Health
Through the study and use of genetics, we can identify measures that could lead to the improvement of human health and wellness. These methods and procedures aim to prevent years of chronic disease and thousands of dollars in health care costs, and provide families and communities with knowledge of how to live healthier.
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No, you did not inherit your intelligence from your mother’s genes
The premise of [a post from Second Nexus is] that science has traced “intelligence genes” to the X chromosome and ...
Talking Biotech: University of Georgia’s Peggy Ozias-Akins on genetically engineering peanuts to fight aflatoxin, allergies
University of Georgia's Peggy Ozias-Akins on engineering peanuts to reduce allergies and presence of aflatoxin ...
Teenage brain wired to learn from experiences
Teenagers are often portrayed as thrill-seekers, but research suggests their brains are wired to learn from their experiences, which makes ...
Genes from mother may influence intelligence in child more than father’s
Women are more likely to transmit intelligence genes to their children because they are carried on the X chromosome and ...
Has human life span reached its limit?
Human life expectancy has steadily increased since the nineteenth century. Reports of supercentenarians...have prompted some to suggest that there is ...
After early setbacks, gene therapy’s comeback nearly complete
After some horrifying early setbacks, gene therapy's back. Researchers have learned from early mistakes to make the therapy safer and ...
Why studying human chimeras offers best hope for finding Parkinson’s cure
Spectrum: Why do researchers want to study mouse-human chimeras? Rudolf Jaenisch: Traditionally, researchers have studied human conditions by mutating the ...
Understanding role of ‘risk genes’ in brain key to unlocking mystery of Alzheimer’s
Although the causes of Alzheimer’s disease remain a mystery, genetic research is now providing clues about how the disease develops...By ...
Human embryonic stem cells relieve common side effects of spinal cord injuries in mice
People with spinal cord injuries suffer from many complications in addition to paralysis and numbness. Some of these problems are ...
Rare genetic mutations linked to schizophrenia and school dropout risk
A pair of studies in the journal Nature Neuroscience have investigated a link between rare genetic mutations and schizophrenia, as ...
Will US cut off support for WHO’s IARC over pilloried glyphosate cancer report?
Regulatory agencies in the US, Europe and most recently Australia have concluded that the International Cancer Research Agency botched its ...
Gene therapy to cure sickle cell anemia in final stages of development
Scientists are finalizing plans to use gene therapy to treat one of the world’s most widespread inherited diseases – sickle ...
Groundbreaking HIV drug tricks virus into emerging from human genome
UK scientists...working on a groundbreaking trial to test a possible cure for HIV infection say they have made remarkable progress ...
Video: What can scientists realistically accomplish with CRISPR?
The genome-editing technology CRISPR has been all over the news for the past few years. However, the words that usually ...
Genetic switch may dictate if you crave more high-fat or high-sugar foods
We all love eating junk food even though we know it's not part of a healthy diet...Now a team of ...
Pentagon wants to develop ‘safe genes’ to stop biohackers from making weapons with CRISPR
[T]he Pentagon is moving to...find a “safe course” to rein [gene editing technology] in. But it will be a difficult balancing ...
WHO: GMO cows that produce human antibodies could revolutionize how we fight Ebola, flu
SAB Biotherapeutics of South Dakota has genetically engineered cattle to produce large quantities of human antibodies—proteins that help remove harmful ...
Glyphosate in wine and cereal? Why dubious detection methods undermine GMO scare claims
Two NGO commissioned studies found parts per billion concentrations of glyphosate in wine and oatmeal. Are these findings cause for ...
Do GMO enzymes used in natural flavorings and cleaning products promote allergies?
Genetically modified enzymes used in food, perfumes, medicine and cleaning products are “potent allergens” and should be tested like other ...
Are poorer consumers avoiding fresh produce because of fear-based organic food marketing?
New peer reviewed research published in Nutrition Today shows fear-based messaging tactics used by activist groups and some organic marketers that invoke safety concerns ...
How CRISPR could change the world—And why that frightens many of us
Gene editing could revolutionize the world in a way akin to how the personal computer did. Most Americans are unaware ...
Mining Zika for genetic data may reveal how virus evolves, spreads and how it can be stopped
Pardis Sabeti is a computational geneticist who works at the Broad Institute of MIT Harvard, where she pinpoints the genetic ...
Clinton and Trump need to talk about issues in genetics, precision medicine more
An organization...has crowdsourced and expert-checked a list of “20 science-driven issues (that) deserve their own debate” for the presidential candidates ...
Yoshinori Ohsumi wins 2016 Nobel Prize for his work in “self eating” cells
The 2016 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine goes to Yoshinori Ohsumi of Japan for discoveries about the secrets of ...
How human chimeras could revolutionize science and medicine
The NIH appears ready to fund scientists who want to make and study human chimeras. What can we hope to ...
Greenpeace co-founder Patrick Moore makes case for sustainable GMO Golden Rice
It's not news that Patrick Moore is frustrated with ...Greenpeace. While he was an original founder of the group... And ...
GMO critics say Golden Rice not a ‘silver bullet’ in fight against vitamin A deficiency
...16 years and a lot of money from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation later, and some progress has been ...
