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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Why Zika connection to microcephaly, Guillain-Barré hard to prove
Does Zika virus actually cause microcephaly in newborns? Pinning down an answers has been difficult for researchers thus far ...
Great grandmothers’ drinking habits responsible for alcoholism? Not so fast
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The Daily Mail recently ...
I feed my kids GMO foods and not organics–That doesn’t make me a ‘bad mom’
I’m a registered nurse who lives in Alberta and loves a farmer. I feed my kids only the most nutritious ...
I feed my kids GMO foods and not organics—that doesn’t make me a ‘bad mom’
I’m a registered nurse who lives in Alberta and loves a farmer. I feed my kids only the most nutritious ...
IVF: Safe method of conception for those with infertility or ‘evolutionary experiment’
An evolutionary biologist called IVF an ‘evolutionary experiment’ and alleges IVF kids will have more health problem. Evidence for these ...
Instead of GMO citrus greening solution, Florida officials seek permission to spray antibiotics
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Florida’s Department of Agriculture ...
Personal genomic testing presents challenges for doctors and patients
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Marketing of direct-to-consumer (DTC) ...
Astronaut twins give NASA first glimpse at space’s effects on health, DNA
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Scott Kelly has returned to ...
Zika linked to temporary muscle paralysis in French Polynesia
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A new study of ...
Is colon cancer a product of western diet, modern life? Hungarian mummy may have answers
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The modern plagues of ...
Court cases increasingly decided with neuroscientific evidence
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A study of 1,600 court ...
Rats fed tolerant to herbicide dicambra tolerant GMO soybeans show no ill effects
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The dicamba-tolerant soybean MON87708 ...
Scientists create fertile sperm from mice stem cells — Does this translate to humans?
Scientists have made sperm cells from stem cells in vitro, while most are excited about the achievement, ethical and biological ...
Not just bacteria: Viruses use CRISPR in nature, too
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. With all the buzz ...
UK ‘birth cohort’ study tracks 70 years of human life
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In March 1946, scientists ...
‘Brave New World’ of human genetic modification already happening
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Paul Knoepfler is not ...
First US uterus transplant successful, hopes for pregnancy to follow
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Surgeons at the Cleveland ...
Zika, pesticides, microcephaly shrouded in misinformed hysteria
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. I recently published an article on ...
Beyond gene editing: How will CRISPR impact future of scientific discovery?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The whole world is ...
Link between inflammation and cancer
People with chronic inflammatory conditions may be more susceptible to DNA-induced cell mutations which could contribute to getting cancer ...
Obama’s Precision Medicine Initiative covers new ground with veterans
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. President Obama is holding ...
Do opposites attract? Not when it comes to psychiatric disorders
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. You like big-budget rom-coms, so ...
Piano-playing geneticist translates DNA into music
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. As an undergraduate at ...
Can GE yeast-derived malaria drug survive market obstacles?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. “It’s been a dream ...
GM mosquito misinformation holding up Zika control in Brazil
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. As I wrote on ...
‘GMO Sapiens’: We need to put brakes on human genome editing
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. I've written a new ...
Scoop on ‘leaky gut syndrome’–And effect of pathogenic gut microbes on health
Do microbes in your gut cause pathologies elsewhere in the body like the heart? ...
