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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Milk without cows, eggs without chickens? Synthetic biology could lead to more sustainable food
[Editor's note: The following is a Q&A with Swedish bio-hacker Hannes Sjoblad.] Bio-hacking applies technology in innovative ways to modify biological systems ...
Indian agricultural scientist: ‘Gene revolution’ needed to feed growing population
[Editor's note: The following is a Q&A with Vasanth Kumar Thimakapura, an internationally-recognised agriculture scientist and social entrepreneur who runs Green ...
Uganda’s ag minister: Opposition to GMOs means ‘telling people to remain poor’
The Uganda government says it is determined to ensure that the Biotech Bill is passed into law to facilitate safe development ...
Oxytocin and autism: Could nasal spray boost social skills?
Treatment with the hormone oxytocin improves social skills in some children with autism, suggest results from a small clinical trial ...
15 tips to better communicate about GMOs with the public
Plant pathology professor Paul Vincelli shares what social science research and his years of experience have taught him about communication ...
Stem cell treatments can be dangerous: ‘Call to action’ targets ‘medical tourism’
An international team of medical experts recently published a global call to action in Science Translational Medicine in an effort to curb ...
Coffee and health: Could drinking more increase our lifespan?
Greater consumption of coffee could lead to a longer life, according to two new studies... The findings have resurfaced the ...
Opinion: USDA ‘should rely upon science and facts’ to update GMO regulations
[Paul Enríquez is a lawyer and scientist currently doing research in structural and molecular biochemistry at North Carolina State University.] ...
First US gene therapy nears: CAR-T leukemia treatment gets nod from FDA panel
Novartis AG's pioneering new cancer drug won enthusiastic support from a federal advisory panel on [July 12], paving the way for ...
Garbage? Study challenges claim that Americans waste $165 billion of food each year
Say you’re a journalist, and you’ve been assigned a story about food waste. You’re on a deadline, and you need ...
CRISPR food is coming: How gene editing will change agriculture
In the near future, scientists will engineer food that grows faster and does not spoil. This is the promise of ...
Opinion: Think twice before purchasing products with the ‘fake news’-spreading Non-GMO Project label
[Editor's note: Randy Krotz is CEO of the US Farmers & Ranchers Alliance.] I am increasingly finding items that are labeled ...
Lesson from debate over Food Evolution movie? ‘Doesn’t make sense to judge GMOs as a monolithic entity’
[Marion] Nestle told The Outline that her comments in the film were taken “out of context” because its narrow focus on the ...
Sunburn savior? High doses of vitamin D may jumpstart skin repair
Anyone who has ever had bad sunburn understands the agonizing discomfort associated with too much sun exposure and would probably ...
STDs getting ‘smarter’? Gonorrhea may become impossible to treat with antibiotics
Gonorrhea is becoming harder and in some cases impossible to treat with antibiotics, the World Health Organization said. "The bacteria ...
Protectionism? Italian farmers ‘demonize’ Canadian products made from wheat grown using glyphosate
They came from up and down Italy, setting up their protest headquarters just a few dozen cobblestone steps from the ...
USDA plans to publish draft of proposed federal GMO labeling rule this fall
USDA will publish a draft of its proposed federal GMO labeling rule in the fall of this year (which will ...
Irish professor: Don’t listen to ‘lunatic fringe’ myths that foods cause—or cure—cancer
Most cancers are caused by bad luck and genetic factors, with little evidence to link specific foods to the disease, ...
Does ‘3-parent IVF’ rob children of ‘genetic affinity’ with their parents?
[In March 2017], Singapore's Court of Appeal became the first court in the world to award damages to a couple ...
Viewpoint: NPR fumbles analysis of scientific racism, misunderstands population genetics
NPR’s science blog Cosmos & Culture has a post up about a new book on scientific racism and population genetics,...in which biological ...
How connecting our brain to a computer could restore lost sight or hearing
Matt Angle’s claim might have sounded eccentric before: for years, he insisted that the key to solving one of neuroscience’s ...
Smoking and health: Genetic revolution transforming medical marijuana and tobacco
Our increased understanding of plant genetics has potential to help smokers quit and provide patients with the medicinal benefits of ...
Up all night? Night owls may share genetic mutation
Some people, no matter what they do, simply cannot fall asleep until the wee hours...These night owls may have a ...
Holy Communion: Vatican approves GMO bread but rejects ‘gluten-free’
The unleavened bread used to celebrate the holy communion during Catholic masses can be made with genetically modified organisms, the Vatican said ...
Identifying ‘arthritis gene’ that may have helped us survive Ice Age could revolutionize treatments
Researchers in the US have discovered that a gene mutation which increases the risk of arthritis evolved in the Ice Age to help ...
‘Ready and waiting’: Why hasn’t even one vitamin-enriched GMO crop been approved?
[Editor's note: Sterling Ericsson is a biology focused science communicator with a degree in molecular biology.] Traditional artificial breeding methods have been ...
Activists attack humanitarian ‘GMO’ corn shipment to Haiti — but seeds aren’t genetically engineered
The Non-GMO Project attacked the government of Haiti for approving a humanitarian shipment of high-yield conventional corn, claiming the seeds ...
