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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What’s a ‘GMO’ food?
[W]hat exactly is a GMO? The initialism stands for "genetically modified organism," but it's a term lacking scientific precision. Moreover, ...
Measuring intelligence and IQ, and the problems that presents
For more than a century, IQ tests have been used to measure IQ. But their use is hotly debated by ...
World Anti-Doping Agency says ‘no’ to gene editing in sports competitions
The battle between sports cheats and testers is poised to enter a whole new arena. The World Anti-Doping Agency has ...
Monsanto, farmers groups sue California claiming glyphosate cancer warning would be ‘false speech’
Monsanto Co and U.S. farm groups sued California on Wednesday [Nov. 15] to stop the state from requiring cancer warnings ...
Viewpoint: Blame activist social media for Europe’s anti-science crusade against glyphosate
[Editor's note: Richard Hackett is an Agronomist based in North County Dublin, Ireland.] [A]ccess to abundant food has led to complacency ...
Nigeria rejects $10 million worth of unapproved GMO corn imported from Argentina
Nigeria’s National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) says it has, in conjunction with the Customs Service, ordered that the genetically modified ...
Veterans’ suicide attempts linked to gene expression
Though they only compose 8.5% of the U.S. population, veterans make up 18% of all suicides. Complicating matters is that ...
A gene-editing first: Scientists try to edit a living human’s DNA
Scientists for the first time have tried editing a gene inside the body in a bold attempt to permanently change ...
Viewpoint: Consumers with risky genes shouldn’t be penalized by insurers
[P]eople who have genetic tests run the risk of being denied some insurance if the test turns out positive. Such ...
Non-celiac gluten sensitivity may actually be caused by fructan
Although only one percent of the population are affected by celiac disease, gluten-free diets have become a major food trend ...
Dog genome project: How your breed originated
From the 80-kilogram Great Dane to the 1-kilogram tiny teacup poodle, there seems to be a dog for everyone. Now, ...
DNA profiles of 500,000 people put online by UK Biobank in massive research effort
U.K. Biobank [recruited] 500,000 volunteers for a massive study on the origins of disease. In addition to collecting blood and urine, ...
Fighting antibiotic ‘superbugs’—DNA sequencing helps in the battle
The successful effort to contain an outbreak of the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) at a UK hospital demonstrates the ...
Personalized health care? Precision medicine finally coming of age
Precision medicine means that doctors will use patients’ medical histories, genetic information and relevant research to create a treatment plan ...
How genes affect children’s unique views of the world
A new study co-led by Indiana University that tracked the eye movement of twins finds that genetics plays a strong ...
Viewpoint: From Non-GMO to gluten-free, ‘fake transparency’ in food labeling offers little but higher prices
At what point does food labeling become less about transparency and more about marketing strategy? A new federal law mandating ...
Small artisanal farms might not be our environmental salvation
[Cricket flour] was the first note of a dinner set up by the Breakthrough Institute, a pro-technology environmental think tank, in order ...
Trade disruption: Fears grow that EU glyphosate herbicide ban could upend global food markets
A possible glyphosate ban entails the risk of trade disruption to food imports from third countries, in case the EU ...
GMO tomato created with dramatically higher vitamin levels, antioxidant properties
The School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, the University of Hong Kong (HKU), in collaboration with the Institut de ...
Ethical debates swirl around gene-editing decisions
[Editor's note: Joselin Linder is the author of the book "The Family Gene: A Mission to Turn My Deadly Inheritance ...
Brain autopsy of murderer Aaron Hernandez shows severe CTE damage
For the first time since announcing former NFL star Aaron Hernandez's CTE diagnosis in September, Boston University neuropathologist Dr. Ann ...
Lung cancer progression linked to enzyme that promotes epigenetic changes
In a study published in Nature Communications, researchers from Nanjing University in China have identified an enzyme that promotes lung ...
Survey showing health benefits from non-GMO diet? ‘The misinformation is staggering’
It was the stuff of anti-GMO activists' dreams: A “peer-reviewed” paper, published in a scientific-looking journal with an impressive title, detailing ...
Could ‘superantibiotics’ save us from rising drug resistance?
The need for new classes of antibiotics has repeatedly been emphasised, with researchers turning to some of the most extreme environments on ...
Viewpoint: There’s no reason to panic over human germline editing
[Editor's note: Hank Greely is a professor of law and genetics at Stanford University.] Controversy has raged about editing human ...
Omega-3 fish oil from a plant? GMO camelina could offer sustainable alternative
The distant relative of rapeseed could solve one of the problems faced by fish farms -- growing fish with the ...
The quest to make CRISPR gene editing as easy as a smartphone app
[Biohacker Josiah Zayner] lives and works in Oakland, California, where he's converted a house into a scientific lab. Here, he ...
