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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Stem cell debate at the center of hockey legend Gordie Howe’s last years
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Internationally known as “Mr ...
Where Clinton and Trump stand on biotechnology and medicine
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. When Hillary Clinton announced ...
How our brains respond to mass shootings
Hollywood and the US government tend to share unrealistic scenarios for avoiding mass shootings. Neither accounts for how our brains ...
Your family’s genetic history does not determine your future
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The relationship between DNA ...
Claims organic food better for health, animals, planet ‘marketing hype’
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . . [E]verywhere ...
Janet Jackson pregnant at 50: Should aging moms and dads facing pregnancy worry?
Janet Jackson and her husband are now part of a growing trend of older parents, conventional wisdom says they should ...
Conventional milk can be just as nutritious, beneficial for cows, farmers as organic
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Ethical questions surround China’s plans for full-body transplants
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Six years ago, Wang ...
FDA chief promotes new online tool for Precision Medicine Initiative
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The Obama administration has ...
CDC forms Zika response teams but expects only scattering of cases
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. U.S. health officials plan ...
Breakthroughs in growing human tissue create excitement in biotech market
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. For decades, scientists and ...
Gene driving to combat insect-borne diseases: Powerful tool requiring science diplomacy
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Google shoots and misses with biotech innovations
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Google employees, squeezed onto ...
Video: Will new genetic testing methods open doors for better treatment?
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Why men like women’s curves: How big a role has evolution played?
Evidence has been building in support of the belief that sexual attraction is hardwired, linked to evolution. But the case ...
Is Big Biotech starting to resemble Big Pharma?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. As drug developers and ...
‘3 person IVF’ closer to reality as cure for mitochondrial diseases
Scientists in the UK have taken a major step forward in perfecting '3 person IVF' embryos—a major step towards curing ...
National Academies gene drive report supports research, raises ethical questions
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A revolutionary technology known ...
Thailand makes biotech in country priority to help provide food and medicine for citizens
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Chairman Dhanin Chearavanont said ...
Did personal biases at EPA influence IARC glyphosate review? US lawmakers want to know
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. U.S. lawmakers are investigating ...
Nantucket could employ GM mice to fight Lyme disease
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Nantucket boasts some of ...
Genes can predict success in life, but not happiness
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Next time you have ...
Second Human Genome Project necessary to complete understanding of genome, diseases
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Attention shifts to Zika despite Ebola’s lingering and deadly presence
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‘New era of medicine?’ First children cured of genetic diseases with gene therapy
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. British doctors have cured ...
Food sustainability expert says organic crops no healthier, have lower yields, waste land
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Organic food is not better than ...
Childhood experiences have long-lasting impact on brain
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. New findings in neuroscience, ...
