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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Lead authors of controversial homeopathic cancer paper arrested, work retracted
A journal paper claiming to show the success of a homeopathic treatment for cancer has been withdrawn by the publishers ...
Glyphosate traces found in wine: Should we be concerned?
Scarcely a day goes by without some scary story about glyphosate, the world’s most widely used herbicide. ... Because of ...
Clinically questionable consumer DNA tests challenging for genetic counselors to interpret
Home genetic tests like AncestryDNA and 23andMe are more popular than ever, with sales topping $99 million in 2017. But ...
Waaa! How do babies experience pain?
Researchers continue to look for ways to assess the pain experienced by babies. One recent study suggests that babies are ...
Saving critically ill babies through lightning-fast genome sequencing
Usually it takes weeks for scientists to sequence an entire genome. But [neurologist Jennifer] Friedman and her colleagues at Rady [Children’s ...
CRISPR-edited mosquitoes could dramatically reduce more than 200 million annual cases of malaria
Swatting at mosquitoes is a great start, but if we really want to cut down on the hundreds of millions ...
Viewpoint: Devastating flu season reminds us about the danger of vaccine skepticism
The 2017-2018 flu season is being called the worst since 2009 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and ...
Is cancer the evolutionary ‘price’ complex animals pay for living in an oxygen rich environment?
Like many biologists, [Emma] Hammarlund wondered why it took so long for complex animals to emerge — and why, when ...
Human testing on beta thalassemia patients: CRISPR readied for next milestone as early as this year
[R]esearchers demonstrated how a gene editing technique, known as Crispr-Cas9, could be used to edit living human cells, raising the ...
Are brains of transgender people wired differently?
In recent years, US society has seen a sea change in the perception of transgender people, with celebrities such as ...
What the humble fruit fly has taught us about human genetics
I came to First in Fly, a new book about fruit-fly research, with perhaps some special interest. In fact, a popular ...
Brain inflammation–encephalitis–in children linked to single gene mutation
For most children, an infection with a virus like herpes simplex or influenza (the flu) will cause the typical symptoms and run ...
Oral cancer epidemic in men caused by HPV, immune system gone ‘awry’
[S]cientists have made headway in figuring out why HPV, the human papillomavirus, has this glaring gender bias. Men are four ...
Obese millennials and cancer: Controversy over straight talk and ‘fat shaming’
When Cancer Research ... revealed that millennials are set to become the most overweight generation since records began, there was ...
Supercharged brains and the quest to think better and faster
For those seeking to enhance cognitive function based on hard evidence, the starting point is worked aimed at improving mental ...
Viewpoint: Why we shouldn’t describe any autistic people as ‘high functioning’
My 10-year-old son can change from an adorable, quirky little dude to an aggressive screamer in a second. He sinks ...
Australia aims to eliminate cervical cancer with HPV vaccine and DNA screening
Cervical cancer could be effectively eliminated in Australia within the next four decades, medical experts say, after new data revealed ...
Using robots for the ‘donkey work’ of genetic research
In the basement of Imperial College sits the London DNA Foundry. ... This foundry is, however, determinedly modern. Liquid is ...
Herbicides make sweet corn sweeter and boost crop’s beneficial mineral levels, study finds
New work shows [that] changes in treated crops are substantial enough to change both their nutritional value and flavour. [The ...
Price of evolution? Schizophrenia linked to development of complex brains
Schizophrenia affects only about 1% of the US population. The condition is typified by confused thoughts and speech, delusions and hallucinations. Symptoms ...
Genetically modified ticks could fight Lyme disease
Monika Gulia-Nuss, assistant professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Nevada, Reno, is working ...
How the genetics revolution is upending our concept of disease—and how that could improve healthcare
What is a disease? This seemingly abstract and theoretical question is actually among the most practical questions in all of ...
Safer silicon breast implants made with bioengineered silk coating
Around 46% of women with silicone implants undergo re-operation within three years; 25% have their implants removed due to irritation, or the ...
Male birth control: Still no pill despite 50 years of contraceptive research
Today, there are 17 female-controlled forms of contraception approved by the FDA, including the birth control pill. Yet condoms and ...
‘Spreading depression’: The silencing of electrical activity in dying brains
Harvard biologist Aristides Leão described finding a sudden silencing of electrical activity in the exposed brains of his unconscious experimental animals after ...
Big breakthrough? Man’s penis injected with stem cells at controversial clinic
Ben Greenfield is a cult figure among fitness fanatics, a guru to the sort of nerds who devote themselves to ...
Transforming modern medicine doesn’t have to be high tech or expensive
While intricate high-tech breakthroughs are incredible, it's important to realize the value of low-cost and low-tech ingenuity ...
