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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Human womb transplants are possible. But do we need them?
As gynecologist and surgeon Liza Johannesson prepped to deliver the child via cesarean section, she was nervous. Not for the ...
Why daycare really might not be dangerous to your child’s health
Being around the large number of germs in daycare may actually improve your child's immune system. And we are now ...
‘Stupidity-inducing environment’: Are we getting dumber?
People are getting dumber. So concludes aย new study in theย Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciencesย (PNAS): Using military conscription data ...
Artificial intelligence that can predict the futureโor at least a small piece of it
Thereโs an artificial intelligence system that can peer into the future and anticipate what youโre about to do. โฆ [F]ortune-telling ...
Battling constipation with synthetic biology and DNA manipulation
Ateam of researchers has cleverly combined synthetic biology, recombinant DNA technology and microbiome manipulation to fashion a novel targeted treatment ...
How artificial intelligence could transform the ‘art of medicine’
Every patient is unique, and the art of medicine is the component of the practice that addresses such uniqueness with ...
Viewpoint: ‘Indigenous Ways of Knowing’ fad threatens to undermine rigorous medical science
[There is one form of] special pleading that is gaining some currency, and thatโs basically carving out an exception to ...
Are biosimilar drugs reliable replacements for their pricier counterparts?
Biologics are complex molecules, modifying our immune responses to specific chronic inflammatory conditions like rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, or irritable ...
California agency rejects Prop 65, sets aside ruling requiring that coffee carry a cancer warning
On [June 15th], the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) proposed a regulation that would exempt coffee from requiring ...
Fighting disease, not making money, focus of new Gates Foundation biotech institute
Thereโs a new biotech in town. And it doesnโt care about making money. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has ...
Why don’t men have longer, healthier lives? Blame it on the Y chromosome
New evidence indicates that the Y chromosome participates in an array of essential, general-interest tasks in men, like stanching cancerous ...
Viewpoint: Why a federal judge blocked mandatory California Prop 65 health warning labels on the herbicide glyphosate
Recently, a federal judge sitting in the Eastern District of California (Sacramento), for the first time, refused to require a ...
Viewpoint: How the organic industry spreads ‘fake science’
This fact sheet describes the contents of an organic industry confidential public relations plan to spread fake science in its ...
Viewpoint: Why we aren’t yet on the verge of a preemie prediction test
Earlier this month, I saw an interesting juxtaposition of newly-published papers making headlines. One was about predicting breast cancer recurrence ...
Growing replacement organs? New synthetic ‘boss’ cell could be key
The field of developmental biology is dedicated to one of the fundamental wonders of the universe: How do complex biological ...
Patenting the genes of marine creatures and why it could matter for research
From the tiniest microbe to the biggestย whale, the ocean is teeming with life. For corporations and researchers, that biodiversity is ...
Can we eat our way to better sleep? Why probiotics might help
Our gut microbiome controls much more than we know - it even helps regulate the sleep cycle. Stressed medical students ...
Challenging the claim that a sex robot is the ‘perfect companion’
Sex doll maker Realbotix,ย in its marketing materials, bills [sex doll] Harmony as โthe perfect companion.โ But healthy companionship is too ...
Viewpoint: 3 reasons we should be concerned about artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligenceย will in time bring extraordinary benefits to medical science, clean-energy provision, environmental issues, and many other areas. But precisely ...
Scientists develop GMO rice with high levels of iron and zinc
A team of researchers led by Navreet Bhullar from the Institute of Molecular Plant Biology at ETH Zurich has genetically ...
Viewpoint: ‘Indigenous ways of knowing’ and the rejection of science
Science and the enlightenment are under assault from many directions, and in many incarnations, but they all tend to boil ...
Wheat and celiac disease: Modern breeding not to blame for glutenโbut gene editing could help
New research shows that the immune-reactive agents of modern wheat have been around a long time, and are not necessarily ...
Can a drug help us grow old without our bodies falling apart?
The idea behind [Biotech startup] Unityโpreventing agingโsounds crazy, but itโs backed by dozens of scientific papers, the key two inย Nature ...
We need transplantable organs. How far should we go to get them?
Human organs are vital to saving human lives, but how far should we go to create them? ...
Synthego’s pre-edited genetic material makes CRISPR research faster and easier
Synthego, a provider of gene editing services for genomics research and experimentation, has launched a new suite of products that ...
How dreams may help us declutter our brains and solve problems
Do you remember your dreams from last night? In how much detail? Were they related to anything you experienced during ...
Anti-GMO groups draw FDA rebuke over misrepresentation of Golden Rice nutrition
Finally, the FDA weighed in on Golden Rice, with its May 24 announcement approving it for use in the United ...
