Biomedicine & Disease
Stem cell cure for ‘bubble boy’ disease breakthrough in treating genetic disorders
Alysia Padilla-Vaccaro and Christian Vaccaro owe their daughter’s life to stem cells. Evangelina, now two, is alive today because she ...
Is a dead body a person?
On the night of July 19, 1916, halfway through the First World War, troops from Australia and Great Britain attacked ...
UK scientists’ response to mitochondrial transfer criticism by prominent stem cell researcher
Dear Professor Knoepfler, Whilst we take no role in lobbying Parliament, we believe it behoves us to defend the findings ...
Sexual orientation can’t be explained by genetics alone
Just recently, the largest twin study to date examining genes’ influence on homosexuality was published in the journal Psychological Medicine ...
Sedentary lifestyle, not genes, cause childhood obesity
As the waistlines of children in the United States continue to grow, scientists continue to seek causes of the childhood ...
Better organically-bred seeds could revolutionize food system
Wasn’t organic seed just seed plucked from plants grown without chemicals, and if so, what was the big deal? Even ...
Can you think your way out of the depression box?
A form of therapy that focuses on changing negative thoughts and behaviors is showing promise in the treatment of depression ...
How to address ethical questions of egg freezing
Apple’s and Facebook’s announcement last month that they would offer $20,000 health insurance coverage to women employees to cover the ...
Genetic links found for male homosexuality, but some scientists skeptical
A large study of gay brothers adds to evidence that genes influence men's chances of being homosexual, but the results ...
Repurposing genetics to search for ‘healthy’ genes
For most us, the scientific promise associated with understanding the human genome exists in uneasy tension with the quiet terror ...
Why does your cat love you…sort of? DNA unravels feline mysteries
Domestic cats have a reputation as being "marginally tame and lacking in the servile sycophantic affect of the dog." Added ...
Vandana Shiva: ‘Ambassador of famine’?
Vandana Shiva, the globally known Indian anti-GMO activist, positions herself as a seer guiding us away from the evils of ...
Los Angeles symbolic GMO ban reinforces misinformation
The Los Angeles City Council voted in late October to draft an ordinance that would prohibit the sale or planting ...
Older father? Impact of ‘aging sperm’ on diseases
Worries about aging sperm — or, more accurately, sperm from aging men — are the same as the concerns about ...
Most Jews can trace ancestry to Middle East
Where did the Jews originate? For Bennett Greenspan, the founder and president of Family Tree DNA, there’s little doubt, and ...
Gates funded genetically modified but non-GMO eco-rice rolls out across Asia, Africa
“Green Super Rice,” developed jointly by the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and the International Rice Research Institute in the ...
What is the worldwide cost of depression?
Depression is a major human blight. Globally, it is responsible for more ‘years lost’ to disability than any other condition ...
Do you buy ‘gluten free’ products? Real chance they have gluten in it
New research suggests that that most people who claim a gluten sensitivity are being swept up in what amounts to ...
Researchers across Europe ‘appalled’ at scrapping of EU science advisory, caving to anti-science Greens
Despite strong support from scientific bodies, Prof Anne Glover's mandate expired at the end of the Barroso presidency - and ...
Ben & Jerry’s dilemma: Should the concern be GMOs or artery clogging treats?
Ben & Jerry's has taken the lead among self-proclaimed 'socially responsible' firms in criticizing GMOs and attempting to remove any ...
Profile of a personal genetics company: PHENOMBio
Interest in personal genomics sites that provide insight into the link between your genes and disease proclivities is booming. But ...
Gene variant may be linked to better memory, protection against Alzheimer’s
People with a newly identified genetic variant perform better on certain types of memory tests, a discovery that may point ...
Cost benefits of cancer screenings get political in the UK
Cancer screening have helped save many of lives, but have shifted the demographics of who gets the disease. Should we ...
Stem cells, CRISPR/Cas9 explored for possible HIV treatment
“Berlin Patient” Timothy Brown was cured of HIV after he received stem cells from a patient naturally immune to the ...
Contamination of DNA samples by microbes confounds
You’ve got a group of people with a mysterious disease, and you suspect that some microbe might be responsible. You ...
What brain science has and has not revealed, so far
Research on the brain is surging. The United States and the European Union have launched new programs to better understand ...
Device allows people to alter mouse genes through mind control
Scientists have created a mind-control system that allows a person to alter the genes in a mouse through the power ...
