Biomedicine & Disease
Why can some disadvantageous genes remain in a population?
Some 15 percent of adults suffer from fertility problems, many of these due to genetic factors. This is something of a ...
Can we regulate gene editing without killing it?
CRISPR and other gene-editing methods, plus gene drives, are suddenly here and now. They offer unprecedented possibilities for genetic modification ...
Epigenetics can drive cancer, may be target for new treatments
The first direct evidence that epigenetics alone -- tweaks to gene expression -- can drive cancer in mice demonstrates that ...
Chinese researchers edit genes to make fungal-resistant wheat
Advanced genome-editing techniques have been used to create a strain of wheat resistant to a destructive fungal pathogen—called powdery mildew—that ...
Term ‘genetic modification’ loaded with baggage, undermining rational debate
With food security firmly on the international agenda, there's a growing appetite to look again at the opportunities promised by ...
Oregon GMO labeling measure ‘misleads rather than enlightens’
Labels can inform or mislead. Our marketplace is literally drowning in labels, most of which have little meaning except to ...
Africa ‘missed out’ on Green Revolution, needs ‘growth spark’ from biotech
Sub-Saharan Africa's agricultural sector needs to harvest the fruits of biotechnology in order to establish sustainable development, says a report. A ...
Promise of CRISPR gene editing–and the challenges
Two papers published in the last week were signal events for agricultural genomics. First was the draft of the huge, and ...
Genetic link to neurodegenerative diseases found
Researchers from the Jackson Laboratory say they have pinpointed a mechanism behind neurodegeneration in mice, one that involves a defect in transfer ...
Anti-biotech Center for Genetics and Society exaggerates dangers of gene editing technology
A healthy public debate is emerging over the revolutionary new genetic engineering tool known as CRISPR. Challenging anti-GMO dogma, it's ...
Google wants to define health using Big Data
Google's getting in on the big-genome-analysis game with the "Baseline Project," which seeks to examine gather information (genomic and otherwise) ...
New genetic factors in Parkinson’s found
WASHINGTON: Scientists have identified more than two dozen genetic risk factors involved in Parkinson's disease, including six that had not ...
2014 World Food Prize recipient: ‘Shameful’ if India lets biotech pass
Dr Sanjaya Rajaram often remembers that his mentor, Nobel Peace prize winner Dr Norman Borlaug, always said: “Peace does not ...
European scientists call for GMO legislation revamp to prevent stifling genome editing
Genome editing, a powerful technology that allows researchers to make minute changes to crops with pinpoint accuracy, could be stifled ...
Newly discovered virus modulates bacteria in gut, aids immune system
The most common viruses in your body don’t make you ill. Instead, they infect the legions of microbes that live in ...
Employing supercomputers in studying neurological conditions
Recent published research in the Journal of Clinical Investigationdemonstrates how changes in dopamine signaling and dopamine transporter function are linked to ...
Most ‘dangerous’ anti-science GMO critic? Meet Mike Adams–Conspiracy junkie runs alternative ‘health’ empire
He just may be the most influential—many say one of the most irresponsible—voices in the crusade to demonize GMOs and ...
Artificial chip mimics bone marrow, generates platelets
Scientists at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) have developed a scalable, next-generation platelet bioreactor to generate fully functional human platelets ...
DNA replication model provides new tool for molecular geneticists
Human cells make new copies of their DNA billions of times each day, a crucial process upon which life itself ...
Largest-ever genetic study of schizophrenia cements genetic links
By identifying more than 100 new distinct genetic regions associated with schizophrenia, an international team of hundreds of scientists may ...
NaturalNews’ Mike Adams asks anti-GMOers to kill scientists, supporters of crop biotech
Mike Adams, self-styled 'Health Ranger' behind what's called the world's #1 anti-science website, NaturalNews, has issued a call to action: ...
Genes reveal biological processes underlying schizophrenia
Scientists found more than 100 genes that make people more susceptible to schizophrenia- 83 of which have never been pinpointed ...
Plant-based, animal-free cow’s milk soon to be reality with GM yeast
Biohackers Ryan Pandya and Perumal Gandhi are working on crafting a plant-based concoction that’s nearly identical in makeup to what’s ...
Three-parent IVF possibly to begin next year in Britain
New regulations to allow mitochondrial DNA transfer will now be put before parliament following a three month consultation. If passed, ...
Survey says majority of Americans ‘unaware’ of personalized medicine
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – A significant majority of Americans are not familiar with personalized medicine, but when told how it ...
Are environmental pollutants causing heritable disease?
Michael Skinner, a professor of biology at Washington State University, ignited a firestorm of debate in 2005 when he and ...
Heritability of autism may be greater than previously thought
Autism, researchers agree, is caused by a mix of genetic and environmental factors. At this point, however, consensus dissolves. Views differ, ...
