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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Tracking DNA mutations of Zika virus could reveal its evolutionary path across oceans
How do you [determine] the history of an invisible virus [like the Zika virus], which leaves no physical record? This is ...
Genetic engineering successfully reverses aging in mice, rejuvenating organs
At the Salk Institute in La Jolla, Calif., scientists are trying to get time to run backward. Biological time, that ...
Searching for DNA in sewage may help public health officials monitor emerging diseases
With every toilet flush, valuable information encrypted in DNA is lost. Wastewater may hold a wealth of insight for public ...
Single gene may make deadly brain cancer more fatal
Scientists have identified a gene that is overactive in a deadly form of brain cancer known as glioblastoma, according to ...
Malfunctioning of 320 gene ‘epileptic network’ may trigger epilepsy
British scientists have identified a gene network in the brain that is associated with epilepsy, a discovery which may lead ...
Proove’s genetic test for opioid addiction risk ‘lacks a firm scientific basis’
When the federal government reversed course last month, deciding not to regulate many genetic tests, one big winner was Proove ...
Protein linked to BRCA2 gene holds potential for precise breast, ovarian cancer treatment
Researchers at Mayo Clinic have identified an enzyme called UCHL3 that regulates the BRCA2 pathway, which is important for DNA ...
Nature editorial ‘exploits public anxiety’ on endocrine disruptors
In December, the European Union member states will vote on proposed legislation to regulate endocrine-disrupting chemicals. Nature carried an editorial ...
Genes essential for healthy fetal development tied to autism
Genes known to be essential to life–the ones humans need to survive and thrive in the womb–also play a critical ...
Gaucher, Parkinson diseases both originate from mutations on same gene
Gaucher (pronounced “go-shay”) disease affects 1 in 450 Jewish people of Ashkenazi (eastern European) descent (1 in 10 is a ...
Personality genes correlate with psychiatric disorders
Nature vs. nurture has been a long-standing argument between the fields of biology and psychology. However...investigators have identified six loci ...
Mystery of rare diseases: Why diagnoses remain elusive
Milo Loretzen is one of only three people in the world known to have been diagnosed with a mutation in ...
‘Insufficient evidence’ of homeopathy’s efficacy as antibiotic replacement in livestock
Within the scientific community and veterinary practice, the use of homeopathy in food-producing animals is highly controversial. However... homeopathic remedies are ...
Precision medicine: Over promising genetic breakthroughs offers patients false hope
Science has always issued medical promissory notes. In the 17th century, Francis Bacon promised that an understanding of the true ...
How one gene influences many diseases
In this new study the scientists show that the gene region which controls FADS1 appeared 6 million years ago and ...
Risk of death from heart disease may be reduced by changes in telomeres
Short telomeres — the protective caps on the ends of chromosomes — have been previously linked to increased risk of ...
Could humans one day regenerate their body parts?
….Being able to regenerate body parts that become damaged or dismembered like that of a starfish would be a great ...
Progesterone: ‘Harmful’ hormone or ‘game changer’ for patients with recurrent breast cancer?
An international team of researchers involving the University of Adelaide is tackling the controversy over what some scientists consider to ...
Are millennials’ attitudes on GMOs anti-science?
If you have noticed the selection of organic, GMO-free crackers encroaching on the shelf space of the Pop Tarts and ...
Environmental activist hypocrisy? ‘No’ to GMO mosquito but ‘yes’ to irradiated screwworm fly
Voters in Florida have approved a trial release of sterile, GM mosquitoes, which could reduce wild populations of disease-carrying ones ...
Reprogramming stem cells into motor neurons could help patients with paralysis
[S]cientists developed a mechanism to directly reprogram stem cells into motor neurons. Cell reprogramming is a novel exploration in medical studies ...
DNA mutations can influence far away genes as easily as those close-by
A new chart of DNA’s loops and twists reveals its three-dimensional (3-D) structure in the developing brain. It shows that ...
Many patients diagnosed with a genetic disease may actually have two
Scientists at Baylor College of Medicine, Baylor Genetics, the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and Texas Children's ...
Personalized cancer vaccines could revolutionize treatment and prevent relapse
Ernest Levy joined an early-stage clinical trial led by the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, testing a cancer vaccine for ...
Future of Alzheimer’s treatment? Flickering lights
[If neurons fire] 30 to 90 times [in a single second], that’s a gamma wave, which has been linked to ...
Epigenetics Around the Web: Watch how epigenetic changes cause cancer
Epigenetics Around the Web is a weekly roundup of the latest studies and news in the field of epigenetics presented ...
Mice cured of hemophilia using gene therapy shows promise for human treatment
Hemophilia is a devastating genetic condition—without the ability to form blood clots, those who have it risk bleeding to death ...
