Health
He’s baaaack: Natural News restored to Google, as founder Mike Adams escalates ‘censorship’ claim
[Editor's note: NaturalNews.com was delisted from Google search results on February 23, 2017, for what was later revealed to be ...
Who should own revolutionary gene editor CRISPR? Scientists or the public?
In a one sentence ruling, an appeals board granted the rights to the powerful gene editing technology CRISPR-Cas9 to the ...
From rough sketches to virtual reality: How scientists study, learn about developing embryos
Armed with a wand and funky spectacles, Beatrice Steinert steps into a world of lush green mounds and bright blue ...
Cell atlas: 37 trillion cells in the human body will be catalogued in ambitious effort
The objective is to construct the first comprehensive “cell atlas,” or map of human cells, a technological marvel that should ...
Weird world of DNA: What’s the best way to help patients with genetic diseases that are not inherited?
The stories of two children, Millie and Hannah, highlight ways that genetic disease can seem to veer from the predictions ...
No, your body does not absorb genetic material from eating GM foods
A major new study ... has found no evidence that genetic material from the food we eat is absorbed via ...
Autism, other brain disorders linked to network of 91 genes
Gene discovery research is uncovering similarities and differences underlying a variety of disorders affecting the developing brain, including autism, attention ...
Golfing bumblebees? Amazing video of insect learning could spark artificial intelligence research
Bumblebees have learned to push a ball into a hole to get a reward, stretching what was thought possible for ...
Perplexing Case Of Consumer Confusion About GE Foods In a ‘Fake News’ World
Information issued by scientific organizations often do not change perceptions. This is especially true for people with rooted 'tribal' beliefs ...
On/off switch? Chronic pain could be eased if we identify the right genes
[Editor's note: Blair Smith is a professor of population science at the University of Dundee in Scotland.] Two of the ...
Idaho GMO sugar beet farmers mull ditching crop as more food companies adopt non-GMO label
Idaho sugar beet farmers have grown increasingly dependent on genetically modified seeds for cost savings and greater yields over the ...
Australia’s organic industry should drop ‘zero tolerance’ of GM food contamination, farmers group says
Flood waters have swept through parts of WA's grain growing region, sparking concern from some certified organic growers that contamination ...
Cancer patients can learn ‘good and bad news’ by sequencing their disease genome
Advances in genomics and molecular biology have revealed that cancer is surprisingly, shockingly diverse...Each one can be defined by a ...
Epigenetics Around the Web: Dolly the sheep and aging. Epigenetics is not genetics. Obstacles to gene editing.
This week’s features include: a clinic that doesn't know the difference between epigenetics and genetics; lessons about aging from Dolly ...
Can GMOs mitigate threats to global food security?
[Editor's note: Stuart Thompson is a senior lecturer in plant biochemistry at the University of Westminster in the UK.] Crops ...
Racial biodiversity: Indigenous people offer opportunity to understand how genetic mutations evolve
[Editor's note: Keolu Fox is a biomedical researcher studying indigenous people.] Ninety-five percent of all drugs [are tested] only on ...
Stress defense: Your biological clock activates protective genes as you age
Researchers at Oregon State University have discovered that a subset of genes involved in daily circadian rhythms, or the "biological ...
Excessive hand washing? Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) linked to gene mutations associated with autism
We know obsessive-compulsive disorder has a genetic basis, and now researchers are digging into our DNA to figure out exactly ...
Muscle-wasting disease in dogs cured using gene therapy, offering hope to suffering boys
For decades, some unlucky dog lovers have [witnessed their puppies'] seemingly healthy muscles literally waste away...until they could no longer stand ...
Eczema-taming ointment could be made with bacteria from your own skin
Teruaki Nakatsuji and Richard Gallo from the University of California, San Diego, have discovered that some bacteria which naturally live ...
Google delisted Mike Adams’ Natural News website for ‘sneaky’ marketing, not content
It became apparent that “Natural News” had been removed from Google search results on February 22 [2017]. The website did ...
Diabetes linked to ‘junk’ DNA previously thought to have no function
[A]mong the thousands of genes which code for vital proteins, hidden in plain sight are much vaster chunks of non-coding ...
Whole Foods, Patagonia, Clif Bar school lunch program promotes misconceptions about pesticides, seed saving
[Editor's note: Stephan Neidenbach is a middle school teacher, father, and blogger.] The Conscious Kitchen program (funded by Patagonia, Clif ...
Super pigs: CRISPR gene-edited virus-resistant pigs could cut piglet deaths, pork prices
Scientists have created a new breed of super pigs resistant to a killer virus... They now have two generations of ...
To test or not to test? When is genetic screening for diseases a smart move?
Hundreds of prescription genetic tests are now available for everything from depression to cancer to Alzheimer’s disease. Such testing does ...
Is your body shaped like an apple? It’s probably ‘in the genes’ and it could pose health risks
A study from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers has found that a pattern of gene variants associated with an “apple-shaped” ...
Can personalized medicine help those with chronic diseases that have environmental triggers?
[Editor's note: Sharon Horesh Bergquist is a physician, teacher, researcher in preventive medicine and healthy aging at Emory University] Personalized ...