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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Population genomics can help identify genes underlying rare diseases
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Let’s say you have ...
With egg-freezing ban in place, single Chinese women obtain procedure abroad
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Modern science has done ...
Wrongful birth: Court upholds parental rights when hospital and lab screw up genetic testing
Many conservatives are upset about a $50 million judgment on behalf of a family that had a baby with severe ...
Banning abortion for Down syndrome extinguishes parents’ right to personal choice
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. That abortion is not ...
Does genetics support hopes of precision medicine advocates?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Like so many medical ...
Will sugar, sweetener, salt, cholesterol, fat, HFCS, (fill in blank) kill you?
Scientists, the media and policymakers often make glib connections between certain foods, nutrition and disease. The links are a lot ...
More premature infants surviving thanks to improving postnatal care
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Elise Jackson was 20 ...
Do genes predict how your body is aging better than years?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Scientists say they have ...
Romantic relationships may have evolved due to menopause
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Menopause is one of ...
Can neuroscience explain our sense of self?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. For ordinary folk, a ...
Oliver Sacks’ greatest legacy: Understanding those who are ‘different’
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Oliver Sacks died August ...
Leukemia T-cell gene therapy shows progress, but not as effective as hoped
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Four years ago, University ...
Babies leave stem cell imprint in mom’s body long after birth
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A mother’s children will ...
Pig in us: Xenotransplantation and new age of chimeric organs
Xenotransplantation may move beyond just valves to entire scaffolds of pig organs, refurbished with human cells that make the organ ...
Arizona transgender Muslim woman told she can only pray with those with same genitalia
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Leaders of a Tempe ...
Childbirth trigger: Woman with rare genetic disorder feels pain for first time
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Leave it to childbirth ...
Planned Parenthood fetal tissue and abortion controversy moves to the courts
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The Center for Medical ...
Using CRISPR gene editing to shut down mosquitoes as disease carriers
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Mosquitoes are a key ...
Guardian: Benefits of embryonic genome editing worth the risks
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. More than 10,000 diseases ...
‘GMO-free’ marketing: Targeting your health or your wallet?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Companies are changing their ...
Transgenic animals that could fight diseases in developing world blocked by indifference
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. UC Davis professor, Dr ...
Is the genetic imprint of traumatic experiences passed on to our children?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. As convention has it, ...
Primate Ebola vaccine slowed by US ban on chimp testing
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. An animal welfare victory ...
Antipsychotics given to patients without mental illness despite questions of effectiveness and risks
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Antipsychotic drugs are widely ...
Rare disease causing uncontrollable bone growth may soon have cure
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva is ...
Genes may be responsible for your insatiable sweet tooth
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Ever find yourself fantasizing ...
Should GMO drugs be perceived differently than GMO food?
Many of the same people who express outrage over genetic modification because it 'tinkers with Nature' are silent or supportive ...
