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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Gene mutation linked to aggression and healthy body weight
Acting aggressive and reckless when drunk could be a sign that you’re a complete jerk, or it could be an ...
Parents turn to Prozac and other unproven drugs to help children with Down’s syndrome
Drugs that change the chemistry and structure of the brain could boost the intelligence of people with Down’s syndrome...[However, s]uch ...
Genetics key to why world’s greatest solo climber doesn’t feel fear
[Alex] Honnold is history’s greatest ever climber in the free solo style, meaning he ascends without a rope or protective ...
Curing diseases with embryonic stem cells proving much harder than expected
[N]o field of biotechnology has promised more and delivered less in the way of treatments than embryonic stem cells. Only ...
Potential benefits of human-animal chimeras vastly outweigh risks
If we had a cheap and unlimited supply of healthy organs for transplant, it wouldn’t just transform the lives of ...
Genes may play key role in timing of your first child, number of children you have
[W]hether you're 16 or 40 when you decide to have sex for the first time, you may think the choice ...
University of Pennsylvania’s Ashley Winslow uses crowdsourcing to hunt down genetics of depression
University of Pennsylvania's Ashley Winslow talks clinical depression, using crowdsourcing to find genetic markers ...
New Zealand’s EPA finds glyphosate ‘unlikely to be carcinogenic’
The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) commissioned Dr Wayne Temple, a toxicologist and former Director of the New Zealand National Poisons ...
Faulty stem cell clinics proliferate in Australia, leading to deaths
Australia has among the world’s highest concentrations of stem cell businesses advertising medical and cosmetic treatments online, despite a lack ...
Sensationalist media coverage of gene therapy provokes ethical concerns
Media coverage of trials related to gene therapy has portrayed the clinical research rollercoaster. [Recently], The New York Times ran ...
Video: CRISPR set to alter what it means to be human—is that so bad?
With the advent of CRISPR, a new age of genetic engineering promises to change everything we know about what it ...
Epigenetic Zs: Could a bad night’s sleep alter your genes?
Sleep deprivation can not only ruin your day, it may change your DNA ...
UC Davis prof argues three-person IVF not same as “life-saving treatment”
UC Davis Assistant Professor of Philosophy Tina Rulli published a report titled "What is the Value of Three-Parent IVF?"...If you have ...
Scientists may have found gene behind hyper-sociability
[H]umans are social beings, an evolutionary trait that helped separate us from other primates millions of years ago...These genetic underpinnings ...
Over-heated fears of eugenics linger over today’s genetic research, threatening advances
'Genes can have up to 80 per cent of influence on students' academic performance.' When I saw that headline recently, ...
Gene therapy revolution must address new ethical questions
[In 2015], the United States federal budget included a rider banning certain types of gene therapy research, and that has ...
Massive growth in participants signals Human Genome’s “Facebook moment”
In June [2016], 4.1 petabytes of cancer data went online on a new platform...called the Genomic Data Commons. Four petabytes ...
Scientists see genes switching off in live human brains for first time
The switching-off of genes in the human brain has been watched live for the first time. By comparing this activity ...
Olympic health update: Zika vaccines, GMO mosquitoes, and snake oils
There's progress on a vaccine to combat as well as biotech solutions but there are also fake Zika solutions being ...
Machine learning helps uncover genetics of autism
Researchers at Princeton and the Simons Foundation turned the traditional approach on its head, teaching a machine learning algorithm to ...
Scientists already looking for better alternatives to CRISPR
The CRISPR–Cas9 tool enables scientists to alter genomes practically at will...But for all the devotion, CRISPR–Cas9 has its limitations. It ...
Gene therapy recovery drug for $665,000 offered with money back guarantee
A gene therapy will be offered for sale in Europe with a money-back guarantee, according to GlaxoSmithKline, the company commercializing ...
Will epigenetics play central role in advancement of precision medicine?
For many treatments it remains to be proven whether a drug's epigenetic actions, rather than another mechanism such as stimulation ...
Does genetics separate Olympians from everyone else?
For decades, scientists have been studying the role of nature and nurture in producing Olympic athletes...What they've learned is that ...
Regulators find no harm in GM mosquitoes despite public concern
A type of genetically modified mosquito made by the British company Oxitec should pose no danger to the environment, US ...
Gene doping could actually make Olympics fairer
There have yet to be any confirmed cases of athletes genetically enhancing their bodies. But this could be because none ...
Microbiome may bring revolution in personalized medicine
The microbiome...has the potential to change the way we diagnose and treat the most critical diseases of our time... [E]ach ...
