dystrophy therapy
Controlling the amount of oxygen that stem cells are exposed to can significantly increase the effectiveness of a procedure meant ...
DNA deletions promote cancer, collateral damage makes it vulnerable
Genomic deletions promote cancer by carving up or eliminating tumor-suppressor genes, but now scientists report in the journal Nature that ...
Public benefits of whole genome sequencing
Rapid advances in genomic sequencing technologies are making the possibility of reliable and affordable whole genome sequencing (WGS) a reality ...
Stem cell therapy for Autism to be tested in first trial
Researchers are recruiting autistic children for a study that will test whether injecting stem cells banked from their umbilical cords ...
Stem cell therapy shows promise in repairing stress urinary incontinence
Stress urinary incontinence (SUI) can occur due to sneezing, coughing, exercising or even laughing and happens because the pelvic floor ...
Gene therapy applied to peripheral arterial disease
Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) gene therapy could be used to treat patients with severe peripheral arterial disease (PAD), suggest results ...
Research on pain medicines seeks a genetic-trait link
An international research team is launching an ambitious effort to determine whether everyday painkillers like Celebrex and Aleve could be ...
Finnish biobank project receives EU funding
The University of Eastern Finland and Kuopio University Hospital have received funding for the establishment of a joint biobank from ...
Search for Parkinson’s genes turns to online social networking
There's a growing interest in what our genes say about our health. And in recent years, quite a few companies ...
Book written in DNA code
Scientists have for the first time used DNA to encode the contents of a book. At 53,000 words, and including ...
Creating a future of personalized medicine
As a key step toward providing patients with treatments based on their own DNA profiles, the International Genomics Consortium (IGC) ...
Dysfunction at FDA threatens medical genetics industry
According to Jon Entine, after a series of stumbles and scandals, the Food and Drug Administration’s ability to oversee the ...
Genetic patent stunner: Myriad wins appeal, retains patent to BRCA tests
Snubbing a recommendation by the Supreme Court, a federal appeals court in Washington, in a 2:1 decision, upheld patents issued ...
Behind the hype on stem cells
There's a lot of hype about the potential for stem cells to revolutionise medicine, but the race to innovation shouldn't ...
Gene discovery could improve treatment for acute myeloid leukemia
Scientists have made a discovery involving mice and humans that could mean that people with acute myeloid leukemia, a usually ...
