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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We already live in world with eugenics
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Mention of eugenics inevitably ...
Ape-to-human, pig-to-human blood donations: Could xenotransfusions work?
Scientists have long known of blood similarities between humans and other animals, so why have xenotransfusions yet to become common ...
Researchers closer to understanding how Alzheimer’s gene works
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The allele apolipoprotein E ...
Zika outbreak prompts government recommendations to delay pregnancy until 2018
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Reacting to the rapid ...
China investing heavily to reshape their biotech industry to create new drugs
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. It’s been more than ...
How to evaluate GMO feeding studies
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Proper experimental design is ...
Some ‘junk’ DNA more than just extra baggage in genome
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Some of our genes ...
Chromosomal abnormality could theoretically create new human species
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In this age of ...
Do ‘preventative’ cancer screenings save lives?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. We’ve all been regaled ...
CDC believes Hawaii dengue outbreak may foreshadow Zika on mainland US
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A new report on ...
What next for Editas? First gene-editing company to go public
Is the Cambridge-based company Editas truly ready for the big time or is it trying to capitalize on technological hype? ...
How much power do we have over our own gut microbiome?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. We may be able ...
‘Healing thoughts’: Placebo effect or real science?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. For centuries, the idea ...
Scientists find evidence for congenital food allergies in umbilical cord blood
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Children prone to developing ...
Woman diagnoses own rare muscle disease, links mutation to Olympic medalist
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Two years ago, I ...
Safe, dissolvable brain sensors monitor pressure in skull
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. “I just took out ...
Could genetically engineered mosquitoes fight vector-borne diseases like dengue and Zika?
Can genetically engineering mosquitos control Zika and dengue? Field trials in Brazil may provide the answer ...
Latest lawsuit alleges that Chipotle tried to cover up norovirus outbreak
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Lawyers representing seven people ...
Studies touted by activists as showing negative health effects from GMOs challenged by researchers
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A number of widely ...
New improved IVF procedure can put end to ‘test tube’ babies
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The end of the ...
Lack of transparency from fertility clinics prompts egg donors to share stories
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. What will a young ...
After early struggles, ‘biopharming’ poised to make big impact on medicine
Biopharma, which almost disappeared as a technology, has returned, with a treatment for Ebola treatment, a drug producing chicken, and ...
Does liberal Marin County school district serve organic food with side of ‘miseducation?’
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Headlines before the start ...
Genetic analysis reveals striking diversity of Mexican people
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In the most comprehensive ...
Everything you need to know about Zika, virus that’s spreading like wildfire
What is known about the Zika virus, an infection linked to birth defects. Could it arrive in the United States ...
What will it take for cancer ‘moonshot’ cure to become reality?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. To anyone who follows ...
US government boosts efforts to identify genes linked to diseases
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Federal science officials have ...
