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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‘Clean food’ is a marketing ploy and offensive to hard-working scientists, farmers
[Editor’s note: Kevin Folta is a molecular geneticist and chair of the horticultural sciences department at the University of Florida.] When ...
‘Netflix for genetics’: Will DNA-based lifestyle guides become the latest health craze?
DNA Lifestyle Coach isn’t the only company hoping to turn our genetics into a lifestyle product. In the past decade, ...
Before tying the knot, shouldn’t you know your partner’s genetic risks?
[A]nother technology is afoot that few people know about but that will upend the way we match and reproduce in ...
Europe appears poised to overturn neonicotinoid pesticides ban
[Editor's note: Matt Ridley is a columnist for the Times (UK), a member of the House of Lords and the ...
Shared Values Must Come Before Science in Winning Consumer Trust On Today’s Farming Practices
Science isn’t enough. Science tells us if we can do something while society tells us if we should. Farmers need ...
Will you lose your hair? Baldness algorithm of 287 gene regions can predict your chances
[A] recent study...has become the first to detail exactly which genes are involved [in male pattern baldness]. ... [A] team ...
Is there a metabolic on-off switch that could prevent chronic fatigue syndrome?
Evidence is mounting that chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is caused by the body swapping to less efficient ways of generating ...
Blacks have been largely excluded from autism studies. Here’s what’s being done to change that
[Editor's note: Daniel Geschwind’s team at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), along with researchers at three other universities, set ...
Astrological medicine: Your birth month can predict your risk for asthma, ADHD and more than 50 other diseases
Your Zodiac symbol and birthstone aren’t the only things decided by your birth date: The day you entered this world ...
Billionaire doctor’s Cancer MoonShot 2020 appears more hype than reality
Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong vowed [to vanquish cancer] when he launched his audacious “Cancer MoonShot 2020” a year ago...The supremely self-confident billionaire ...
Former UK chief scientist: Europe’s opposition to GMOs ‘dangerously naive’ in the face of climate change
A former UK chief scientist has warned that politicians around the globe are ignoring science for the sake of short-term ...
Nigeria faces drought, famine, malnutrition and hunger, but GMOs offer hope
A report recently published by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) says a total of 8.1 million people ...
More nutritious and tastier vegetables? CRISPR gene editing could dramatically boost consumption
Spinach. Tomato. Watermelon. Broccoli. Besides being good for you, these four vegetables are just a few that could benefit — ...
Irish Travellers: Wanderers not genetically connected to ‘gypsies’, may provide clues to understanding genetic diseases
IRISH TRAVELLERS HAVE no connection to Roma gypsies, did not descend from the famine and are genetically as different to ...
Kawasaki disease: Rare children’s heart condition linked to interplay of fungi and gene mutations
Kawasaki disease (KD) is the mostly common acquired heart disease in children. Untreated, roughly one-quarter of children with KD develop...balloon-like ...
Food poisoning alert: Salmonella strain prevalent in Africa mutates, slowing health response
The Salmonella strains responsible for most food-poisoning cases occurring in developed countries pretty much limit their residence in the human body to the gut...But a ...
Cholesterol and heart disease risk could be lowered with a single injection
A one-off injection could one day lower your cholesterol levels for the rest of your life. People born with natural ...
Brain implants might soon restore vision to the blind, improve digestion, relieve PTSD symptoms
[Brain implant experiments] like those that let a paralyzed person swig coffee using a robotic arm, or that let blind ...
Happy DNA? Yes, but there are likely thousands of gene variants
A human's level of happiness is linked to their genetic makeup, according to a researcher who carried out groundbreaking work ...
Shareholders reject proposal to curb antibiotic use at third largest US chicken producer–Sanderson Farms
A Sanderson Farms Inc shareholder proposal requesting the third-largest U.S. poultry producer phase out the use of medically important antibiotics ...
Proceed with caution: National Academies offers ‘qualified support’ for gene editing ‘abnormal’ embryos
The door to gene-edited humans was opened a crack by a joint National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of ...
Progression of HIV triggered by each patient’s genes
Scientists have long observed important differences in the rate of disease progression among individuals infected with HIV. It is now ...
Growing embryos from skin cells: Could it replace in vitro fertilization?
[In the process called in vitro gametogenesis,] adult cells, such as skin cells, can be reprogrammed to behave like embryonic ...
Seeking to reduce genetic disorders, Iran orders mandatory premarital DNA screens
Every day, 80 infants with some form of disability are born in [Iran]. That equals to over 30,000 new disabilities ...
Chinese parents embrace dubious DNA tests to uncover their child’s ‘natural talents’
[Due to a widely popular trend among anxious parent,] thousands of children in China have undergone genetic testing which purportedly ...
Harvard School of Public Health accused of scare mongering about conventional food, promoting organics
[Editor's note: Kevin Folta is a molecular geneticist and chair of the horticultural sciences department at the University of Florida.] Apparently ...
Genetics of height: It may be too complex for scientists to crack the code
[W]hen the human genome was sequenced, scientists like [Joel Hirschhorn, a geneticist at Boston Children’s Hospital and the Broad Institute] ...
