Health
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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Could doctors use DNA tests to screen for opiate addiction?
[Part of] what makes addiction so complex is that one might have a family history or genetic profile...and not develop ...
Obese women give birth to ‘biologically older’ babies
Women who are overweight while pregnant are more likely to have babies who are biologically older than those born to ...
Full Zika DNA sequence found in semen may help reveal how disease is sexually transmitted
Researchers have found the first full DNA sequence of the Zika virus from a semen sample, according to a study ...
Obama’s cancer initiative to include NASA joint venture focus on radiation therapy
The White House’s cancer moonshot, the future of which Vice President Joe Biden outlined in a new report on [Oct ...
Does one genetic glitch determine risk of both autism and schizophrenia?
From their earliest descriptions, schizophrenia and autism have been inextricably linked. ... Studies from the past several years show that ...
Should we sequence DNA of healthy newborn babies?
Genome sequencing is supposed to be the future of medicine — a revolution that will bring about a new age ...
2016 Presidential Race: Clinton, Trump, Stein and Johnson on Vaccines and Bio-Pharmaceuticals
Professional medical organizations could not be stronger in support of childhood immunizations, including mandatory vaccinations of school children. Only Clinton ...
Lack of racial diversity in DNA databases spurs errors identifying disease-causing genes
The Exome Aggregation Consortium, or ExAC, is a simple idea. It combines sequences for the protein-coding region of the genome...allowing ...
Discovery of single gene mutation could shine light on three different rare diseases
I have Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS), Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS), and Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS)—a trifecta of weird diseases ...
Florida Keys may determine whether GMO mosquitoes will be employed globally to fight Zika
[The mosquito species] Aedes aegypti ... lives in residential areas (they love closets, for example) and can lay eggs in ...
Live mice created from artificial eggs for first time
Scientists in Japan proved it is possible to take tissue cells from the tail of a mouse, reprogrammed them as stem ...
Snipping at HIV’s genome with CRISPR may introduce mutations that help virus resist attack
[I]t seems that CRISPR itself may introduce mutations that help HIV resist attack; however, the team behind the work thinks that ...
Genetics and personality key to understanding ‘picky eaters’
It’s not unusual for kids to be fussy about food...However, new research suggests that being a picky eater might not be ...
2016 Presidential Race: Clinton, Trump, Stein and Johnson on Biomedical Research
GLP continues its series on the presidential candidate's positions on genetics and biotechnology. Today we assess Trump, Clinton, Johnson, and ...
GenØk: How Norway came to revile GMOs
Through poorly designed studies on water fleas, the Norwegian Institute of Gene Ecology has fueled confusion and fear of GMOs ...
Genetics of modern Irish reveal why giants are so common in country’s folklore
Scientists at the University of Exeter Medical School were part of genetics research which could help explain the legend of ...
Neurologists identify how bridge between brain hemispheres forms
Researchers have discovered key steps in the development of the corpus callosum, a cable of neurons connecting the two hemispheres ...
Older women who underwent IVF have fewer babies with abnormalities
Higher maternal age and assisted reproduction are both linked to congenital anomalies, including Down’s syndrome, heart defects and cleft palates, ...
Male test for infertility detects epigenetic changes linked to smoking, obesity
Traditional sperm tests don’t reveal much. They can assess how many sperm a man produces, whether sperm are misshapen, and how ...
2016 Presidential Race: Clinton, Trump, Stein, and Johnson on Food, Farming and GMOs
Here is a GMO policy primer, lining up not just Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, but also Libertarian Party candidate ...
Patterns found in DNA sequences associated with autism
In the study published in Behavior Genetics, the researchers examined the sequences of more than 650 genes associated with autism ...
‘Black and white twins’: How genetics, epigenetics explain non-identical identical twins
[Identical twins Amelia and Jasmine aren't] identical...One child has dark skin, black hair and brown eyes while the other has ...
Three gene editing techniques available for treating sickle cell disease
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a perfect candidate for gene editing...Correcting the mutation behind SCD is an obvious strategy. How ...
Brain implant allows quadriplegic man to feel touch on robotic hand
For the first time, brain stimulation has made it possible for a paralyzed person to experience the sensation of touch ...
World Food Prize awarded to scientists who developed biofortified sweet potato
Four scientists have been awarded the 2016 World Food Prize for enriching sweet potatoes, which resulted in health benefits for ...
How epigenetics, our gut microbiome and the environment interact to change our lives
There appears to be an incredible, largely invisible world, of cellular communication, symbiosis, and chemistry occurring between ‘us’ and the ...
ExAC: Scores of mutations once thought lethal are innocuous
Lurking in the genes of the average person are about 54 mutations that look as if they should sicken or ...
