Biomedicine & Disease
To feed hungry world, is the future of agriculture a battle between organics and GMOs?
Many activists frame the future of food as a pitched battle between organic based agroecology and crop biotechnology. But scientists ...
Is genetic screening for all a new eugenics?
In recent weeks, there’s been talk of three types of genetic testing transitioning from targeted populations to the general public: ...
As 60 becomes new definition of middle-aged, how is human society changing?
For millennia, if not for eons—anthropology continuously pushes backward the time of human origin—life expectancy was short. The few people ...
Advanced cancer screenings find early, slow growing cancers more often than fast aggressive ones
As cancer screenings grow more sophisticated, the chances of finding small, slow growing cancers has increased rapidly, at great cost ...
How brushing your teeth affects the microbiome of the placenta and infant
I’ve written in the past regarding some of the seminal hypotheses of how the microbiome influences our health, behavior, and ...
Neuroscience, mindfullness and reslience in school kids
For scientists the concept of psychological resilience began in the 1970s with studies of children who did fine – or ...
World stem cell scientists look to Japanese human trial with hope
“It’s awesome, it’s amazing, I’m thrilled, I’ve been waiting for this,” says Jeanne Loring, a stem-cell biologist at the Scripps ...
Some patients with genetic risk start Alzheimer’s prevention strategies in their 30s
Max Lugavere seems an unlikely patient to be sitting in an Alzheimer's clinic. The fit, 32-year-old, dressed in Converse All-Star ...
Live to be 100+? Extreme longevity research is futuristic privatized enterprise
When longevity research is privately funded, what happens when the money runs dry? ...
Researcher probes why viruses remain genetically stable for some time, then rapidly mutate
Unlike most kids, Katia Koelle’s first love was math, a passion she picked up from enthusiastic instructors. “One of my ...
Can researchers make a biotech wheat that’s not a GMO?
>Researchers have discovered "the most famous wheat gene," a reproductive traffic cop of sorts that can be used to transfer ...
Regulating research in Uganda does not mean stopping research
Regulation should be part of any human activity as it creates a safe boundary for operation. Regulation is part of ...
Can biotechnology rescue diseased Florida orange crop?
For the past decade, Florida's oranges have been literally starving. Since it first appeared in 2005, citrus greening, also known ...
Love of music likely in our genes
Are you clueless about why your partner has an innate drive for music while you just cannot understand hip-hop or ...
Alzheimer’s, heart disease and other age-related conditions share risk factors and genetics
The two seemingly unrelated conditions may be driven by similar unhealthy states, including high blood pressure and diabetes. According to ...
Evolution do-over might lead to the same place
Scientists have often wondered if evolution happened all over again, what would life on earth look like? A Harvard biologist ...
First patient recieves stem-cell retina in Japan
A Japanese woman in her 70s is the world's first recipient of cells derived from induced pluripotent stem cells, a ...
Call it what it is: Mitochondrial replacement does not a three-parent baby make
Mitochandrial replacement offers hope to families debilitated by disease. But opponents stoke fear of public by dumbing down the science ...
Gene clusters responsible for schizophrenia and patients’ unique disease profiles
Schizophrenia is not a single disease caused by one gene, but rather a group of eight distinct genetic disorders — ...
More genes for prostate cancer, better predictions of inherited risk
An international team of scientists has identified 23 new genetic variants linked to a greater risk for prostate cancer. Although ...
For premature babies, epigenetics maybe link to high cholesterol later in life
It has been said that cardiovascular problems such as high blood pressure and elevated lipids have a beginning in childhood, ...
GLP’s Jon Entine cautions National Academy of Sciences about views of anti-science NGOs
The GLP's executive director speaks at the National Academy of Sciences, which embarks on a comprehensive study of the “purported” ...
Human enhancement upsets extremists on left and right
The prospects of a fast-approaching Age of Enhancement evokes caution in almost everyone, scientist or otherwise. It has been the ...
Has Jack the Ripper been identified from DNA?
An armchair detective with a book to sell claims he has revealed Jack the Ripper's identity. His findings need to ...
New IVF technique may cut multiple births, complications
Although IVF has been used for decades and is considered very safe, the procedure does increase pregnancy risks because it ...
Norman Borlaug inspires biotech-based second ‘Green Revolution’
If Norman Ernest Borlaug were a Roman Catholic, he could be declared a saint immediately. The Church begins the canonisation ...
Genetic modification, gene therapy, insect resistance management: Evolutionary tools for sustainability
Solving societal challenges in food security, emerging diseases and biodiversity loss will require evolutionary thinking in order to be effective ...
