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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Alternative medicine, supplement promoters selling pseudo-science ‘genetic-based’ treatments
Alternative practitioners are now forging highly profitable businesses based on patients coming to them with raw genetic data provided by ...
23andMe has found hundreds of genetic linked-traits using their customers’ DNA
Since launching in 2006, 23andMe has collected and analyzed DNA samples from 1.2-million customers, with the majority allowing their data ...
Is DNA destiny when it comes to heart disease?
A new analysis of data from more than 55,000 people provides an answer. It finds that by living right — ...
Millennials’ demand for organics ripples through supply chain
Co-packers should be concerned, along with distributors, farmers and even, heck, grain elevator operators. Their worlds are incrementally turning upside ...
Lawsuit targets Topco over micro-traces of glyphosate in ‘natural’ granola
Plaintiff Jason Scholder is taking on defendants Topco Holdings Inc. and Topco Associates LLC, the makers of Granola Oats, Honey ...
Unbreakable bones and four other bizarre human genetic mutations
Strange genetic mutations often play into the storylines of Hollywood action films, but in reality...genetic mutations exist in the DNA of ...
People genetically sensitive to bitter taste may ingest twice as much salty foods
An unhealthy taste for salty foods is the fault of nature rather than nurture, new research suggests. People with with ...
Why people feel nervous about gene drives–and why they shouldn’t
[A]lthough gene drives are opening up boundless possibilities in the world of genetic manipulation, real concerns lie in the unknown consequences of using ...
Having children may cause your cells to age faster than normal
Women who give birth may be biologically "older" than women who don't, a new study suggests. For the study, the ...
Disease incidence trends in Europe v US shows GMOs have no negative health impacts
Genetically modified foods should be considered as safe as conventional choices, according to Dr. Timothy Griffin, associate professor at Tufts” ...
What human evolution says about using CRISPR to edit diseases out of patient’s genome
Using CRISPR, scientists may soon be able to cure sickle cell disease by correcting the causative gene from blood cells ...
CRISPR’s promise: Balancing the benefits and risks of human gene editing
[W]hat if I told you [that a genetic mutation for cancer], passed down from generation to generation, can be snipped ...
Sickle cell cure now seen as possible as scientists remove faulty gene with CRISPR
Researchers have found a way to repair the faulty gene that causes sickle cell disease, which they suggest is a ...
Are GMO crops improving children’s IQ?
[Danny Hakim's October 29th article in the New York Times appears to suggest] that planting GMO crops has 1) lead to ...
Gene mutation that slows down brain activity found in people with autism
There is currently no cure for autism or treatments that tackle the core symptoms, only behavioral therapies and medications that ...
Designer bacteria: Genetically modified pills are a radical new way to treat rare stomach ailments
Designer bacteria are organisms that have been genetically modified to include a new function to make it do something it ...
How the ‘Millennial Brain’ has evolved to flourish in today’s interconnected world
While Millennials have been heavily criticized for their obsession with technology, they have been evolving as collaborators, multitaskers and consumers ...
US scientist Matt Ross briefly resigned from WHO cancer agency IARC over fears his emails would be made public
A scientist involved in an international organization researching cancer offered his resignation in April because of uncertainty over whether its ...
Fighting fat: Obesity is gene linked but losing weight is an act of will
You might be able to blame your genes for weighing more and increasing your risk of obesity, but you can ...
Brain injuries may be treatable using stem cell therapy
Results of a cellular therapy clinical trial for traumatic brain injury (TBI) using a patient’s own stem cells showed that ...
Could glyphosate cause other health problems even if it’s not carcinogenic?
GMO skeptics have raised health concerns about glyphosate beyond claims, proven unfounded, that they cause cancer. Here is what the ...
‘Three-parent’ IVF: Why the controversy, why the success
[Three-parent IVF] is rapidly progressing, causing widespread discussion on the ethics and social concerns of such a procedure. Although the donor ...
Should parents get preconception genetic testing?
Preconception genetic testing—also called carrier screening—is a way for parents to get a glimpse at their own genetic makeup and ...
Smoking one pack of cigarettes each day can cause 150 DNA mutations in single year
Smoking a pack of cigarettes a day causes an average of 150 mutations a year in lung cells, according to ...
Florida Keys voters back trial release of Zika-fighting GMO mosquitoes
On Tuesday, voters in the Keys voted by a solid majority to go ahead with a plan proposed by British ...
Andrew Revkin on the spectacular rise of humans: Journey into the Anthropocene
It’s been only a few decades since science began building a picture of the backstory to [humankind's] spectacular ascent. It’s a story ...
Why faulty genes don’t always lead to disease
We usually think of mutations as errors in our genes that will make us sick. But not all errors are ...
