Health & Medicine
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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5 ways the CDC is wrong in equivocating on airborne spread of COVID particles
Scientists have been warning for months that the coronavirus could be spread by aerosols – tiny respiratory droplets that people emit ...
Aging and lonely? You are more susceptible to type 2 diabetes
A fifth of adults in the UK and a third of adults in the USA report feeling lonely sometimes. There ...
Colorants used in tattoos could play a role in detecting cancer
Currently, only three dyes with fluorescent properties used as optical imaging contrast agents—methylene blue, indocyanine green and fluorescein—are approved for ...
How COVID-19 resembles a sexually transmitted disease
Viruses walk a fine line between severity and transmissibility. If they are too virulent, they kill or incapacitate their hosts; ...
How do we know GM crops don’t harm people with food allergies?
Genetically modified crops can offer a range of environmental and health benefits, such as reduced usage of chemical pesticides, improved ...
2% of us carry Neanderthal genes. We are at greater risk for COVID
Scientists have claimed that a strand of DNA that triples the risk of developing severe Covid-19 was passed on from ...
The genetics of poop and how it can help our health – and threaten our privacy
Everyone pees and poops. We excrete metabolites, vitamins, microbes, and even our own cells. This information makes its way into ...
The crisis facing Black women giving birth
From the rich and famous to the less well-to-do, Black mothers are often not listened to when they report signs ...
The Goldilocks phenomenon: Why as many as 45% of patients get COVID and show no symptoms
One of the reasons Covid-19 has spread so swiftly around the globe is that for the first days after infection, ...
Don’t expect closure on the pandemic. COVID is here for a while even if vaccines prove to work
Whatever the end of the pandemic might look like, the United States is nowhere close to it at the moment; week ...
Podcast: Monsanto v Percy Schmeiser; Experts spread misinformation, too; Fasting a fad diet?
Just-released courtroom drama 'Percy' tells the David vs. Goliath story of a Canadian farmer's battle against Monsanto. Did the film ...
Chilling news from Italy’s COVID epicenter: 5 months after infection, half of survivors still suffer symptoms
Six months ago, Bergamo was a startling warning sign of the virus’s fury, a city where sirens rang through the night and ...
50 straight years: Japan again sets new centenarian record at 80,450, almost all women
As of mid-September 2020, there are 80,450 centenarians in Japan. This is the largest number ever, a record that has ...
Regenerative medicine and war: The next breakthrough in treating injured veterans?
Many Americans, and indeed people all over the world, were outraged when reports surfaced this past summer that President Trump ...
COVID or the flu? How can you tell the difference?
Some symptoms of flu—as well as colds and other autumn ailments—are similar to Covid’s, making it harder to know what’s wrong ...
Can we predict where dangerous animal-borne viruses will appear next?
[G]iven good data, [Ebola, a] notoriously unpredictable zoonotic – or animal-borne – disease, which is passed to humans via primates ...
Designing a more effective flu vaccine
A growing body of evidence suggests that a history of exposure to influenza virus might be undermining the effectiveness of ...
We underestimated the ‘diabolical’ virus: How COVID confounded science
Once inside a human cell, the new coronavirus has a rare ability to silence alarms that would normally alert the ...
Is it safe to go back to the gym?
The benefits of gyms are clear. Regular exercise staves off depression and improves sleep, and staying fit may be a ...
GMO and gene-edited biofortified crops weaken case for organic agriculture
A new lineup of GMO and gene-edited crops with nutrient content organic growers simply can't replicate ...
Combining immunotherapy and nanotechnology to fight deadly metastatic breast cancer
Efstathios "Stathis" Karathanasis, an associate professor of biomedical engineering, is directing [a] novel technique—sending nanoparticles into the body to wake ...
Perception that US botched coronavirus response sends global reputation plummeting
As a new 13-nation Pew Research Center survey illustrates, America’s reputation has declined further over the past year among many ...
What’s behind mask wearing rejectionism: Individualism vs collectivism
Rule-breaking is not a new phenomenon, but behavioural scientists say it is being exacerbated in the coronavirus pandemic by cultural, ...
Viewpoint: ‘GMOs change your DNA’ and 7 other anti-biotech myths debunked
There are quite a bit of misconceptions and myths surrounding that term and what GMOs actually are. But it’s important ...
The world was making progress against killer flus. Then COVID hit.
The number of people living in extreme poverty globally has risen 7.1% so far this year in the pandemic, according ...
Reassurance on COVID and school children: Respected study shows ‘tiny’ risk
Children's risk of needing hospital treatment for coronavirus is "tiny" and critical care "even tinier," [researchers] say. However, black children, ...
Podcast: The future of cancer care—How genomics is transforming research and treatment for all
In this episode, sponsored by Thermo Fisher Scientific, we’re taking a look at how genomic technologies are transforming cancer care ...
