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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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 ...
Stem cell debate at the center of hockey legend Gordie Howe’s last years
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Internationally known as “Mr ...
Where Clinton and Trump stand on biotechnology and medicine
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. When Hillary Clinton announced ...
Your family’s genetic history does not determine your future
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The relationship between DNA ...
Claims organic food better for health, animals, planet ‘marketing hype’
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . . [E]verywhere ...
Conventional milk can be just as nutritious, beneficial for cows, farmers as organic
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . . .“Organic” ...
Janet Jackson pregnant at 50: Should aging moms and dads facing pregnancy worry?
Janet Jackson and her husband are now part of a growing trend of older parents, conventional wisdom says they should ...
Ethical questions surround China’s plans for full-body transplants
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Six years ago, Wang ...
FDA chief promotes new online tool for Precision Medicine Initiative
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The Obama administration has ...
CDC forms Zika response teams but expects only scattering of cases
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. U.S. health officials plan ...
Breakthroughs in growing human tissue create excitement in biotech market
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. For decades, scientists and ...
Gene driving to combat insect-borne diseases: Powerful tool requiring science diplomacy
Gene drives raise ethical and practical concerns. What are the communication challenges? ...
Why men like women’s curves: How big a role has evolution played?
Evidence has been building in support of the belief that sexual attraction is hardwired, linked to evolution. But the case ...
Google shoots and misses with biotech innovations
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Google employees, squeezed onto ...
Video: Will new genetic testing methods open doors for better treatment?
Illnesses can sometimes run in families. Inherited genetic mutations can increase a person’s risk of developing different diseases – from ...
Is Big Biotech starting to resemble Big Pharma?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. As drug developers and ...
‘3 person IVF’ closer to reality as cure for mitochondrial diseases
Scientists in the UK have taken a major step forward in perfecting '3 person IVF' embryos—a major step towards curing ...
