Biomedicine & Disease
Three-person IVF could move closer in UK
The following is an edited excerpt. The UK could move a step closer to allowing the creation of babies from ...
Realizing the promise of newborn screening
Geneticist James P. Evans argues that it is time to start looking at genetic testing through the lens of disease ...
Organic baby food: More expensive, but may not be more nutritious
The following is an edited excerpt. Parents go organic for a variety of reasons, including environmental concerns and a desire ...
This protein could change biotech forever
The following is an edited excerpt. A tiny molecular machine used by bacteria to kill attacking viruses could change the ...
Genomics in the clinic
The following is an excerpt. When will whole human genome sequencing hit the long-sought-after $1,000 mark? How will scientists bear ...
Lily Grossman: Medicine — and hope — via genomics
The utility of whole genome sequencing is debated, but Lily Grossman's story offers compelling evidence for its potential ...
New disease registry gives patients some privacy
The following is an edited excerpt. As advances in genomics, molecular analysis, and data processing have propelled disease research forward, ...
Neo-Eugenics: An evolutionary argument against mitochondrial replacement therapy
A new form of genetic therapy is not only unethical, but also impossible because of the mess that evolution has ...
Frankenstein’s Cat: How animal biotechnology informs us about our humanity
Science writer Emily Anthes' new book, Frankenstein’s Cat: Cuddling Up to Biotech’s Brave New Beasts provides an animated review of ...
Ireland: GM potato resists blight, not mistrust
The following is an edited excerpt. Ewen Mullins is a plant scientist whose work on a genetically modified potato inherently ...
GM milk cures diarrhea, could save millions of kids annually
The following is an edited excerpt. Transgenic goats' milk modified to produce higher levels of the human antimicrobial protein lysozyme ...
The human family tree
The following is an excerpt. The human family tree is complicated and only getting more complex as researchers like Harvard ...
Are breast milk stem cells the real deal for medicine?
The following is an excerpt. Proteins, carbohydrates and vitamins are all on the menu for a breastfed baby. Now it ...
Length of DNA strand could indicate life span
The following is an excerpt. According to a team of geneticists, the longer a person's telomeres (the protective ends of chromosomes) ...
Genetic link between fat and bone mass
The following is an excerpt. When it comes to body shape, diet and exercise can only take us so far ...
The genetics of mental illness and the allure of gene-ism
The current reality of mental illness is one of blurred boundaries; new genetic results showing coming ground among several disorders ...
A faith-based view of screening for genetic disorders
Christian blogger Ellen Painter Dollar responds to an article that accuses a doctor of being a eugenicist, after the doctor ...
Drug-resistant bacteria pose ‘catastrophic threat’
The following is an edited excerpt. The danger of antibiotic resistant bacteria should be placed alongside pandemic influenza and terrorism ...
How type 2 diabetes survived evolution
The following is an edited excerpt. Type 2 diabetes is a major public health crisis in the United States and ...
Should the government loosen ethical oversight of stem cell research?
When it comes to stem cell research, we’ve moved from an era of debating the ethics of a technology in ...
Routine genomic screening for improved health
The following is an excerpt. In ten years time, routine preventive health care for adults may include genetic testing alongside ...
What is a gene and how does it apply to the law?
The following is an edited excerpt. Sixty years ago, scientists first discovered DNA, the structure in which a person’s genes ...
Gene therapy’s breakout moment
This could be gene therapy's breakout moment: speculative venture capital investors are realizing the potential of gene therapy and are ...
Human ‘map’ matches lifestyle to genetic makeup
The following is an edited excerpt. New technology created by scientists at the Babraham Institute in Cambridge, as part of ...
Synthetic biology comes down to Earth
The Chronicle of Higher Education profiles Jim Collins, a Boston University bioengineer and founder of synthetic biology ...
A DNA test can reveal what your mutt’s made of
The following is an edited excerpt. When Leila was born, Kirsten McKee didn't know much about the baby daddy. All she ...
Livestock virus found on 1500 UK farms
The following is an edited excerpt. A virus that causes stillbirths and birth defects in lambs and calves has spread ...
