Personalized Medicine
How well does genetic screening for talents and traits work? Beethoven’s DNA suggests he was unlikely to be musical
Analysis of Beethoven’s DNA has revealed that he had a low genetic predisposition for beat synchronization, an ability related to ...
An on-off switch for anxiety? Genetic pathway mice could lead to human treatments
Researchers at the University of Aberdeen have identified an area of human and mouse DNA that plays a role in ...
With just a sample of fluid surrounding a baby in the womb, researchers can make mini organs to test out potential medical treatments
Scientists have created miniorgans from cells floating in the fluid that surrounds a fetus in the womb—opening new area of ...
The genetics of loneliness
Studies have shown the impact loneliness has on human health. The adverse health effects of loneliness rival that of smoking ...
How do people uniquely respond to different diets? 500 Americans will be living at scientific facilities for six weeks to find out
Kevin Elizabeth, a 28-year-old tech worker, is one of 500 Americans who will be living at scientific facilities around the ...
Four out of five people with autoimmune diseases are women. We finally know why
It's estimated that four of every five people who have an autoimmune disease are women. For some disorders the ratio ...
Precision medicine timeline: ‘Floodgates might be opening for a generalized cure of most genetic diseases in less than one generation’
The ultimate goal of medicine: Instead of drugs acting on multiple parts of the body precision therapies target only one ...
What do high-altitude Andean communities and deep-sea fish have in common? Genetic mutations that aid survival in low-oxygen environments
Researchers discovered an example of convergent evolution in the Peruvian and Tibetan highlander communities ...
Understanding how calorie restriction improves health and increases human lifespan
Recent research reveals a significant discovery about dietary restriction and its impact on brain health and aging ...
Who should take an obesity drug? A new genetic test class to identify patients most likely to benefit
Homing in on obesity's genetic underpinnings through precision medicine may represent a more cost-effective way of tackling weight loss ...
We have the tools to develop genetics-based personalized medicine, but the data used is outdated and lacks diversity
Bias in medical studies towards men of European origin means genetic variants in understudied populations don’t get the focus they ...
We now know the mechanisms of aging, but how do you slow down the process?
The next frontier is to target the basic biology of aging and come up with new interventions to slow it ...
Only 2% of the world’s population has green eyes. Why so few?
Green eyes are estimated at 2 percent of the population worldwide and prevalence is much higher in certain European countries ...
We may soon be able to treat hearing loss from loud noises and aging with drugs
Researchers have found a gene that links deafness to cell death in the inner ear in humans – creating new ...
Biological exceptionalism: How two Italian sisters lived to 100
In my endless email about COVID-19 popped up a new paper analyzing the health of two Italian sisters who lived ...
Here are genetic reasons why some people age more quickly than others
Which genes are involved in aging and longevity? How are they involved? What are the therapeutic implications? ...
Maybe the Black Death did not reshape human evolution after all
An ancient-DNA study of medieval Cambridge found no sign of genes that helped people to survive the plague ...
In wake of 23andMe DNA data breach, privacy concerns reemerge
A new data breach is highlighting the risks of having your ancestry information stored online — and what it might ...
The future creeps closer: While two-thirds of Americans say they’d pick an embryo based on genetic profiling, some concerns escalate
Nearly one third of those surveyed even say they would consider going through IVF for the sole purpose of such ...
Is biological age testing useful or overrated?
New tests promise to tell you if you have the cells of a 30-year-old or a 60-year-old. Here’s what to ...
‘Warrior gene’: Some people may be genetically wired for aggressiveness. Can we—should we—do something about it?
“Some people have real problems right out of the starting block. We can't dodge the responsibility for social action." ...
Autism increase mystery solved? No, it’s not vaccines, GMOs, glyphosate—or organic foods
A change in how we diagnose and report autism and not vaccines, glyphosate or chemtrails is the prime mover as ...
There are already 175,000 gene-based health tests available of uneven value. How do patients, doctors and insurance companies separate the wheat from the chaff?
New technology has a history of overwhelming systems that try to manage it, and it’s proving to be the case ...
Genetic medical astrology? Nutrigenomic DNA tests: Can you prime your health by tailoring diet and exercise to your biology?
"The promise of genetic testing is that it can tell you more about the way you're built so that you ...
‘Genetic privacy does not exist in the US’: 23andMe data files hacked, exposing personal genetic information of up to 7 million of people
By now, you’ve probably heard that 23andMe was “hacked” by criminals who stole the data of up to 7 million ...
What do ‘non-identical’ identical twins have to do with COVID-19? Mutations!
Identical twins Stella and Desiree Vignes were born in 1938 in a Louisiana town so small that it wasn’t on ...
Talking Biotech Podcast: Kevin Folta talks with a crime lab expert on how DNA can solve cold cases
DNA has been an invaluable tool to make certain matches between a suspect and a crime. Since its early use ...