Biotechnology
Center for Genetics and Society escalates attack on life-saving gene therapy
CGS, a "progressive" but uber conservative-minded advocacy group that opposes many medical technology innovations is continuing its campaign against gene ...
Human brains: Could we transfer the mind to other devices?
There is no reason why the complex information processing at the core of human experience -- consciousness, the mind -- ...
Genetic studies may predict criminal tendencies
A law professor believes genetic profiling should be used to identify children who are predisposed to violent criminal behaviors. Law ...
Evolution follows a predictable genetic pattern, Princeton researchers find
Evolution, often perceived as a series of random changes, might in fact be driven by a simple and repeated genetic ...
Are placebo responses genetic?
A study recently published in PLOS one (Catechol-O-Methyltransferase val158met Polymorphism Predicts Placebo Effect in Irritable Bowel Syndrome) purports to have ...
Children and DNA
DNA provides the operating instructions for our cells that influence everything from a person’s hair color to susceptibility to disease ...
Study reveals genetic causes of a male infertility disorder
Severe spermatogenic failure (SSF) is a genetic condition that causes low sperm count and infertility. New insights into the genetic ...
New genomics study shows ancestry could help solve disease riddles
Explosive advancement in human genome sequencing opens new possibilities for identifying the genetic roots of certain diseases and finding cures ...
Three-parent fertility method could remove gene defects
Biologists in Oregon report they've produced early-stage human embryos with genes from three parents, a new method that some day ...
Eugenics reconsidered
Eugenics was embraced and even promoted by progressives 100 years ago as a tool to make the world a better ...
Political incorrectness alert: Genes and hormones likely influence women’s votes
CNN has been widely ridiculed this week for posting and quickly taking down a story about new research regarding how ...
Craig Venter’s vision to print life, generate vaccines
Craig Venter imagines a future where you can download software, print a vaccine and inject it at home, contagion averted ...
Designer Baby? Breakthrough gene therapy that could eliminate rare diseases, raises ethical concerns
Scientists at Oregon Health & Science University have replaced bits of defective DNA in a human egg with the equivalent ...
Genetic ethics cops shout “designer babies” to abort life saving therapy
As we highlighted this week in Gene-ius, a dramatic, life-improving breakthrough is on the horizon in gene therapy. Researchers from ...
New gene therapy method replaces mitochondrial DNA, study says
Scientists have demonstrated a new type of gene therapy that would – in principle – allow mothers to avoid saddling ...
Gene mutation identifies colorectal cancer patients who live longer with aspirin therapy
Aspirin therapy can extend the life of colorectal cancer patients whose tumors carry a mutation in a key gene, but ...
Genome hunters go after martian DNA
Two high-profile entrepreneurs say they want to put a DNA sequencing machine on the surface of Mars in a bid ...
Could genetic diseases be cured in the womb?
Efforts to develop a working gene therapy for certain inherited diseases have reached a milestone with a new method for ...
Test your DNA for diseases: No doctor required
When Anne Wojcicki’s son was a baby, she ran a swab across the inside of his cheek, collecting DNA to ...
GM cows used to produce milk that protects against HIV
Despite the misgivings that many people have surrounding cow’s milk, it is a good source of nutrients such as calcium ...
Eugenics 2012: Genetically engineering babies a moral obligation?
Both eugenics and social Darwinism had their moments in their sun, the optimistic goal of progressive techno-elites 100 years ago ...
Study questions feasibility of entire genome sequencing in minutes
The claim that nanopore technology is on the verge of making DNA analysis so fast and cheap that a person's ...
Genetic tests unlikely to help improve drug treatment for depression, according to new cohort study
There has been a lot of discussion over recent years about the ways in which genetic testing may help make ...
Hip disorder cured using stem cells
A multi-specialty hospital here has successfully used stem cells to cure a hip joint disorder, relieving affected patients from expensive ...
Gene therapy as a cure for fatal bone diseases in children?
This article detailed current research about how, although low bone density and osteoporosis is quite prevalent in the public eye, ...
Genes and immune system shaped by childhood poverty, stress
A University of British Columbia and Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics (CMMT) study has revealed that childhood poverty, stress ...
Personal genomics in the classroom: Students sequence themselves
Medical and graduate students will get the chance to sequence and interpret their own genomes in what is being billed ...
