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: Story of the GMO Hawaiian papaya–Dennis Gonsalves who engineered it and family farms it saved
The human story behind the GM papaya and the Cornell scientist who returned home to save the traditional crop ...
Is natural sleep the only kind that counts? Or can we make that artificial, too?
Around the world, people spend billions on sleep. Everyone is looking for a good night's rest. But, amidst all of ...
You owe your life to viruses
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Hundreds of millions of ...
Why ‘female viagra’ flibanserin flopped?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. If you want to ...
Whole-genome sequencing test for under $1,000
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Veritas Genetics, a Boston-based ...
Great grandmothers’ drinking habits responsible for alcoholism? Not so fast
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The Daily Mail recently ...
23andMe ‘spit kit’ tests may soon be available at Walgreens
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Genetic information company 23andMe ...
Why Zika connection to microcephaly, Guillain-Barré hard to prove
Does Zika virus actually cause microcephaly in newborns? Pinning down an answers has been difficult for researchers thus far ...
I feed my kids GMO foods and not organics–That doesn’t make me a ‘bad mom’
I’m a registered nurse who lives in Alberta and loves a farmer. I feed my kids only the most nutritious ...
IVF: Safe method of conception for those with infertility or ‘evolutionary experiment’
An evolutionary biologist called IVF an ‘evolutionary experiment’ and alleges IVF kids will have more health problem. Evidence for these ...
Instead of GMO citrus greening solution, Florida officials seek permission to spray antibiotics
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Florida’s Department of Agriculture ...
Personal genomic testing presents challenges for doctors and patients
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Marketing of direct-to-consumer (DTC) ...
Astronaut twins give NASA first glimpse at space’s effects on health, DNA
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Scott Kelly has returned to ...
Zika linked to temporary muscle paralysis in French Polynesia
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A new study of ...
Is colon cancer a product of western diet, modern life? Hungarian mummy may have answers
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The modern plagues of ...
Court cases increasingly decided with neuroscientific evidence
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A study of 1,600 court ...
I feed my kids GMO foods and not organics—that doesn’t make me a ‘bad mom’
I’m a registered nurse who lives in Alberta and loves a farmer. I feed my kids only the most nutritious ...
Rats fed tolerant to herbicide dicambra tolerant GMO soybeans show no ill effects
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The dicamba-tolerant soybean MON87708 ...
Scientists create fertile sperm from mice stem cells — Does this translate to humans?
Scientists have made sperm cells from stem cells in vitro, while most are excited about the achievement, ethical and biological ...
Not just bacteria: Viruses use CRISPR in nature, too
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. With all the buzz ...
UK ‘birth cohort’ study tracks 70 years of human life
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In March 1946, scientists ...
‘Brave New World’ of human genetic modification already happening
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Paul Knoepfler is not ...
Beyond gene editing: How will CRISPR impact future of scientific discovery?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The whole world is ...
First US uterus transplant successful, hopes for pregnancy to follow
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Surgeons at the Cleveland ...
Zika, pesticides, microcephaly shrouded in misinformed hysteria
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. I recently published an article on ...
Link between inflammation and cancer
People with chronic inflammatory conditions may be more susceptible to DNA-induced cell mutations which could contribute to getting cancer ...
Obama’s Precision Medicine Initiative covers new ground with veterans
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. President Obama is holding ...
