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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Swan song for antibiotics? Can phage therapy and gene editing fill the gap?
Antibiotics revolutionized medicine, but nature has found a work around. What tools are left for scientists? ...
CRISPR creates mini-organs for disease testing
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Traditionally, gene therapy efforts ...
Can precision medicine eliminate racial info gaps in health?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Race and medicine have ...
Should you make ‘life plan’ based on all your genetic risks?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Lee and his wife ...
Will self-limiting gene drive alleviate concerns over technology’s use?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. It’s a Catch-22. We ...
Gene editing drugs close in on approval, but could carry million dollar price tag
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Drugs that act by ...
Federal panel green lights first use of CRISPR in humans
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A federal biosafety and ...
Plant pathologist Steve Savage discusses issues with, myths about organic food
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In this episode of ...
Will CRISPR gene editing lead to new era of ‘personalized eugenics’?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Today's geneticists are able ...
Did Interbreeding with humans give dwindling Neanderthals new lease on life?
Did ancient human's arrival in Europe actually help Neanderthals and not hurt them as most popular theories suggest? ...
Gene that leads to cancer also responsible for complex life
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. How did life get ...
Challenging fear campaign against GMO mosquitoes
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. As suspicions continue about ...
IARC’s reassessment of coffee illustrates problems with its process, messaging
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . . [B]y ...
Years of stem cell research finally bearing medical applications
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Clinical stem cell applications ...
Genomic research must shift focus onto Africa to fight diseases
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Genomic research has proven ...
American philanthropist Bill Gates announces support for gene drive
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Bill Gates says that ...
SynBio tobacco plant that produces vital malaria drug met with skepticism by scientists
A vital—yet hard to manufacture—malaria drug can now be made easily via transgenic tobacco plants, yet many scientists are underwhelmed ...
Can gene therapy really help cure glioblastoma?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Glioblastoma is one of ...
Scientists can now deliver medicine with DNA ‘cage’ and flash of light
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Getting drugs to go ...
Gene therapy now consistently and effectively treating hemophilia
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Bill Maurits has hemophilia ...
Milk from GE goats may provide cheaper, life-saving cancer drugs
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The high cost of ...
Eve of Mars colonization: Moon as test base for pregnancy in fractional gravity
Before anyone attempts pregnancy on Mars, we need to be sure if that would work, but recently NASA announced plans ...
FDA says Whole Foods not adequately responsive to listeria, dripping pipes at MA facility
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The Food and Drug ...
Healthy and elderly? Genes for cognitive function matter more than those for longevity
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Most studies about disease ...
Evolutionary riddle: Why do women live longer than men?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Women live longer than ...
How our brains respond to mass shootings
Hollywood and the US government tend to share unrealistic scenarios for avoiding mass shootings. Neither accounts for how our brains ...
Sleep vital for learning, memory and healthy heart-rate
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Sleep is known to ...
