Biomedicine & Disease
Quest for answers on aging and longevity
Frailty is a common condition associated with old age, characterized by weight loss, weakness, decreased activity level and reduced mobility, ...
Your brain is making subliminal, near-instantaneous judgements of people based on their faces
Your brain is making a snap judgement on the trustworthiness of each stranger you see based on their faces -- ...
How does GMO corn roots resist disease?
Corn Roots - GMO on the left, non-GMO on the right. Corn rootworms (insect) have caused damage to the roots ...
GMOs + tobacco = life saving vaccines
Plants could act as safe, speedy factories for personalized treatments against a common form of cancer, according to recent findings ...
Taking ancestry into account with personalized medicine
A study of Mexican genetics reveals staggering diversity. In an increasingly globalized world, with human populations mixing at unprecedented rates, ...
Who wants to live to forever?
When does a 7-year-old consider the onset of old age to begin? What about when he’s 70? Ameliorating aging comes ...
Fungus devastating frog populations by altering genome
A deadly fungus has decimated certain populations of amphibians globally for the past few decades, but scientists remain unclear about ...
Stem cells advance personalized treatment for GI problems
A method of growing human cells from tissue removed from a patient’s gastrointestinal (GI) tract eventually may help scientists develop ...
Anti-GMO claim examined: Does genetic engineering foster monoculture?
Do GMO crops "foster monoculture?" Plant pathologist Steve Savage dives into the cropping histories of the Midwest's Corn Belt and ...
Rethinking stigma against GM meat
Genetic modification is an inflammatory subject. Especially when it comes to food. Crops are one thing, but the idea of ...
‘Quack’ American Academy of Environmental Science issues false statements about GMO safety
I write in response to Donna Worden’s letter of July 12. I was surprised by the citing of the American Academy ...
UK considers benefits and risks of ‘three-parent’ IVF
The UK Parliament will soon consider making Britain the first country to allow three person IVF. The regulations are yet to be ...
How nanotechnology is revolutionizing medicine
In a 1959 lecture at Caltech famously dubbed “There’s Plenty of Room at the Bottom,” American physicist and Nobel laureate–to-be ...
Are bacterial disease epidemics triggered by environmental changes?
Researchers have traced genetic changes in a bacterial pathogen over 450 years, and claim that epidemics of bacterial disease in ...
Mutation may be responsible for diabetes risk in Mexican population
A research team directed by Dr. Karol Estrada analyzed genetic sequencing of 8000 Mexicans and found a mutated gene related ...
Cancer genomes to enter private practice
New technology promises quick turn around for cancer genome testing, but do we understand tumor DNA well enough to capitalize? ...
Only need four hours of sleep per night? New-found ‘Thatcher’ gene mutation may explain why
Do you have a friend who can get by on just a few hours of sleep without any ill effects? ...
GMO tobacco ‘mystery serum’ rescues Ebola virus victims
Two American healthcare workers infected with Ebola virus in Liberia received an experimental antibody serum created with genetically engineered tobacco ...
Scientist delaying own treatment to advance breast cancer research
Mother, grandmother, and biomedical scientist Kimberly Koss of Ohio is battling a rare and aggressive form of breast cancer, called ...
Canadian scientists develop new, quicker technique for genomic analysis
Scientists from McGill University and the Génome Québec Innovation Centre say they have achieved a technical advance that could result in speedier ...
Epigenetics may explain Neanderthals’ extinction
Late last year, scientists unveiled the complete genome of a female Neanderthal whose 130,000-year-old toe bone had been found in a cave in Siberia ...
How much of human DNA is doing something?
How much of the human genome is functional? Depends on what you mean by "functional." Two studies that seem to ...
What the F@$! is Synthetic Biology?
Synthetic biology is often portrayed as the Next New Thing, a development that will revolutionize the way we think of ...
UK genetics research making strides in cancer and rare disease treatment
Prime Minister David Cameron has said it "will see the UK lead the world in genetic research within years." The ...
Filipino organic farmers, traders protest field trials of GM crops
A group of organic movers, farmers and traders on Sunday staged a protest against the field trials of genetically modified ...
Minnesota statute permits long-term storage of babies’ genetic information
Minnesota's newborn screening program is again storing newborn screening data indefinitely. A law passed during the legislative session removes a ...
Efforts to cure rare genetic diseases target people who conquered them
Biologist Stephen Friend is president and co-founder of the nonprofit research organization Sage Bionetworks in Seattle, and co-director of the ...
