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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Talking Biotech: Roslin Institute’s Bruce Whitelaw using gene editing to develop virus resistant pig
Roslin Institute animal biotechnologist Bruce Whitelaw is genetically engineering pigs to resist the deadly African swine fever virus ...
Heard of CRISPR gene editing? It can save your life
Science is in the midst of a CRISPR craze as the technology is poised to improve treatment and prevention of ...
Genes may be responsible for chronic pain
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Scientists have long thought ...
LSD redux: Psychedelics may help brain functioning
Research on psychoactive drugs like LSD fell out of favor more than 40 years ago. Now, they're back and may ...
Genetic mutation linked to heart attacks inspires new drugs
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. When Sean Harper took ...
ACLU files complaint against company that withheld genetic information from consumers
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Four people with a ...
Why is there no cure for sickle cell disease?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Dr. David Williams very ...
Antibiotic resistant bacteria could kill 10 million every year by 2050
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Under instructions from U.K ...
Former FDA GMO medical reviewer attacks IARC as “worst regulator ever”
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Recent articles by investigative journalist David ...
No evidence linking glyphosate, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A group of farmers is ...
Florida Keys residents divided over use of biotech mosquitoes in fight against Zika
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A biotech mosquito is ...
We still don’t really know what probiotics do
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Probiotics are having a ...
Genetics may contribute to when we lose our virginity, but other factors still dominate
Data now suggest genes involved in puberty and psychological development also affect when we start having sex, but how believable ...
Glyphosate, cancer confusion: Explaining WHO’s contradicting reports
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Glyphosate poses no cancer ...
Requiring patient consent to use blood in research will hinder progress, scientists warn
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Scientists are warning that ...
Many doctors reluctant to embrace personalized medicine
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Tailoring treatments to genetic ...
Why does cancer affect men and women differently?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Researchers are shedding new ...
What’s going on in your gut when you poop?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Shit happens, except when ...
Fathers’ lifestyle, age affect children’s epigenome
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Scientists from the Georgetown ...
Doctors ‘cautiously optimistic’ about first ever penis transplant in US
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A man whose penis ...
Human preservation: Will advances in cryobiology change science fiction to science fact?
Cryonics may sound very sci-fi and many liken its followers to those of some 'New Age religion'. Yet cryonics could ...
Gwyneth Paltrow concerned about GMOs, sells ‘spirit dust’ containing hallucinogens
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Gwyneth Paltrow, human wheat ...
Contradicting IARC, World Health Organization says glyphosate unlikely to cause cancer
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The pesticide glyphosate. ...
What can a year in space do to your genes?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. "I was a dorky ...
U.S. lawmakers question EPA’s handling of glyphosate review
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. U.S. lawmakers have asked ...
Is the human gene pool in danger?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Should we worry about ...
Controversial Theranos blood test ineffective, and likely unncecessary
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Over the last few ...
