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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Genetic mutations can accumulate over time contributing to cancer risk
How young will you be when you get cancer? The number of mutations you have in different genes can bring ...
Should concerns about ‘rogue scientists’ prompt more government oversight of CRISPR research?
... Many [scientists, concerned citizens and public officials] have noted the alarming speed with which CRISPR is being applied in research ...
First infertile women who used ‘three-parent’ method to give birth in early 2017
The first babies to be created using a “three-parent” method to overcome their parents’ infertility are due to be born ...
Adoption of GMO crops could improve health of Chinese farmers
It is notable that the adoption of GM glyphosate-tolerant crops increases glyphosate use but reduces non-glyphosate herbicide use; and adoption ...
IARC under fire: Congressman presses investigation of US taxpayer-funded UN cancer agency
Chaffetz, who is the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, says IARC has a "record of controversy, ...
Different parts of the brain determine aspects of our unique personality
Both genetic and environmental factors determine someone’s personality. Genes account for between 30-50% of the determination and the rest is ...
Genes linked with schooling does not mean they affect education directly
[I]n a study of almost 294,000 people, an international team led by Daniel Benjamin, David Cesarini, and Philipp Koellinger has ...
End of breastfeeding period triggers breasts to ‘eat themselves’
When a woman stops breastfeeding, her breasts go from being full-time, milk-producing factories to regular appendages...Now a molecular switch has ...
No, you did not inherit your intelligence from your mother’s genes
The premise of [a post from Second Nexus is] that science has traced “intelligence genes” to the X chromosome and ...
Talking Biotech: University of Georgia’s Peggy Ozias-Akins on genetically engineering peanuts to fight aflatoxin, allergies
University of Georgia's Peggy Ozias-Akins on engineering peanuts to reduce allergies and presence of aflatoxin ...
Genes from mother may influence intelligence in child more than father’s
Women are more likely to transmit intelligence genes to their children because they are carried on the X chromosome and ...
After early setbacks, gene therapy’s comeback nearly complete
After some horrifying early setbacks, gene therapy's back. Researchers have learned from early mistakes to make the therapy safer and ...
Has human life span reached its limit?
Human life expectancy has steadily increased since the nineteenth century. Reports of supercentenarians...have prompted some to suggest that there is ...
Teenage brain wired to learn from experiences
Teenagers are often portrayed as thrill-seekers, but research suggests their brains are wired to learn from their experiences, which makes ...
Understanding role of ‘risk genes’ in brain key to unlocking mystery of Alzheimer’s
Although the causes of Alzheimer’s disease remain a mystery, genetic research is now providing clues about how the disease develops...By ...
Human embryonic stem cells relieve common side effects of spinal cord injuries in mice
People with spinal cord injuries suffer from many complications in addition to paralysis and numbness. Some of these problems are ...
Rare genetic mutations linked to schizophrenia and school dropout risk
A pair of studies in the journal Nature Neuroscience have investigated a link between rare genetic mutations and schizophrenia, as ...
Why studying human chimeras offers best hope for finding Parkinson’s cure
Spectrum: Why do researchers want to study mouse-human chimeras? Rudolf Jaenisch: Traditionally, researchers have studied human conditions by mutating the ...
Will US cut off support for WHO’s IARC over pilloried glyphosate cancer report?
Regulatory agencies in the US, Europe and most recently Australia have concluded that the International Cancer Research Agency botched its ...
Gene therapy to cure sickle cell anemia in final stages of development
Scientists are finalizing plans to use gene therapy to treat one of the world’s most widespread inherited diseases – sickle ...
Groundbreaking HIV drug tricks virus into emerging from human genome
UK scientists...working on a groundbreaking trial to test a possible cure for HIV infection say they have made remarkable progress ...
Video: What can scientists realistically accomplish with CRISPR?
The genome-editing technology CRISPR has been all over the news for the past few years. However, the words that usually ...
Genetic switch may dictate if you crave more high-fat or high-sugar foods
We all love eating junk food even though we know it's not part of a healthy diet...Now a team of ...
Pentagon wants to develop ‘safe genes’ to stop biohackers from making weapons with CRISPR
[T]he Pentagon is moving to...find a “safe course” to rein [gene editing technology] in. But it will be a difficult balancing ...
WHO: GMO cows that produce human antibodies could revolutionize how we fight Ebola, flu
SAB Biotherapeutics of South Dakota has genetically engineered cattle to produce large quantities of human antibodies—proteins that help remove harmful ...
Glyphosate in wine and cereal? Why dubious detection methods undermine GMO scare claims
Two NGO commissioned studies found parts per billion concentrations of glyphosate in wine and oatmeal. Are these findings cause for ...
Clinton and Trump need to talk about issues in genetics, precision medicine more
An organization...has crowdsourced and expert-checked a list of “20 science-driven issues (that) deserve their own debate” for the presidential candidates ...
