Biomedicine & Disease
FDA approves bionic eye for adults with rare genetic disease
The following is an excerpt. For most of us, light-sensitive cells that line our retinas convert light rays into electrical ...
Bowman v Monsanto: Genetic innovation in the crosshairs?
This week, the Supreme Court will bear witness to a square-off between a 75-year-old soybean farmer and the world's largest ...
Australia: Myriad Genetics wins bid to patent human genes
The following is an excerpt. Myriad Genetics Inc., owner of patents for genes linked to cancer risks, won an Australian ...
Groundbreaking tech — including GM — smothered by anti-technology ideologues
The following is an excerpt Groundbreaking new technologies commonly face intractable opposition from various quarters–often from vested interests or societal ...
Should we ban genetically engineered babies?
In a recent debate hosted by Intelligence Squared, an intellectual forum whose periodic events are broadcast on the web, scientists ...
DNA map to revolutionize cancer treatment in next five years
The following is an excerpt. All patients will soon have their tumour’s DNA, its genetic code, sequenced, enabling doctors to ...
Golden rice: Is a GM food breakthrough finally here?
The following is an excerpt. Scientists say they have seen the future of genetically modified foods and have concluded that ...
Tailored gene therapy could replace drugs for HIV patients
The following is an excerpt. One of the biggest problems in treating HIV patients is the amount of daily individual ...
Recreating how genes turn on and off in humans
The following is an excerpt. Durham, NC (Scicasts) – By reproducing in the laboratory the complex interactions that cause human genes ...
The “right time” to have children
Are older parents trading the financial security of age for increased risk of disorders like Down syndrome, multiple or premature ...
Mishandling of DNA evidence found in over 50 cases at NYC crime lab
The following is an excerpt. The New York City medical examiner’s office said Thursday that it had discovered more than ...
Genetic disease: The pitfalls of our risk perception
Statistics about genetic risk pass through patients’ psychological, cultural, social, and educational filters and out of the other side comes ...
Genes not the only predictor of a human’s fate, even in identical twins
The following is an excerpt. On Jan. 16, Pauline Friedman Phillips, the woman who wrote under the pen name Abigail ...
The “right time” to have children
Are older parents trading the financial security of age for increased risk of disorders like Down syndrome, multiple or premature ...
Taiwan clones world’s first spotted miniature pigs
The following is an excerpt. A Taiwan research team with members from National Chung Hsin University, Chung Shan Medical University ...
The problem with the bioscience industry (video)
The following is an excerpt. Hilary Rose, co-author of Genes, Cells and Brains, argues that we should treat the medical claims ...
Are you carrying the redhead gene?
The following is an excerpt. Some parents worry that their children will be born with a rare disease or a ...
Personalized genomics: Do you want to know what illnesses await you in the future?
The following is an excerpt. Geneticists are predicting that within five years, a single genetics test will show what diseases ...
Ten years after launch of Human Genome Project, the future is here
In April 2003, for the first time, anyone could freely read the fundamental instructions needed to make a human body ...
Bionic eyes may soon be available in the U.S.
For people with retinitis pigmentosa -- a rare genetic disease that damages cells in the back of the eye -- ...
California stem-cell institute reacts to critical report
The following is an excerpt. California’s $3 billion stem-cell agency plans to make a few changes in response to an ...
Insurers should be free to discriminate based on genetics
The following is an excerpt. A recent NPR story described efforts to extend the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) to long-term care ...
First genomic explanation for schizophrenia proposed
The following is an excerpt. In a new study, Buffalo University geneticists have demonstrated how defects in an important neurological ...
Who’s afraid of GMOs?
Who's afraid of GMOs?National PostJeremy Rifkin was the first junk dealer to make big money by scaring people about the ...
A new future for an old crop: Barley enters the genomics age
The following is an excerpt. The barley genome is almost twice the size of that of humans and determining the ...
Transgenic salmon prove tough to tackle
The following is an excerpt. On January 9, the Clatsop County, Oregon Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a resolution asking ...
Can carrots reduce the effect of diabetes-causing genes?
The following is an excerpt. In the latest revelation about the human genome, researchers say diabetics with a certain genetic ...
