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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Buy only “hormone free” meat? Farmer says don’t be fooled by deceptive labels
No poultry, pork or beef that you eat contains added hormones. Instead of capitalizing on fear and misleading consumers into ...
UK experts’ recommendation could make three-parent babies more common
Three-parent babies could finally be born in Britain next year after a panel set up by the fertility watchdog to ...
Could scientists one day predict when people are at risk for brain trauma?
A small, yet promising, brain trauma study may someday lead to a time when doctors can forecast which patients who ...
Pioneer company in genetic cancer testing criticizes rivals with claims of inaccuracies
No company has had a more profound impact on inherited breast and ovarian cancer than Myriad Genetics. Its DNA test ...
Have we discovered the genetic mutation linked to increased risk for early-onset Parkinson’s?
Parkinson’s disease is caused by the deterioration of nerve cells in the brain, but it's still not clear what causes ...
Could women with mitochondrial diseases prevent passing them onto their children?
A technique that could allow women with mitochondrial diseases to have healthy children showed promise in a group of four ...
Epigenetics Around the Web: Should theory of evolution expand to include epigenetics?
Epigenetics around the web is a weekly roundup of the latest studies and news in the field of epigenetics. This ...
Infographic: Higher toxicity pesticides used in developing world pose environmental, health problems
Surveys of farm worker health are scarce, but it's clear that pesticides cause more harm in the developing world. More ...
Infographic: Pesticides getting safer, developed countries using less
Developed countries have phased out the more dangerous chemicals, such as parathion and other organophosphates. After the US Food Quality ...
Smart squash: Why some fruits are genetically wired to hurt your hands
Many a gardener will grow butternut squash.... They take the squash inside and immediately start cutting it up, about 5 ...
High achievers tend to marry people with similar DNA
While it is well known that humans mate assortatively in relation to education - people with similar education levels marry ...
Knowledge of genetic disease risks seldom leads to lifestyle changes
In a randomized controlled trial, people who learned their genetic risk of developing type 2 diabetes did not appear to ...
Evidence shows breast cancer screening lacks clear cut-off age
There is no clear cut-off age to stop breast cancer screening, according to a new analysis which adds support for ...
Cancer can emerge from changes to epigenome, not just gene mutations
Doctors’ ruling perspective on cancer has been that it is caused by a series of genetic changes. However, a team ...
Why genetic engineering is blocked from eradicating ‘world’s deadliest killer’—disease-carrying mosquitoes
A GMO mosquitoes that could eliminate disease-carrying wild ones has succeded in field trials in the Caymans, Panama, and Brazil ...
Pew survey: Americans don’t trust scientists on GMOs, but are warming to GM foods
Skepticism of GM foods remains strong in America, although the embrace of the safety of biotechnology has grown dramatically over ...
Non-African humans may carry harmful Neanderthal genes that lower fitness
The Neanderthal genome included harmful mutations that made the hominids around 40% less reproductively fit than modern humans, according to ...
What you eat influences which genes your gut microbes switch on and off
New research provides further evidence of the important role that gut microbes play in health - by revealing they alter ...
Cargill developing GMO sustainable omega-3 rich salmon feed
For the first time in history, essential fatty acids used to feed salmon could be sourced from crops harvested on ...
Dogs emerging as new model to research cancer cures for humans
The growing interest in dogs reflects researchers’ frustration with the standard approach to developing cancer treatments: testing them in lab ...
Gene linked to binge drinking might help treat alcoholism
The ability to stop drinking when you're feeling tipsy or drunk comes easier to some than others. An international research team from ...
CRISPR’s ability to treat blood disorders illustrates potential as medical therapy
[T]he jury’s still out on whether Crispr will be as transformative as a medical therapy as it has been as ...
Infographic: Enhancing yields, preventing disease
Long-term research plots have shown increases in wheat yield from controlling weeds and disease. Gains from plowing fallow fields were ...
Blood transfusions from young people unlikely to have much-hyped anti-aging effects
The author of a study published [Nov. 22] cautioned against the idea that transfusions of “young” blood can reverse the ...
Should people with risky lifestyles be held accountable when their health turns poor–and costly?
Within the last couple of decades, more and more research have shown a number of diseases, such as type 2 ...
Blocking science from “meddling” in human genome allows harmful genes to damage children
CRISPR-Cas9 will make it be possible for parents to ensure that mutations such as Huntington’s disease...are eliminated from their children’s ...
How gene therapy might treat diseases once thought untreatable
What is gene therapy? [Gene therapy] is a way to fix a gene defect in a person’s cells. One way ...
