Health
Years of stem cell research finally bearing medical applications
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Clinical stem cell applications ...
Genomic research must shift focus onto Africa to fight diseases
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Genomic research has proven ...
American philanthropist Bill Gates announces support for gene drive
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Bill Gates says that ...
SynBio tobacco plant that produces vital malaria drug met with skepticism by scientists
A vital—yet hard to manufacture—malaria drug can now be made easily via transgenic tobacco plants, yet many scientists are underwhelmed ...
Can gene therapy really help cure glioblastoma?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Glioblastoma is one of ...
Scientists can now deliver medicine with DNA ‘cage’ and flash of light
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Getting drugs to go ...
Gene therapy now consistently and effectively treating hemophilia
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Bill Maurits has hemophilia ...
Milk from GE goats may provide cheaper, life-saving cancer drugs
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The high cost of ...
FDA says Whole Foods not adequately responsive to listeria, dripping pipes at MA facility
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The Food and Drug ...
Healthy and elderly? Genes for cognitive function matter more than those for longevity
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Most studies about disease ...
Evolutionary riddle: Why do women live longer than men?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Women live longer than ...
Eve of Mars colonization: Moon as test base for pregnancy in fractional gravity
Before anyone attempts pregnancy on Mars, we need to be sure if that would work, but recently NASA announced plans ...
Where Clinton and Trump stand on biotechnology and medicine
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. When Hillary Clinton announced ...
How our brains respond to mass shootings
Hollywood and the US government tend to share unrealistic scenarios for avoiding mass shootings. Neither accounts for how our brains ...
Sleep vital for learning, memory and healthy heart-rate
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Sleep is known to ...
Stem cell debate at the center of hockey legend Gordie Howe’s last years
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Internationally known as “Mr ...
Your family’s genetic history does not determine your future
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The relationship between DNA ...
Claims organic food better for health, animals, planet ‘marketing hype’
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . . [E]verywhere ...
Janet Jackson pregnant at 50: Should aging moms and dads facing pregnancy worry?
Janet Jackson and her husband are now part of a growing trend of older parents, conventional wisdom says they should ...
Conventional milk can be just as nutritious, beneficial for cows, farmers as organic
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . . .“Organic” ...
Ethical questions surround China’s plans for full-body transplants
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Six years ago, Wang ...
FDA chief promotes new online tool for Precision Medicine Initiative
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The Obama administration has ...
CDC forms Zika response teams but expects only scattering of cases
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. U.S. health officials plan ...
Breakthroughs in growing human tissue create excitement in biotech market
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. For decades, scientists and ...
Gene driving to combat insect-borne diseases: Powerful tool requiring science diplomacy
Gene drives raise ethical and practical concerns. What are the communication challenges? ...
Google shoots and misses with biotech innovations
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Google employees, squeezed onto ...
Video: Will new genetic testing methods open doors for better treatment?
Illnesses can sometimes run in families. Inherited genetic mutations can increase a person’s risk of developing different diseases – from ...