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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Chipotle’s non-GMO policy is an empty gesture
Chipotle has successfully rebelled against the establishment (aka greasy fast-food restaurants) and changed the way Americans approach fast food. ... But the means ...
Canadian Agriculture Committee rejects mandatory GMO labels
The House of Commons Agriculture Committee has recommended Ottawa pursue mandatory warning labels on food for health and safety reasons only ...
Personalized genetics test customers rarely change their behavior to lower cancer risks
Despite being on the market for nearly a decade, direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing continues to be controversial among experts and ...
How should Trump and his administration grapple with bioethics?
We are entering Brave New World territory, with potentially momentous impact on culture and the concept of family [from human ...
“Early” intervention can be too late: Cancer cells spread much sooner than assumed
Cancer cells are able to spread from a nascent tumor much earlier than scientists long thought and are more adept than ...
Severe lack of genetic counselors threatens quality of patient care
We don’t have enough genetic counselors. We don’t have enough doctors who understand genetics. So when people get genetic tests, ...
Pink-fleshed GMO pineapple coming to your dinner table
A strain of pineapple genetically engineered to be pink instead of yellow got the go-ahead from the U.S. Food and ...
Allergic to peanuts? Genetic engineering may provide a rescue
Allergic reactions to peanuts cause around 500 hospitalizations and even some deaths in the United States each year. ... Accidentally ...
CRISPR gene editing human trials in China and US offer hope for countless lives
In 2015, a little girl called Layla was treated with gene-edited immune cells that eliminated all signs of the leukemia ...
Do parents pass down trauma to their children?
When the children of Holocaust survivors came of age in the 1970s, psychologists realized that they felt the trauma of ...
Tracking DNA mutations of Zika virus could reveal its evolutionary path across oceans
How do you [determine] the history of an invisible virus [like the Zika virus], which leaves no physical record? This is ...
Genetic engineering successfully reverses aging in mice, rejuvenating organs
At the Salk Institute in La Jolla, Calif., scientists are trying to get time to run backward. Biological time, that ...
Epigenetics Around the Web: Top stories from 2016
Epigenetics Around the Web is a weekly roundup of the latest studies and news in the field of epigenetics presented ...
Three-person IVF receives historic approval in UK
The first ‘three-parent’ babies could be born in the UK next year following a historic decision giving the controversial new fertility ...
Nature editorial ‘exploits public anxiety’ on endocrine disruptors
In December, the European Union member states will vote on proposed legislation to regulate endocrine-disrupting chemicals. Nature carried an editorial ...
Searching for DNA in sewage may help public health officials monitor emerging diseases
With every toilet flush, valuable information encrypted in DNA is lost. Wastewater may hold a wealth of insight for public ...
Single gene may make deadly brain cancer more fatal
Scientists have identified a gene that is overactive in a deadly form of brain cancer known as glioblastoma, according to ...
Malfunctioning of 320 gene ‘epileptic network’ may trigger epilepsy
British scientists have identified a gene network in the brain that is associated with epilepsy, a discovery which may lead ...
Proove’s genetic test for opioid addiction risk ‘lacks a firm scientific basis’
When the federal government reversed course last month, deciding not to regulate many genetic tests, one big winner was Proove ...
Protein linked to BRCA2 gene holds potential for precise breast, ovarian cancer treatment
Researchers at Mayo Clinic have identified an enzyme called UCHL3 that regulates the BRCA2 pathway, which is important for DNA ...
Mystery of rare diseases: Why diagnoses remain elusive
Milo Loretzen is one of only three people in the world known to have been diagnosed with a mutation in ...
‘Insufficient evidence’ of homeopathy’s efficacy as antibiotic replacement in livestock
Within the scientific community and veterinary practice, the use of homeopathy in food-producing animals is highly controversial. However... homeopathic remedies are ...
Precision medicine: Over promising genetic breakthroughs offers patients false hope
Science has always issued medical promissory notes. In the 17th century, Francis Bacon promised that an understanding of the true ...
Genes essential for healthy fetal development tied to autism
Genes known to be essential to life–the ones humans need to survive and thrive in the womb–also play a critical ...
Gaucher, Parkinson diseases both originate from mutations on same gene
Gaucher (pronounced “go-shay”) disease affects 1 in 450 Jewish people of Ashkenazi (eastern European) descent (1 in 10 is a ...
Personality genes correlate with psychiatric disorders
Nature vs. nurture has been a long-standing argument between the fields of biology and psychology. However...investigators have identified six loci ...
Risk of death from heart disease may be reduced by changes in telomeres
Short telomeres — the protective caps on the ends of chromosomes — have been previously linked to increased risk of ...
