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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Field trial in Brazilian city with GM mosquitoes reduces dengue cases by 91%
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. [A] technique that modifies ...
National Academies wants more research before using gene-drive to control disease spread
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. [O]rganisms that have been ...
NASA to sequence DNA in space for first time
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Newly arrived space station ...
Is there genetic basis for why some people are transgender?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Why are girls born as ...
NASA to sequence DNA in space for first time
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Newly arrived space station ...
Ribosomal DNA may hold key to heritable diseases
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The study...by [the] University of ...
Gene linked to Alzheimer’s may cause developmental disorders in children
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The gene that makes ...
Longevity is increasing: Can we extend our lifespan, one gene at a time?
How much do "good genes" matter? In some countries, average lifespan is creeping towards 90. New research is beginning to ...
Independent academic study finds GMOs not major factor in Indian farmer suicides
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In India, it is ...
Environmental Working Group’s Dirty Dozen pesticide food list designed to promote organics
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In an [Environmental Working ...
Scientists suspect link between red hair, freckles and skin cancer
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. [S]cientists are beginning to ...
Can humans healthily live to 150?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. [W]hile a long life ...
Neurons regrow connections in lab, challenging conventional dogma about mammalian brain
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Researchers at Stanford University ...
FDA resumes trial using genetically engineered cancer-killing cells two days after patient deaths
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Federal regulators on [July ...
Why is information on tumor-causing genes hard for patients to access?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In the world of ...
Diabetes may stem from mistakes in ‘common’ genes
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A study examining the ...
National Cancer Institute’s latest focus: Breast cancer genetics in black women
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. [On July 2016,] the ...
Could synthetic biology become tomorrow’s richest industry?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. [E]conomic growth comes down ...
Scientist develop ‘biofortified’ canola seed for production of oil with heart-healthy fats
Canola oil is one of the healthiest plant derived oils humans regularly consume--and soon it may get even healthier ...
ACLU to Myriad Genetics: Patients, not companies, own personal genetic data
Myriad Genetics is back in another legal dispute. This time it's in hot water for denying patients a portion of ...
Trial involving genetically engineered cancer-killing cells halted over patient deaths
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Three patients in a ...
Media again mangles epigenetics: Shutting off ‘love hormone’ unlikely to make us less social
LA Times coverage of a study involving the 'moral molecule' overstates the science of epigenetics ...
Pioneer of ‘3-parent embryo’ seeks to move technique from lab animals to humans
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. [Shoukhrat Mitalipov]’s one of ...
Why haven’t we cured cancer?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. MEDICINE has done a ...
Where does cloning stand 20 years after Dolly the sheep?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Why are there no ...
“Embryonic” chimeras may solve critical organ shortage
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The idea of a ...
Biotech companies now using CEOs as human guinea pigs for new drugs
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. As CEO of biotech ...
