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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Talking Biotech: The story of a vitamin-infused sweet potato that helped cut Africa’s infant mortality 25 percent
The 2016 World Food Prize went to a group that coordinated the breeding, promotion and distribution of the orange-fleshed sweet ...
Live to 150? AI suggests it’s possible, but not without clearing huge ‘hurdles’
[Scientist Alex Zhavoronkov] firmly believes that aging research is the most important field of science right now. In the past, ...
New superbug? Little-known sexually transmitted disease creates worry
A little known sexually transmitted infection could become the next superbug unless people become more vigilant, experts are warning. Mycoplasma ...
Despite anti-GMO ‘whispering,’ Bangladesh says ‘science-based information’ will guide its biotech policy
Bt eggplant, or brinjal as itโs known in Bangladesh, is the first genetically engineered food crop to be successfully introduced ...
Olympic gender confusion: Woman with too much testosterone required to take estrogen to compete while drug that blocks estrogen is banned
Erik Lief and Chuck Dinersteinย have each weighed in with companion pieces about a highly controversial rule by theย International Association of ...
FDA releases guidelines to fast-track new generation of fast-acting antidepressants
As companies race to develop fast-acting antidepressants, they are grappling with how to design clinical trials for a type of ...
Can we delay aging by killing off old cells with powerful drug combo?
We have a good idea of what makes individual cells old. Things like DNA damage, shortened chromosome ends, and a ...
Video: Why having a dog can put you in a โstate of calmโ
Your pets have a larger effect on your body and brain than you might think. They have the ability to ...
Viewpoint: If Ghana embraces GMOs, farmers could save nation’s floundering agricultural sector
Ghana has prided itself over the years with agriculture being the key backbone of its economy. But for a long ...
Defining gender and questioning the need for a ‘level playing field’ in elite athletics
The context surrounding the study of the impact of testosterone on elite athletes is essential in understanding its underlying hypothesis ...
Secret to longer life? Specific genes in worms can increase lifespan by almost 400%
In a project calledย MacModel, researchers are using the flatwormย Macrostomum lignano, which is normally found living in the tidal sands of ...
Gender, sex and identity: Sports’ ruling bodies struggle to draw lines to ensure fairness for all
The case of Caster Semenya is as fascinating as it is multi-faceted. And while the debate can be endless due ...
In lower risk groups, lifestyle, rather than genetics, plays the largest role in diabetes and heart disease, study shows
The data-miners have found a new vein of data, the UK Biobank, which contains genetic information on about 500,000 of ...
Will we soon be able to regenerate limbs?
[Axolotl] salamanders stand out as the only vertebrates that can replace complex body parts that are lost at any age, ...
Roundup trial: Monsanto lawyer, expert witness spar over glyphosate-cancer link
On the fourth day of a jury trial over whether Monsantoโs Roundup weed killer caused a Bay Area manโs deadly ...
Could printable lungs solve transplant shortage?
[Recently] I had the chance to hold a replica of the upper part of a human airwayโthe windpipe plus the ...
‘Dirty Dozen’ list of ‘pesticide-poisoned’ fruits, vegetables used to be her bible, but Huffington Post food writer now sees it as more scare than science
Itโs that time of year again, when the nonprofit advocacy organization Environmental Working Group publishes its annual list of the ...
Are we alone in the universe? ‘There is a pretty decent chance’
In the past, experts trying to make sense of the Fermi Paradox haveย looked to the Drake Equationย to put a numeric ...
This virus is attracted to cancer cells. Will it give us new treatments?
Historically, bacteria, parasites, and viruses have been considered dangerous because they spread infectious diseases. But scientists have started to try ...
Breast cancer risk actually decreases as women under 55 gain weight, study shows
A new, large-scale breast cancer study of women who had not yet reached menopause produced a surprising result: as body ...
Monsanto, cancer patient’s lawyers face off on first day of Roundup-glyphosate weed killer trial
Opening statements began in federal court in San Francisco on [July 9] ย in the trial for the first of thousands ...
Gene-drive off-switch addresses concerns of releasing ‘genocidal’ mosquitoes into nature to control pests and disease
Researchers in the UK have developed the first โswitchableโ gene drive system, potentially addressing fears that the use of gene ...
‘Astonished and appalled’: World Health officials shocked by US opposition to breast feeding resolution
A resolution to encourage breast-feeding was expected to be approved quickly and easily by the hundreds of government delegates who ...
Ghanian former anti-GMO farm leader reverses stance, now backs biotechnology innovation
Former National President of the Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana Mohammed Adams Nasiru has dismissed concerns Genetically Modified Foods (GMO) ...
Ultimate hangover cure? Could the solution be found in a pill?
Nanocapsules containing a substance that can efficiently break down alcohol quickly could prevent alcohol poisoning, and could work as a ...
Immunotherapy can provide โspectacular results’. But how effective is it for the elderly?
Immunotherapyย is effective against a variety of cancers, with sometimes spectacular results. But I worry about how effective it is in ...
5 things science gained from Henrietta Lacks’ cells
[Henrietta Lacksโ cancer cells,] HeLa cells, have enabled scientists around the world to make great leaps in science and medicine ...
