Personalized Medicine
Could we end malaria with GE mosquitoes?
The ability to edit genomes may offer us the ability to build and release mosquitos resistant to malaria, ending the ...
Video: Consciousness has an on-off switch?
While trying to treat a woman's epilepsy, doctors at George Washington University may have inadvertently found brain structures that house ...
Tennesse law criminalizing drug use in pregnancy doesn’t consider risk and genetics
Given the link between alcohol consumption during pregnancy and birth defects, should expectant mothers who drink be arrested for assault? ...
World Cup player gets stem cell therapy despite lack of evidence it works
Argentinian midfielder Angel Di Maria's hamstring injury prevented him from playing in the World Cup final against Germany on Sunday, ...
Obesity epidemic can’t all be blamed on genes
We have been subjected to years of obesity-related headlines, and the news almost always seems to be discouraging. Obesity has ...
Free-floating RNA and sperm might be pathway for epigenetics
Scientists find that sperm can potentially carry RNA from the body's cells to offspring. Is this finally evidence of a ...
Doctors seek genetics underlying spinal pain after injury
Pain researchers at the University of Adelaide have launched a new study to investigate the underlying reasons why some sufferers ...
Could bariatric surgery change metabolic gene expression?
Every week, about 20 people visit the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Pennsylvania to be evaluated for weight-loss surgery ...
Why is the myth we only use 10 percent of our brain so hard to bust?
By now, perhaps you’ve seen the trailer for the new sci-fi thriller Lucy. It starts with a flurry of stylized ...
Friends share genetic similarities
This brings a whole new meaning to the phrase, "You've got a friend in me." A new study published Monday ...
Practice does not make perfect: Expertise requires Innate talent
Scientists have long argued over the relative contributions of practice and native talent to the development of elite performance. This ...
Human blood types remain a mystery despite a hundred years of study
In 1900 the Austrian physician Karl Landsteiner first discovered blood types, winning the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for ...
Duke stem cell trial for autism dangerously speculative?
Can stem cells be used to treat autism? At this point the jury remains out on that question, but a ...
Placenta, controlled by baby’s genes, is bellwhether for fetal and maternal health
Minutes after a baby girl was born on a recent morning at UCSF Medical Center here, her placenta — a ...
Epigenetic damage affects humans too says Washington State biologist
Michael Skinner, a professor of biology at Washington State University, ignited a firestorm of debate in 2005 when he and ...
Canada seeks to keep genetic data private from health insurers
Canada has no legislation barring insurers from requesting genetic testing information when customers apply for policies. The government is urging ...
Rules against patenting genes that occur in nature has bio-tech balking
Guidelines that forbid patents on a wide array of natural products, phenomena and principles have many in the biotechnology and ...
State holds children’s DNA via newborn screening cards without permission
As word of an Eyewitness News investigation spreads through Holliday Park, parents admit they are surprised. "You're kidding, right? I ...
Genes and learning: Will early reading really make a difference?
New guidelines from pediatrics organization advise parents to begin reading to children just after birth. But evidence is inconclusive that ...
Cannabis Genome Project will discover medical mysteries of marijuana
Cannabis Genome Project plans to develop a fine-grained map of cannabis genes, involving two of the main strains of cannabis, ...
Fertility clinics adopting high-tech strategies to pick best embryo for implantation
Annika Levitt initially resisted the fertility clinic’s suggestion that only one embryo — rather than the usual two or more ...
Alzheimer’s proteins in eyes may be key to early detection
Efforts to detect Alzheimer's disease earlier and more cheaply are focusing on signs of the ailment in the eye and ...
Brain recording lets scientists watch treatments in action, but could harm memory
The man in the hospital bed was playing video games on a laptop, absorbed and relaxed despite the bustle of ...
Mom’s pregnancy diet affects her children and grandchildren
What mom eats during pregnancy dramatically influences not only the health of her kids but future generations as well. That’s ...
Missisippi baby with HIV cured by early therapy, now positive for virus’ DNA again
Two months shy of her fourth birthday, paediatricians gave the ‘Mississippi baby’ bad news: her HIV infection, seemingly vanquished by ...
Individual’s genetic info unique in another way: The shape of RNAs
The information contained within a messenger RNA (mRNA) transcript goes beyond the protein recipe embedded in its sequence. mRNAs consist ...
In the future, brain implants will cure paralysis and disease
nside the biomedical electronics lab at GE Global Research in Niskayuna, New York, Jeff Ashe, a principal engineer, holds up ...