Biomedicine & Disease
Genetic empowerment: Extreme athlete probes own genetics to streamline diagnosis
When extreme athlete Kim Goodsell discovered that she had two extremely rare but ostensibly unrelated genetic diseases, she taught herself ...
Organic foods loaded with pesticides, defying conventional wisdom
Most of us buy conventionally produced food most of the time. But organic food has been growing in popularity among ...
Future ‘bleak’ for genetically identical Cavendish bananas
Two weeks ago, at a conference in South Africa, scientists met to discuss how to contain a deadly banana disease ...
How we can feed the world with GMOs and organic farming
The world's population, which has been climbing rapidly for more than a century, is expected to increase by about 2 ...
Should Myriad make breast cancer data available for clinical research?
Myriad Genetics may have lost its singular hold on the market for BRCA1 and BRCA2 testing in May 2013 when ...
New therapy advances lung cancer treatment, personalized medicine
Small RNA molecules, including microRNAs (miRNAs) and small interfering RNAs (siRNAs), offer tremendous potential as new therapeutic agents to inhibit ...
When is a ‘modified organism’ a GMO?
Where is the threshold between natural "involvement" and unnatural "interference" when using technology to improve our food? ...
More details on Google’s Baseline human health project
Google X’s new Baseline Project was made public in July. Although widely reported that the study would only focus on ...
Pfizer, 23andMe working together to develop treatment for inflammatory bowel disease
Genetics-testing startup 23andMe said Tuesday it is teaming up with pharmaceutical giant Pfizer to study the genetics of inflammatory bowel disease, ...
Is epigenetics being exploited by the media?
Epigenetics has seen a flurry of research and headlines lately, achieving science-buzzword status. But is the immature nature of the ...
Twins, separated and reuinted, illustrate genetic strength
Jim Lewis and Jim Springer were identical twins raised apart from the age of four weeks. When the twins were finally ...
Africa on GMOs: Scientific response to anti-technology NGOs
More than half of the acreage of genetically modified crops in the world is in the developing world, where the ...
Blood-forming stem cells produced in laboratory for potential use in cancer treatment
Scientists in Melbourne and Sydney, Australia, have discovered how the body produces blood-forming stem cells which exist in bone marrow ...
What’s the difference between denying the scientific consensus on vaccines vs GMOs?
The science on GMOs is as solid and authoritative as it is on vaccines. So why are liberal outlets like ...
How ancient humans can help us better understand ourselves
For 200,000 years, modern humans have walked the earth. How did we become what we are today? In answering this ...
CRISPR technology successfully targets HPV
Researchers have hijacked a defense system normally used by bacteria to fend off viral infections and redirected it against the ...
Can stem cells aid in brain recovery after stroke?
Five patients received the treatment in a pilot study conducted by doctors at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and scientists at Imperial ...
Harvard stem cell scientist takes sabbatical following fraud scandal
Charles Vacanti, a Harvard anesthesiologist and stem cell pioneer whose name appeared on both retracted STAP stem cell papers, is ...
Call for FDA regulation of U.S. stem cell clinics
Unregulated stem cell clinics are proliferating throughout the U.S. A case in point is the Cell Surgical Network (CSN), which ...
3D “jelly doughnut” models brain, may prove vital to future research
A doughnut created in a lab and made of silk on the outside and collagen gel where the jelly ought ...
CRISPR corrects mutant gene for incurable blood disorder
The genome-editing method involving CRISPR and Cas9 has been called into duty for a wide variety of jobs, from cutting integrated HIV ...
Brain breakthrough: Genome-wide association studies herald advances in treating mental disorders
Nothing is more challenging to science, or potentially more heartbreaking, than mental illness. The human brain remains inscrutable. But recent ...
People missing Alzheimer’s gene provide clue to disease
The 40-year-old man showed up in Dr. Mary Malloy’s clinic with sadly disfiguring symptoms. His hands, elbows, ears and feet ...
Infographic: 9 plant diseases that threaten your favorite foods–and how GM can help
Nature is relentless, challenging farmers with weeds, insects and diseases. With global food needs skyrocketing as the population and prosperity ...
Video: Appetite control and emotion arise from similar brain areas
Relatively few neurons, only thousands, control appetite in a brain region linked to inhibition, fear and emotion according to a ...
Amid focus on curing illness, concern over treatment of disabled in society
I can still remember each second of that day just before Christmas when everything changed.The happy family lunch, then the ...
New technologies advance fight against infectious disease
Twenty years ago, at the Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR) in Rockville, Maryland, Claire Fraser became one of the first ...
