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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Binge eater? Gene found that could lead to treatment
Researchers have identified a gene (CYFIP2) associated with binge eating. This finding represents one of the first examples of a ...
On the horizon: Genes pointing to potential Parkinson’s disease therapies
The ongoing revolution in genetics is playing an increasingly important role in our understanding of the [Parkinson's] disease while also revealing ...
Extreme Green hypocrisy? Center for Biological Diversity, other anti-GMO groups partner on March for Science
[Editor's note: The following is an open letter to the Center for Biological Diversity regarding their participation in the "March ...
GMO plant emerges as drug incubator to fight malaria
Scientists have discovered a gene that allows to double the production of artemisinin in the Artemisia annua plant. The artemisinin-based ...
Beyond Golden Rice: Efforts abound to biofortify crops with vitamin A but regulatory hurdles high
[Editor's note: Giovanni Giuliano is research director at the Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development.] Since ...
How humans got smart: Rush of blood to the head
[Editor's note: Roger Seymour is professor emeritus of physiology at the University of Adelaide.] The blood flow to the cognitive part ...
Animal cyborgs: 6 nature-inspired robots that could revolutionize science, medicine and farming
1. Light-controlled dragonflies In January, R&D company Draper and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute announced a partnership aimed at turning ...
‘Natural age is over’: UK Royal Society chief heralds ‘new age of biology’ but warns of resistance
Venki Ramakrishnan grew up in India and knows all about malnutrition and poor health. Today as President of ... the ...
Monsanto, corporations accused of ‘buying scientists’ to place fake news in academic journals
[Editor's note: Paul Thacker is a consultant to nonprofits critical of GM technology. He is well known for his personal attacks on ...
To expedite development of climate-resistant crops, Australia may have to relax gene-editing rules
Australia's classification of genetic modification is inhibiting the country's potential for future crop growth, according to a University of Western ...
Video: 14-year-old builds GMO food detector with parts ordered online for $110
While his classmates were playing video games or scrolling through Facebook, as many teenagers tend to do, Gaurav Mittal was ...
Diabetes: Origins and treatments undergoing revolutionary rethink?
New research suggests that type 1 diabetes might not be directly autoimmune in origin, and that tracking blood glucose might not ...
Testing Zika on consenting humans: Were ethicists right to get in the way?
This was the proposal: Deliberately infect a small group of consenting adults with the Zika virus to learn about the ...
How does space change your genetics? Astronaut twins Scott and Mark Kelly explain
[Editor's note: Astronauts Mark and Scott Kelly -- the only twins who have traveled in space -- offer observations on ...
Despite what Disney movies want us to believe, opposites don’t usually attract
[T]he idea that opposites attract has completely saturated the film industry...In fact, one study found that almost 80% of us ...
Astronauts may need to tweak their DNA in order to survive, colonize Mars
[W]hile making the trip [to Mars] could be technologically feasible in the next decade or two, are humans really physically ...
7 strategies to better communicate the scientific consensus on GMO safety to skeptical millennials
The ... genetically engineered crops study by the National Academies of Sciences (NAS) is a true consensus on GMOs. ... How ...
UK farmer: Here’s how the herbicide glyphosate helps me farm sustainably
[Editor's note: Ian Pigott is a farmer in Harpenden, UK. Located just 20 miles from the center of London, he grows ...
Obesity can be triggered by more than 70 ‘rare’ genetic syndromes
While scientists have been aware of about two dozen genetic conditions that can cause obesity, a [recent study] finds there are ...
No need for ‘young blood’? Old blood can be rejuvenated using stem cells
Young blood is being trialed as a treatment for conditions like Alzheimer’s...But these studies rely on young people donating their ...
GE canola with high levels of omega-3 fatty acids could be commercialized in Australia, US, Canada in 2018
A strain of canola which contains long-chain omega-3s has now been submitted for regulatory approval in Australia, with submissions in ...
Houston area may be test zone for genetically modified mosquitoes in Zika fight
Officials are considering releasing genetically modified mosquitoes in Houston as part of the fight against the insects known to carry ...
Field trial shows insect-resistant GMO corn could help African countries fend off armyworm outbreak
Scientists have warned that the armyworm currently ravaging parts of Uganda could enter Kenya anytime, spelling doom for its stressed ...
Why some people make stupid choices? Genetics may hold the answer
The premise of the Darwin Awards, [which are annually given to those who "improve our gene pool by removing themselves from it",] ...
EU leaning toward permanent ban of neonicotinoid insecticides, citing ‘acute risk to bees’
The world’s most widely used insecticides would be banned from all fields across Europe under draft regulations from the European ...
5 technologies that will change agriculture for the better in 2017
Yet another transformation in agriculture may be needed to stave off a potential food crisis. The good news is that ...
EPA deserves some respect: Environmental regulations should be refined, not dismantled
Primarily in Europe, but increasingly in the US, junk science and activist manipulation diminish the scientific integrity of the regulatory ...
