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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Does genetic diversity in high school classes impact students’ economic fortunes?
Does diversity have a positive effect on economic outcomes? According to a new study co-authored by UC Merced economics Professor Justin Cook, ...
Viewpoint: Don’t expect the first CRISPR baby to be born in the US
The media well and truly pricked up its collective ears when US geneticist Shoukhrat Mitalipov last month showed that he ...
Genetic screening of cows could help ease milk drinkers’ indigestion
Dairy makers are hoping puréed fruit and genetically screened cows can help win back consumers who have soured on milk ...
Did Monsanto engineer campaign to get controversial 2012 Seralini rat study retracted?
A trove of internal documents from Monsanto, recently unsealed in a lawsuit against the agricultural biotech giant, has revealed the ...
‘Three-parent’ children? FDA admonishes fertility company, blocks procedure
On [August 4], regulators issued a sternly worded letter to fertility doctor John Zhang, who helped a mother with a genetic disorder give ...
Artificial oncologist? IBM’s Watson supercomputer targets precision cancer treatments
IBM's Watson beat real-life contestants on Jeopardy. Now researchers are hoping this icon of artificial intelligence will help people with ...
Impossible Burger blowback: Will irrational fears of biotechnology block introduction of sustainable foods?
Two entities that seem like they should be on the same page — a coalition of environmental groups and a ...
11 things CRISPR gene editing has helped us achieve this year
The CRISPR//Cas9 gene editing tool has quickly earned a reputation as a revolutionary technology, and its merits support the clout ...
The Impossible Burger wouldn’t be possible without genetic engineering
[Editor's note: Read a San Francisco Chronicle article about this controversy and letter from the CEO of Impossible Foods here.] ...
Can a DNA test predict your food allergies?
Companies are jumping on the nutrigenomics bandwagon – the emerging science of how nutrition interacts with your individual DNA. Every ...
Monsanto played role in ‘independent’ safety review of glyphosate herbicide, emails show
Dozens of internal Monsanto emails, released on Aug. 1 by plaintiffs’ lawyers who are suing the company, reveal how Monsanto worked ...
Harvard’s George Church: CRISPR could give us pig-to-human organ transplants within 2 years
In a bold scientific step that helps open the door to organ transplants from animals, researchers at Harvard and a ...
Stem cell implants could provide ‘functional cure’ for type 1 diabetes
Last week, two people with type 1 diabetes became the first to receive implants containing cells generated from embryonic stem cells to ...
CRISPR revolution: How scientists are turning gene-editing hype into food and medical breakthroughs
The powerful gene-editing tool is becoming ubiquitous, appearing in the media with ever increasing frequency. But it's more than just ...
Ebola ‘family tree’ suggests virus becomes more deadly as it evolves
From 2013 to 2016, western Africa faced an enormous outbreak of Ebola in which 28,616 people fell ill and 11,310 ...
We each have 3 billion base pairs in our genome. Artificial intelligence can help us sort it out.
Genes carry the information that make you you. So it's fitting that, when sequenced and stored in a computer, your ...
Have the BRCA mutation? Debating a precautionary mastectomy? Your genes may provide a guide
A new study offers a better understanding of the risks, by age, associated with the BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations. It ...
Genetically engineered coral might bring bleached coral reefs back to life
A coral reef takes thousands of years to build, yet can vanish in an instant. The culprit is usually coral ...
Information is power? Why insurance companies are concerned about the boom in consumer genetic tests
If a genetic test could tell whether you are at increased risk of getting cancer or Alzheimer’s, would you take ...
Are transgender people born that way?
A consortium of five research institutions in Europe and the US, including Vanderbilt University Medical Center, George Washington University and ...
Is there a genetic link between Alzheimer’s and higher childhood IQs?
Mutations of the amyloid precursor protein gene are known to be involved in the development of Alzheimer's disease. Now, new ...
Viewpoint: Why the FDA should not be regulating genetically engineered animals (as drugs, no less)
[Editor's note: Henry Miller is founding director of the FDA's Office of Biotechnology. John Cohrssen is former counsel to the White ...
Some Catholic ethicists decry human embryo gene editing as ‘immoral’
Researchers in Oregon have announced that they have successfully altered genes in a human embryo for the first time in ...
Genetic drug-sensitivity tests can predict response to tuberculosis treatment in hours
Research led by scientists at Harvard Medical School reveals that when it comes to predicting response to treatment and risk of dying, ...
Are obesity, diabetes and other diseases treatable using gene-therapy skin grafts?
A research team based at the University of Chicago has overcome challenges that have limited gene therapy and demonstrated how ...
Genetic profiling: Studying how cancers evolve opening doors to personalized immunotherapy
New research into the genetic and molecular features of cancers that have spread has revealed the diversity of these tumours ...
End of allergies? Researchers identify cells that trigger reactions
Allergies stem from mistaken identity, when some of our immune cells respond to benign substances—known as allergens—that include pollen, mold ...
