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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Socializing makes chimp microbiome more diverse
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Social interactions play a ...
Ultrasound may help cancer drugs penetrate blood-brain barrier
The blood-brain barrier serves as a major obstacle for treating brain cancers, but several groups are having success forcing the ...
States with more farmers’ markets have more outbreaks of food posioning
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. From 1994 to 2014, ...
Blurred line between hemophilia patients, drug sellers raises ethical questions
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. LaQuenta Caldwell-Moody considered it ...
What would it take to cure cancer?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. On January 12 Pres ...
Advisory issued to pregnant women after Zika virus detected in Hawaii
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The United States has ...
Ebola-linked death causes new concern in recovering Sierra Leone
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Sierra Leone's government has ...
CBS News: Anti-GMO movement hurts poor, hungry
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. ...What no one disputes ...
Companies make big bucks by making you afraid of chemicals
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Most people don’t realize ...
What do you agree to when your DNA is tested?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Getting your DNA sequenced ...
Man claims to have fathered 800 children through years of unlicensed sperm donations
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Simon Watson, 41, has ...
China putting forth largest initiative in precision medicine research
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Formidable capacity in genome ...
Chipotle to shut down all US restaurants on one day to address food poisoning crisis
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Following successive food poisoning ...
Are products touted as supporting ‘healthy gut-biome’ scamming consumers?
The microbiome is a promising area of research for disease treatments. Just avoid the scams ...
USDA: Pesticide residues in food below allowable levels, not safety risk
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The U.S. Department of ...
Artificial insemination’s rocky ethical start
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The first physician to ...
Study reveals heritability of several types of cancer
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A new study published ...
Patient groups want tighter regulation for biosimilar drugs
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Twenty-three patient groups have sent ...
How much will good, quality sperm cost you?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The price for a ...
Why there are no long term GMO studies on humans
A very common criticism of GMOs is that the government doesn't require clinical trials the same way we do for ...
How does biotechnology reconcile ties to big bad pharmaceuticals industry?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. As the CEO of ...
Could single vaccine treat all types of cancer?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Precision medicine has been ...
First diagnoses signal success of 100,000 Genomes Project
The first children to receive a genetic diagnosis through the 100,000 Genomes Project have been given their results at Great ...
Is ‘all-natural’ becoming synonymous with ‘buyer beware?’
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Last spring, there was ...
Should healthy patients with disease genes be told of their genetic risks?
Many people with gene variants that might cause disease have a very low risk of getting sick. Telling patients may ...
5,300-year-old Iceman may have suffered from bacterial ulcers
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Wracked by arthritis, bitten ...
CRISPR-based gene therapy may provide cure to Duchenne muscular dystrophy
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In an amazing, salutary ...
