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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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 ...
President Obama explains why America needs precision medicine
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. HEALTH CARE is always ...
Fear, confusion block acceptance of potentially life saving GMO goat milk
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . . .[S]cientists ...
Dentists may start using stem cells to fix teeth
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Since the 1700s, people ...
Medsphere CEO calls for Human Genome Project for mental illness
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The Human Genome Project ...
Genetic test can predict Alzheimer’s disease risk in teens, but how accurate is it?
A new test predicts Alzheimer's disease risk in young people, but experts question how accurate it really is ...
Newest genetic test can predict Alzheimer’s risk at very young ages
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. New research into the ...
Should scientific community embrace germ line gene therapy?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Until now, only one ...
Nature editorial urges FDA to tighten stem cell regulation
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. You may have heard ...
Designer babies would allow parents to select child they feel most fit to raise, says bioethicist
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The stream of breakthroughs ...
Loosening regulations on stem cell therapies could hurt and help patients
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. On both coasts, campaigns ...
Mosquito mysteries: Genetics of bite vulnerability
Scientists think there is a genetic component to who gets bitten most, but popular reports ignore a slew of other ...
Debunking Naturally Savvy’s ‘Top Ten Reasons to Avoid GMOs’
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A few days ago, ...
CRISPR may destroy herpes virus present within almost all humans
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Almost all of us ...
Florida community split on using GM mosquitoes against Zika
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. With Zika creeping north ...
Dolly the Sheep’s creator wants to create ‘biobank’ to preserve endangered animals
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A modern-day “ark” that ...
Rise in unproven U.S. stem cell clinics worry experts
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. According to experts, a ...
Have media, scientists overstated what in biology epigenetics can explain?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Epigenetic marks are undoubtedly ...
Many environmentalists dismiss best way to reduce pesticide use– GMOs
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. But what really catalyzed [Walter ...
Molecular markers may predict brain tumor treatment outcomes
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Researchers have developed a new ...
Adult brain constantly rearranges itself in response to smell
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Scientists from the Institut ...
