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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Not Ebola: Mystery Liberian disease identified as virulent meningitis, but no vaccine in sight
When several people died suddenly late last month in Liberia after attending a funeral in the southern county of Sinoe, ...
How nanoparticles may help counteract antibiotic drug resistance
By 2050 more people may die from microbial infection than cancer, according to current estimates. The increasing mortal threat from ...
To save energy, our liver grows by day and shrinks at night
Among all the organs in the human body, the liver is something of a superhero. Not only does it defend our ...
Electroceuticals? Nerve-activated devices may revolutionize arthritis and autoimmune disease treatments
Six times a day, Katrin pauses whatever she's doing, removes a small magnet from her pocket and touches it to ...
What is ‘cell-free biotechnology’ and how could it revolutionize our lives?
The stuff of life comes wrapped in tiny bags called cells. Inside are DNA molecules that carry the instructions for ...
Just-approved ALS drug edaravone shown to significantly slow functional decline
The Food and Drug Administration on Friday [May 5, 2017] approved Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corp's treatment for fatal neurological disorder ...
Agriculture secretary Perdue: Non-GMO and organic labels ‘all about marketing’
Newly confirmed agriculture secretary Sonny Perdue said labeling food as organic and free of genetically modified organisms (GMO) is mainly about ...
Florida sheriff’s office offers free GMO testing–of heroin to ‘protect’ drug users
If you’re worried about genetically modified organisms in the drugs you’re taking, the Martin County [Florida] Sheriff’s Office has an ...
Eric Lander and Eric Schmidt: Science’s Miracle Machine — government investment in basic research — in danger
[Editor's note: Eric S. Lander is president and founding director of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard University. Eric E ...
Video: Obama on GMOs — ‘Humanity has always engaged in genetic modifications’
The former president said that, like climate change, science drives his views on biotechnology. He advocated for prudent legislation and ...
Brain damage may spur extreme religious fundamentalism, study finds
Scientists found that damage in a certain part of the brain is linked to an increase in religious fundamentalism. In ...
Bangladesh’s embrace of GMO technology may embolden innovation in developing countries
Bangladesh's successful application of biotechnology and development of its own GM crops could serve as a model for other developing ...
Gold mine in our body? Should researchers pay for using our plasma cells?
By donating blood plasma, you can make anywhere from $40 to $100 per week. But that's loose change to Ted ...
Cure for HIV? CRISPR gene editing shows promise
Have researchers taken a step closer to developing an eventual cure for HIV? A Temple University-led team hopes so, by ...
Missing disease: Less-expensive whole-exome sequencing may flub diagnoses
A common DNA test used to find genes linked with disease may miss key genetic risk indicators, new research suggests ...
Infographic: Global GM crops reduced farm chemical usage and CO2 emissions in 2016 boom year
[T]he International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA) released its annual report showcasing the 110-fold increase in adoption ...
How ‘chemophobia’ links Food Babe to Rachel Carson’s ‘Silent Spring’
Over fifty-four years since it was first published, Rachel Carson's Silent Spring remains a divisive book. The exposé led to ...
Pamela Ronald reinvents rice: Drought-resistant varieties show progress
Pamela Ronald stands in front of two rows of rice plants, sprouting from black plastic pots, in a stifling greenhouse ...
Cargill’s Non-GMO Project partnership highlights food companies’ ‘unwillingness to educate consumers’
[Editor's note: Julie Gunlock is a policy director at the Independent Women's Forum and runs the organization's Culture of Alarmism ...
Do we have a human right to the privacy of our brain activity?
Do we have a human right to the privacy of our brain activity? Is “cognitive liberty” the foundation of all ...
How 1100 pound woman’s rare genetic disorder helps unravel mystery of obesity
The root causes of the obesity epidemic remain elusive. Studying rare one-gene cases may provide clues to help scientists understand ...
Is the Broad Institute exploiting its nonprofit status to corner CRISPR business?
When a federal patent court ruled that the nonprofit Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard could legally license its version ...
Bombing of Monsanto’s Italian research facility highlights how anti-GMO rhetoric inspires terrorists
Based on the reports, an individual threw Molotov cocktails at a Monsanto research facility in Italy over the Easter Weekend, the ...
Which is the ‘weaker sex’? New review of genes illustrates male-female survival differences
[Prof. Shmuel Pietrokovski and Dr. Moran Gershoni of the Weizmann Institute’s molecular genetics department]...identified around 6,500 genes with activity that ...
Dramatic cancer treatment? ‘Command’ center targeted using CRISPR gene editing
The CRISPR gene-editing tool has already shown a lot of potential for helping doctors treat the most stubborn diseases, and ...
Bubble boy hope: Strimvelis gene therapy revises genetic make-up, offers rare immune deficiency cure
A child in Europe has become the second individual ever to receive a commercial gene therapy, according to GlaxoSmithKline. The ...
Epigenetics Around the Web: Marie Claire’s missteps on probiotics and microbiome; Dad’s role in fetal health
Missteps on science, journalism and advertising; Overhyping the epigenetic relationship between healthy fathers and healthy children ...
