Do East African distance runners dominate races due to genetics?

Andy Galbraith | 
More than 10,000 athletes from 206 different nations will compete for glory in [the 2016] Olympic Games...But when it comes ...

Everything you need to know about CRISPR gene editing

Tyler Lacoma | 
CRISPR refers to unusual DNA sequences that help protect organisms by identifying threats – especially viruses – and attacking them ...
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Athletes avoiding genetic test for concussion risks despite potential benefits

Rebecca Robbins | 
[The new APOE test is] an easy genetic test that promises to identify which young athletes are likely to suffer the most ...

Precision medicine threatened by sloppy, inefficient research

Aaron Kesselheim, Spencer Hey | 
To the average American,...precision medicine sets a high expectation of a more targeted...[and] more effective...treatment. But all too often the science ...
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GM mosquito critics brand Key Haven trial as “human rights” issue

Jessica Glenza | 
For the last five years, the biotechnology company Oxitec has been developing a plan to experimentally release the GMO mosquitoes ...
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Video: DNA looks much different than what you might think

Carl Zimmer | 
Biology textbooks like to depict DNA looking like an abstract spiral staircase, representing the classic double helix shape. However, real ...

Parents turn to Prozac and other unproven drugs to help children with Down’s syndrome

Clare Wilson | 
Drugs that change the chemistry and structure of the brain could boost the intelligence of people with Down’s syndrome...[However, s]uch ...
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Genetics key to why world’s greatest solo climber doesn’t feel fear

J.B. MacKinnon | 
[Alex] Honnold is history’s greatest ever climber in the free solo style, meaning he ascends without a rope or protective ...
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Curing diseases with embryonic stem cells proving much harder than expected

Aleszu Bajak | 
[N]o field of biotechnology has promised more and delivered less in the way of treatments than embryonic stem cells. Only ...
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Potential benefits of human-animal chimeras vastly outweigh risks

Michael Le Page | 
If we had a cheap and unlimited supply of healthy organs for transplant, it wouldn’t just transform the lives of ...

Genes may play key role in timing of your first child, number of children you have

Meera Senthilingam | 
[W]hether you're 16 or 40 when you decide to have sex for the first time, you may think the choice ...
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University of Pennsylvania’s Ashley Winslow uses crowdsourcing to hunt down genetics of depression

Ashley Winslow, Kiona Elliott | 
University of Pennsylvania's Ashley Winslow talks clinical depression, using crowdsourcing to find genetic markers ...

Gene mutation linked to aggression and healthy body weight

Dana Dovey | 
Acting aggressive and reckless when drunk could be a sign that you’re a complete jerk, or it could be an ...
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Epigenetic Zs: Could a bad night’s sleep alter your genes?

Ben Locwin | 
Sleep deprivation can not only ruin your day, it may change your DNA ...
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New Zealand’s EPA finds glyphosate ‘unlikely to be carcinogenic’

The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) commissioned Dr Wayne Temple, a toxicologist and former Director of the New Zealand National Poisons ...

Faulty stem cell clinics proliferate in Australia, leading to deaths

Melissa Davey | 
Australia has among the world’s highest concentrations of stem cell businesses advertising medical and cosmetic treatments online, despite a lack ...
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Sensationalist media coverage of gene therapy provokes ethical concerns

Katherine Drabiak | 
Media coverage of trials related to gene therapy has portrayed the clinical research rollercoaster.  [Recently], The New York Times ran ...
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Video: CRISPR set to alter what it means to be human—is that so bad?

With the advent of CRISPR, a new age of genetic engineering promises to change everything we know about what it ...

UC Davis prof argues three-person IVF not same as “life-saving treatment”

Jessica Cussins | 
UC Davis Assistant Professor of Philosophy Tina Rulli published a report titled "What is the Value of Three-Parent IVF?"...If you have ...

Scientists may have found gene behind hyper-sociability

Christopher Wanjek | 
[H]umans are social beings, an evolutionary trait that helped separate us from other primates millions of years ago...These genetic underpinnings ...
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Over-heated fears of eugenics linger over today’s genetic research, threatening advances

Natasha Mitchell | 
'Genes can have up to 80 per cent of influence on students' academic performance.' When I saw that headline recently, ...

Gene therapy revolution must address new ethical questions

Graham Templeton | 
[In 2015], the United States federal budget included a rider banning certain types of gene therapy research, and that has ...
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Massive growth in participants signals Human Genome’s “Facebook moment”

Whet Moser | 
In June [2016], 4.1 petabytes of cancer data went online on a new platform...called the Genomic Data Commons. Four petabytes ...
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Scientists see genes switching off in live human brains for first time

Andy Coghlan | 
The switching-off of genes in the human brain has been watched live for the first time. By comparing this activity ...
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Olympic health update: Zika vaccines, GMO mosquitoes, and snake oils

David Warmflash | 
There's progress on a vaccine to combat as well as biotech solutions but there are also fake Zika solutions being ...

Machine learning helps uncover genetics of autism

Dave Gershgorn | 
Researchers at Princeton and the Simons Foundation turned the traditional approach on its head, teaching a machine learning algorithm to ...
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Will epigenetics play central role in advancement of precision medicine?

David Warmflash | 
For many treatments it remains to be proven whether a drug's epigenetic actions, rather than another mechanism such as stimulation ...
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