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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Video: Food Evolution—Neil deGrasse Tyson-narrated documentary on GMO debate—set for June 23 release
Food Evolution aims to take a look at the science underlying the heated rhetoric of the GMO debate. Filmmaker Scott ...
‘Uncertainty and fear’: Why GE vitamin-A fortified ‘Golden Rice’ has been slow to catch on
Vitamin-A deficiency around the world leads to between 250,000 and 500,000 children going blind – every single year. Half of ...
South Africa expects record GMO corn harvest this season
[Editor's note: More than 70% of corn grown in South Africa is genetically modified. So far, South Africa is the ...
After labeling bill fails in Canada, GMO critics press retailers not to sell GM foods
Members of the Canadian Parliament voted against approving mandatory labeling of genetically modified [GMO] foods in a vote on May ...
‘Science mom’ challenges meal delivery service Blue Apron’s non-GMO food policy
Blue Apron's non-GMO policy stirs up a hornets' nest of reaction by pro-science moms on a quest to take on ...
Mary-Dell Chilton: 78-year-old ‘mother of genetic modification’ still innovating
[Mary-Dell] Chilton...led a collaborative research study at Washington University in St. Louis, and although GMO tobacco was never commercialized, it ...
What role might genes play in ‘creating’ terrorists?
As more terrorism sweeps across the globe, scientists begin to look at a biological basis for organized violent behavior ...
Type 2 diabetes treatment: Drug alters gut bacteria
The most successful treatment for type 2 diabetes may work by changing the makeup of gut bacteria. Metformin is commonly ...
Is gene therapy research for single-gene diseases at risk under Trumpcare?
[When] the House of Representatives passed the American Health Care Act of 2017,...DNA Science addressed the possibility of the AHCA forcing ...
Prospective psychology: Brain’s focus on future guides our behavior and survival
What best distinguishes our species [from other animals] is an ability that scientists are just beginning to appreciate: We contemplate ...
Sour or sweet? Your genes guide your food preferences
Every one of us, I learned through my preliminary research for Flavor: The Science of Our Most Neglected Sense, probably ...
Video: How are CRISPR crops regulated differently than GMOs?
Critics say the Obama Administration balked on an opportunity to update Reagan-era guidelines on how agencies like the Department of ...
Is it possible that cashew nuts could be as effective as chemotherapy in battling cancer?
Surprising new research scheduled to be unveiled at a major cancer meeting next month suggests that cashews and other tree ...
Black market GM cotton seeds flood Chinese market, cutting pesticide use and boosting yields
China is one of the world’s top cotton producers partly because of a widespread sowing of banned seeds, according to ...
Microbiologist, former Greenpeace supporter: Opposition to GMOs ‘responsible for death of poor people’
[Editor's note: The following article has been translated from Dutch and lightly edited for clarity.] [Editor's note: Hidde Boersma is ...
5 reasons why it’s so hard to know whether ‘organic’ food is really organic
Regulating [food] supply chains to ensure, for example, that “organic” foods deserve their labels is hard. Here are five reasons ...
Why Zika exploded in the Americas: One gene mutation?
A single mutation may explain why Zika suddenly erupted from obscurity to become the alarming re-emerging infectious disease it is ...
Hemophilia cure? First attempt at in vivo human genome editing
Researchers have edited the human genome before, but always in cells outside the body. Now, biotech company Sangamo Therapeutics is ...
CRISPR creator Jennifer Doudna warns gene editing may be going too fast
Easy genetic modification could mean cures for cancer (yay!), kitty-sized pigs (squee!), and, yes, designer babies (ack). In her new ...
India’s agriculture ministry has ‘no reservations about promoting GM mustard’
The agriculture ministry ... said it has no reservations about GM mustard, which has been cleared by an expert panel ...
Plants vs pathogens: CRISPR-created crops fend off pests, add nutrition
Potato blight sparked the Irish famine in the 19th century, causing a million people to starve to death and another ...
Evolution could push back against CRISPR gene editing of insects to stop Zika and malaria
Research published [May 2017] suggests that gene editing, a revolutionary cut-and-paste technology that allows bespoke adjustments to an organism’s genome, ...
IQ-DNA connection deepens: 40 genes identified that contribute to intelligence
The research on 60,000 adults and 20,000 children uncovered 40 new genes that play a role in intelligence, a haul ...
Lose energy after eating broccoli or taking aspirin? Mystery behind salicylate intolerance
The rare disorder has proven difficult for doctors to diagnose, but some estimates suggest the condition is more common than ...
Asthma breakthrough? ‘Blockbuster’ Gleevec cancer drug shows promise in treating severe cases
A blockbuster cancer drug may have a surprising new use: It’s showing real promise in treating severe asthma. That may ...
Ancestry.com under fire from privacy defenders for owning data from your genetic test
Don’t use the AncestryDNA testing service without actually reading the Ancestry.com Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. According to these ...
China lobbies public on GMOs as ChemChina’s takeover of Syngenta nears approval
China will carry out a nationwide poll [June 2017] to test the public’s acceptance of genetically-modified food, a technology the ...
