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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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Sheep farmers join in search for Huntington’s disease cure
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Mike and Heather Ludlam ...
Microbe ‘kill switch’ developed for safer use of engineered bacteria
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Many research teams are ...
Taking antidepressants while pregnant linked to autism risk, but many scientists doubtful
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. No one really knows ...
Secret to living past 90 mostly in good genes
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Mary Harada’s father lived ...
Orthorexia nervosa: Do anti-GMO activists and shoppers have it?
Orthorexia nervosa is being evaluated as a possible psychiatric diagnosis -- which is causing symptoms of anxiety among some elites ...
Food safety scientist predicted Chipotle’s E. coli outbreak 8 years ago
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Dr. Douglas Powell saw ...
Can economic theory help us understand our gut microbiome?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Turns out microbial communities ...
Unproven, dangerous cancer medicine got go-ahead from FDA
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Walking the beaches around ...
Closer regulations needed on antipsychotic prescriptions for toddlers
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Andrew Rios’s seizures began ...
Scientists working towards developing universal flu vaccine
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Designing a flu vaccine ...
After repeated health code violations, Seattle Chipotle restaurant closed
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Seattle health officials closed ...
Why humans uniquely live long enough to become grandparents
The Grandma Hypothesis suggests that humans were evolutionarily successful because older females helped their daughters raise children. But living beyond ...
Evolution of grandparents may explain genes that protect against dementia
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. “Survival of the fittest” ...
Scientists can engineer mosquitoes to render them sterile, crashing malaria carrying population
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. And now there are ...
Risk for smoking addiction may be coded in genome
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A new study finds ...
Athletic fitness mostly in your genes
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. If you’re not seeing ...
Before autism diagnoses, patients poorly treated and institutionalized
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis.For these reasons, what autism ...
FDA approves transgenic chicken that produces lifesaving drug in its eggs
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The U.S. Food and ...
Mommy Food War: Not all organic moms are ‘sancti-mommies’
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Jenny Splitter’s ultimate premise in ...
Do commercial interests detract from important issues in medical research?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. We may owe the ...
African sleeping sickness may be treated with epigenetic modification
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Parasitic infections are particularly ...
DIY gene editing at home? ‘Farma’ kits can produce home-brewed pharmaceuticals
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. MIT Media Lab graduate Will ...
White privilege? Will Western activists block CRISPR solution to protecting millions of Africans against malaria?
Scientists now have the ability to eradicate one the world's most deadly diseases--malaria, which kills as many as 2.7 million ...
First ever IVF-born puppies hopeful sign for endangered species
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The world's first IVF ...
Infographic: Chipotle v GMOs food poisoning scorecard 2015
As the Chipotle food poisoning saga continues to spread across the country, here's a thought to ponder about: ...
Would transhumanists use CRISPR to edit their own genome?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Geneticists developing powerful genome ...
International regulations urged for antibiotic use in livestock
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The international community needs ...
