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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Specific neurons may code for social learning in humans
At least one type of social learning, or the ability to learn from observing others’ actions, is processed by individual ...
Online marketers target food stamp recipients, selling high-priced ‘organic and natural’ junk food
The federally funded Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.. offers nutrition assistance to...low income Americans.... SNAP helps people afford food at stores and ...
Scientists uncover our tongue’s sixth taste and why we love carbs
[C]arb cravings can be hard to resist[, but n]ow there’s evidence that carbohydrate-rich foods may elicit a unique taste too, ...
Understanding how to define and view gender identity
Another emerging and related view is that gender identity...is also fixed at birth or at a very early age and ...
Federal investigation throws doubt on Luminosity’s supposed IQ benefits
The brain-training giant Lumosity is recalibrating its strategy and facing new challenges as it reels from a federal crackdown on bold ...
Should parents elect not to pass down their genetic disabilities to their children?
I have a condition called X-linked hypophosphatemia, or XLH, which results in a form of dwarfism. ... I have a ...
Personalized cancer treatments struggling to overcome patient deaths, severe side effects
The idea is tantalizing: Reengineer a patient’s own immune cells to attack the cancer that’s killing her. Scientists have proven ...
How sexuality connects to mental health
[T]here is general agreement on the observation at the heart of Part Two: lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) subpopulations ...
Could adult stem cell therapy revolutionize medicine?
[Rather than embryonic stem cells, t]he more exciting development...is the discovery that our own adult stem cells have a lot ...
Will gene editing lead to ‘biohackers’ creating biological weapons?
The security services are concerned that ‘biohackers’ — groups of ordinary people who use genome editing techniques to alter lifeforms ...
Bringing empirical science to how people view giftedness
Farrah Alexander...published an article...which she concluded[:] "Every child is gifted and talented. So let's stop distinguishing which children are gifted and ...
Gates Foundation doubling efforts to use CRISPR to create mosquito-killing technology
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation plans to double the sum it is spending to create a mosquito-killing technology that ...
Genome editing: Is it a national security threat?
Is genome editing really so powerful that it could do major damage, either accidentally, or through foul play? Or is ...
Beyond BRCA: New, rare genes linked to breast cancer
Most women know about the BRCA 1 and 2 gene mutations and how they significantly increase a woman's chance of ...
How genetics affects our diet and lifespan
[T]oday[,] we have the technological ability to traverse an immense amount of distance with relative ease...[which] often leaves our DNA ...
Loneliness may have evolved in humans to help us survive
Loneliness...can...make you depressed, shatter your sleep, [or] even kill you. Yet scientists think loneliness evolved because it was good for ...
What role can science play in sexual orientation choice vs innate debate?
While some claim that sexual orientation is a choice, others say that sexual orientation is a fixed feature of one’s ...
Why do hereditary diseases stubbornly stay in human gene pool?
Some diseases are hereditary that are passed on to next generation. If a person is suffering from diseases like Alzheimer’s or diabetes then ...
Infographic: Can modern biotechnology help you live forever?
Immortality, Fountain of Youth... Both are popular tropes repeated in popular science fiction and fantasy literature and movies. It is an idea ...
Genetics may influence how you feel about your weight
New research led by the University of Colorado Boulder is the first to show that people inherit genes that make them ...
Message to college students: How your all nighters affect your learning and memory
The all-nighter is now as synonymous with a college student's life as the frat party, but it is detrimental to ...
Tampa Bay Times: Pinellas County must use GMO mosquitos to stop Zika—No reason to wait
A bipartisan group of influential elected officials in Pinellas County is asking the Obama administration to allow the use of ...
Video: Presenting genetics lab of tomorrow
The latest advancements in biotechnology and gene editing mean scientists need a more efficient and effective lab environment to conduct ...
Was trauma from Holocaust passed on to children of survivors?
Genetic changes stemming from the trauma suffered by Holocaust survivors are capable of being passed on to their children, the ...
Mosquitoes in Miami test positive for Zika
Mosquitoes trapped in South Beach have tested positive for Zika, the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services reported on ...
Frustrated Floridian has had it–Satirical rebuke of activists blocking GMO mosquitoes
A goddamned mosquito just bit me on my face in my own house because I live in Florida and it’s ...
Stem cells from bone marrow proved more helpful than those from bloodstream
Blood stem cells derived from donor bone marrow resulted in better self-reported psychological well-being, fewer graft-vs-host disease (GVHD) symptoms, and ...
