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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European Food Safety Authority rejects WHO’s IARC conclusion that glyphosate is carcinogenic
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. EFSA and the EU ...
Can ‘poop in a pill’ bank help fight bacterial infection?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Two years ago, Catherine ...
How will mainstream medicine balance lifesaving potential, cost of gene therapy?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. First tested in patients ...
Down syndrome tests don’t account for father’s contribution to risk
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The standard first-trimester screen ...
Gene therapy, not editing, saved baby Layla
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. I had planned to ...
Clarifying ionophores: NRDC muddies science by suggesting all animal antibiotics lead to resistance crisis
The Natural Resources Defense Council is the latest advocacy group to call for a broad based ban on antibiotics in ...
Leading Alzheimer’s theory challenged by mounting research
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Drugs that target beta-amyloid, ...
Antibiotic medications can have long-lasting effects on gut microbiome
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. For 70 years, antimicrobial ...
Notorious cancer researcher faked multiple studies, according to government report
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Nearly a decade after ...
3200 genes essential to all humans
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Fiddle just a little ...
Chipotle cautious with GMOs but appears cavalier about food safety measures
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Following its most recent E. coli outbreak, Chipotle ...
Why Europe, US went different ways on GMO regulation
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Why have EU and ...
Russia faces ban from 2016 Olympic Games over doping scandal
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Members of Russia’s secret ...
‘Homeopaths without Borders’ wreaking pseudo-medical havoc abroad
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. There is an American ...
Tumors defy Darwinian selection, new research shows
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. New answers may have ...
Doctors enter patient’s brain, deliver cancer treatment in world first
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. For the first time, ...
Big Organic Strikes Again: How to spot the dreaded GMO apple
And now you know. And on this Veteran's Day 2015, we say it like GI Joe... "Knowing is half the ...
Drug reverses aging — in rats. Could it help humans?
An allergy drug shows promising results in retarding or reversing aging in rodents. What are next steps to see if ...
With CRISPR, genetic engineering drugs easier than ever
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Genetic engineering has wrought ...
Homeopathic remedies containing deadly wolfsbane available at CVS
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Homeopathic drugs contain some ...
Police want access to health data from tracking technology
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In late October, genetic ...
Golden Rice not only tool in fighting vitamin A deficiency, but important one
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. An expert from the ...
Myth busting: Pesticide use in organic and conventional agriculture-Part II
Our food is filled with many scary sounding chemicals. Here is a why you should be taken in by foodie ...
Myth busting: Pesticide use in organic and conventional agriculture
What is in a name? Plenty! Can pesticides be medicine? Vice versa? As we will attempt to show, there is ...
Who is Feng Zhang, one of world’s most influential biologists?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. No one would guess that ...
What is ‘autism spectrum,’ exactly?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. If I tell people ...
Cancer-fighting tomatoes: Second generation GMO with benefits for consumers
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Last week, researchers in ...
