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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Mayo Clinic encourages precision medicine to treat depression
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. By combining an electronic ...
Concerns arise after stem cell study for ALS causes pain in patients
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A discussion on ethics ...
Six consequences for consumers of labeling GMOs
What will happen if GMO labeling becomes required? Here are 6 real consequences for consumers ...
NFL’s 49ers, biotech company join forces to recruiting fans for genome research
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Donating blood is not ...
Scientists believe drug response connected to ancestry, not race
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Each year in the ...
CRISPR ignites clash between two inventors and their ethics
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Every decade or so, ...
Genetics-based fitness plans may loom in far future
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The pitch is tough ...
2016 World Food Prize goes to scientists who developed biofortified sweet potato
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A handful of scientists ...
Chinese startup plans on using DNA to create digital health avatars
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A Chinese start-up company, ...
Analysis on specific genetic pathways may uncover roots of autism
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The number of genetic ...
Rhesus macaques provide scientists with model to study Zika, could lead to vaccine, treatments
Our fight against the Zika virus may have gotten a big lift with the announcement of a working primate model ...
Adrian Dubock, Golden Rice scientist: Greenpeace, GMO critics misrepresent humanitarian project
In a letter sent exclusively to GLP, a leader of the Golden Rice project speaks out against recent criticisms of ...
Facing deadline, farmer backlash, EU reauthorizes herbicide glyphosate for 18 months
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The European Commission is ...
Germs found on transit system barely pose threat, despite popular belief
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The subway is crowded--and ...
Scientists believe they have uncovered all major genes linked to bowel cancer
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. According to a study by ...
Genetic evidence may direct Alzheimer’s research away from amyloid beta as cause
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Previous research has revolved ...
Nature editorial: Gene therapy must proceed slowly in light of past perils
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Despite having a condition ...
In Zika fight, should we prioritize our environment over human lives?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Zika is a real ...
Do GMO mosquitoes designed to eradicate Zika pose unique environmental risks?
Could we live without mosquitos? Maybe, but something else might take their place ...
Health experts provide differing views on cancer moonshot initiative
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In advance of the National ...
Early CRISPR advocate urges biotech peers to consider communal impacts, perform science in the open from the earliest stages
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Two years ago, Kevin ...
Ten years after discovery, induced stem cells revolutionizing research, but not yet medicine
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In June 2006, Shinya ...
Could CRISPR on humans spell end to heart disease, high cholesterol and diabetes?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Could gene editing spell ...
By excluding industry’s glyphosate studies, IARC dismisses most relevant research says critic
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A little more than ...
Seagulls may aid spread of E. coli strain that resists ‘last-resort antibiotic’
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. According to the Center ...
What determines our personality: Genetics, environment, or both?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. According to a study published ...
Should patients have choice of knowing their personal genetic information?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Personal genome sequencing may ...
