Biomedicine & Disease
Men and women have different gene expression in MS, pointing to sex differences in treatments
In mouse models and in humans, females susceptible to multiple sclerosis (MS) produce higher levels of the blood vessel receptor ...
Analyzing genes of mouth bacteria can detect pancreatic cancer
Patients with pancreatic cancer have a different and distinct profile of specific bacteria in their saliva compared to healthy controls ...
Oxford genetic ethicist chronicles breach of her own genetic information
Shutterfly sent a mass email to all its female customers in the U.S., congratulating them on the recent births of ...
Japan’s STAP stem cell controversy deepens as accusations of misconduct focus on investigating panel
Members of the RIKEN institute committee that found Haruko Obokata -- of STAP stem cell infamy -- guilty of misconduct ...
Gene test can predict when women will deliver prematurely
A blood-based diagnostic test accurately predicted whether 70% of female study participants with threatened preterm labor (TPTL) would or would ...
Orchard of knowledge: Artist will insert Wikipedia’s catalog into DNA of apple trees
Last year, Joe Davis, the artist in residence at George Church’s genetics lab, at Harvard Medical School, received an unmarked ...
Mutations in gene causes metabolic syndrome in Iranian families
Genetic mutations causing an inherited form of the metabolic syndrome have been found, with implications for drug development across diabetes, ...
Ultra strong measles vaccine cures woman of cancer
In a breakthrough that could offer new hope to people with some kinds of cancer, Mayo Clinic researchers say they ...
NaturalNews’ Mike Adams threatens Forbes, GLP for ‘libeling’ what scientists call ‘quack’ health empire
Mike Adams, founder of NaturalNews.com--the immensely popular site on the web for the latest conspiracy theory, often about GMOs, and ...
Poop therapy: Big pharma moving towards microbiome threapies
The human body teems with trillions of microorganisms — a microbial landscape that has attracted roughly US$500 million in research ...
Mark Bittman’s tepid endorsement of GM overshadowed by shallow attacks on modern agriculture
Does New York Times food writer Mark Bittman get anything right? I doubt it. His recent commentary, “Leave Organic Out of ...
Bacteria in lungs may protect humans from developing asthma
Human cells are outnumbered ten-to-one by the microbes that thrive in and on us. Now a study finds that the ...
Wheat growers’ association president wants GM wheat introduced to improve crops
Farmers need a strong voice in Washington, but also in their respective state capitols, notes the current president of the ...
Dolly and other animals cannot be patented says court, rattling cloning proponents
Dolly the sheep enjoyed a brief and highly publicized life as the first mammal cloned from an adult cell before ...
Stem cell generated neurons from schizophrenics develop abnormally
Using new stem cell technology, scientists at the Salk Institute have shown that neurons generated from the skin cells of ...
Gene changes, diabetes continuing legacy of Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge
Cambodia’s diabetes clinics are overflowing. On its surface, it looks like little more than another country’s growing pains as it ...
Some experts find ethical uncertainty in artificial DNA
Artificial DNA, recently successfully implemented in a living cell by California scientists, presents more ethical concerns than opportunities for medicine, ...
Will FDA regulations force US direct-to-consumer genetic testing companies overseas?
23andMe is reportedly looking to enter international markets. Will they find their international hosts' regulatory structure as unfriendly as the ...
New bill allows blood spots from newborn genetic screenings to be kept indefinitely
Minnesota will once again allow blood spots to be kept and used for further research following routine newborn screening of ...
Fragile X gene linked to autism also affects adiction
In a paper published in the latest issue of the neuroscience journal Neuron, McLean Hospital investigators report that a gene ...
Non-chromosomal DNA matters for expression of traits
In 2003, when the human genome had been sequenced, many people expected a welter of new therapies to follow, as ...
Immunotherapy hype: Are biotech companies overshooting clinical evidence?
The business of oncology drugs that use a patient's own immune system to fight cancer is growing rapidly. But is ...
Orlando Sentinel hosts GMO debate: Who wins on the science?
When a debate gets as contentious as that on GMOs, juxtaposed viewpoints can serve to put many dimensions of an ...
Troublesome genetics and race
When some of us left Africa to spread all over the wider world, we began developing small differences in what ...
Energy centers of immune cells decreased in children with autism
Children with autism experience deficits in a type of immune cell that protects the body from infection. Called granulocytes, the ...
Dad’s faulty genes and mom’s silent ones responsible in Prader-Willi Syndrome
Scientists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have reported a major breakthrough in understanding the molecular basis for Prader-Willi syndrome ...
FDA ethically off base in opposition to direct-to-consumer genetic testing
Bioethicist argues that regulating direct-to-consumer genetic testing violates personal autonomy and protects against nothing ...
