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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Why won’t pharmaceutical companies invest in male birth control?
Male birth control is the great promise that never was. We’ve been just a few years away from a male ...
Cancers and other rare diseases in crosshairs of researchers using breakthrough DNA sequencing
The improvements and discoveries in DNA sequencing in recent years has had immediate clinical consequences, including the real possibility of ...
Human extinction could come within 5,100 years
Every day, it seems, brings with it fresh new horrors. Mass murder. Catastrophic climate change. Nuclear annihilation. It's all enough to make a ...
Is life-extending modern medicine ‘unnatural?’
The word ‘unnatural’ conjures up feelings of doom and dread, and it is unfortunately often used by critics of science ...
Mild to murderous: Zika’s one mutation evolution
Zika has been around for some time – first identified in 1947 in Uganda - but it was never really given much thought. It ...
How do you know if your mutation will lead to a genetic disease?
Sonia Vallabh, a scientist, carries a rare mutation that normally causes a neurodegenerative disease. How likely is it she will ...
Biohacker: How to genetically modify yourself
“What we’ve got here is some DNA, and this is a syringe,” Josiah Zayner tells a room full of synthetic ...
Should the European Union relax GMO clinical trial guidelines?
Four organisations representing pharmaceutical firms, biotech companies, universities, and research institutes are calling on the European commission to update, streamline ...
What do your Neanderthal genes do?
By sequencing a remarkably complete genome from a 50,000-year-old bone fragment of a female Neandertal found in Vindija Cave in ...
Should you get paid for your genetic data?
Your DNA determines many aspects of who you are, and an increasing number of companies are claiming they can decode ...
Lucid dreaming linked to higher creativity
Have you ever had a dream so real, you mistook it for reality? This is a state called lucid dreaming ...
Inside Key Haven: GMO mosquito debate reached fever pitch in release town
In the Florida Keys, a referendum fight last year took on all the trappings of a modern-day political campaign – radio ...
Mass tragedies underscore desperate need for synthetic blood
Scientists have been working on creating synthetic blood for years now. The hope is that this substance will have a ...
Passage of Ugandan biotech law opens access to vitamin-fortified, disease-resistant crops
Genetically engineered crops that promise to benefit both farmers and consumers are poised to enter Uganda’s marketplace now that its ...
Video: Evolution at work–RNA in New York City mice has changed so they can eat fast food
With all its hustle, bustle, concrete, and congestion, they say New York City changes people. And that may be true, ...
Humans are still evolving–the evidence is in how we age and who survives
Although human evolution is seen as in the distant past, every minute biological decision results in ongoing human natural selection ...
Muscular pigs in Cambodia raise false concerns about GMO technology, safety
Pigs are being bred on a farm in Cambodia, and their enormous size and hulking muscles are raising alarm. The ...
Different types of meditations affect your brain in unique ways
We are used to hearing that meditation is good for the brain, but now it seems that not just any kind ...
Predicting Alzheimer’s: 31-gene test may offer strongest risk assessment
The APOE4 e4 gene has long been associated with an elevated risk for alzheimer's. But a new test panel involving ...
Editorial: How to combat Congress’ growing anti-science attitudes
The White House and Congress have lost their way when it comes to science. Notions unsupported by evidence are informing ...
40 percent of cancer cases linked to lifestyle, obesity; minor impact of chemicals
Decades ago, when activist groups were promoting every trace chemical they could find as a carcinogen, the American Council on ...
Disease-resistant GMO tomato that could eliminate need for copper pesticides blocked by public fears
Field trials have shown that a disease-resistant GMO tomato variety eliminates the need for copper pesticides that pollute soil and ...
Analyzing Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock’s brain might illuminate ‘psychopathy’
It's easy to chalk up [Las Vegas mass shooter Stephen] Paddock's horrific actions simply to "evil," as politicians and media ...
Drug that ‘mutes’ defective genes that cause nerve disorders effective in trials
A crucial, late-stage clinical trial showed that the [nerve disorder drug patisiran] works—and that it’s safe. And now the biotech company ...
Is it better to be intelligent or a critical thinker?
You might imagine that doing well in school or at work might lead to greater life satisfaction, but several large ...
Unapproved artificial organs implanted in humans
Experimental implants manufactured at University College London were sent abroad and used on patients despite not having approval for human ...
Our Neanderthal ancestors affect how we look and act today
Neanderthals are the closest evolutionary relatives identified to date of all people living today. They are so close to us ...
