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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Precision medicine–Next new thing or over hyped bust? (Or both?)
Precision medicine struggles to fulfill its promise as a next generation solution to disease prevention ...
Cancer drug trials lead to discovery of ‘epigenetic survival response’
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The natural world has ...
Computers with human-like intelligence put to medical use
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Artificial intelligence (AI) can ...
Daraprim, ‘Pharma bro’ brouhaha highlights ugly side of drug industry
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. By now, you’ve probably heard of ...
Are individuals responsible for their own obesity?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Chronic diseases, their origins, ...
You’re constantly enveloped in your own microbial ‘fingerprint’
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Hygiene obsessives – your ...
Does Alzheimer’s genetic test harm more than help?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. At the University of ...
Whole exome sequencing to be offered at lowest price yet
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A company formed by ...
Deeply religious Jimmy Carter embraces cutting edge science in cancer battle
Former President Jimmy Carter is doing what he can to prevent nature from running its malignant course, undergoing immunotherapy, which ...
Can physicians combat GMO misinformation?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Beyond the day-to-day treatment of ...
Is slippery slope argument against human embryo gene editing overblown?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. “It is up to ...
Can a brain continue to work after death?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Some neuroscientists believe it ...
Empower seeds through meditation? India’s Ag Minister endorses peace, love and Yogic Agriculture
Forget fertilizer; if you send tomatoes good vibrations of “peace, love and divinity” they will grow more vigorously ...
Pills with sensors to alert doctors up for government approval
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Getting people to take their ...
Genome sequencing has revolutionized treatment of rare disorders
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The last two years ...
Kidneys lab-grown from stem cells function successfully in animals
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Scientists say they are ...
UK scientists apply for first-ever human embryo gene editing license
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Scientists in London have ...
Are antibiotics, plight of gut microbes responsible for obesity epidemic?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Eat less, move more ...
Genes, diet, exercise predict risk of vision loss in older women
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Researchers from the University ...
Controversial recommendation: American College of Medical Geneticists warns against Alzheimer gene tests
Citing inconclusive results and lack of medical treatments, the national authority on genetic testing recommends against not to test for ...
Vegan makes case for GMOs
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Some people think that ...
First ever petri dish human sperm reportedly grown in France
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Can we really make ...
Non-medical sex selection enforces gender stereotypes, disregards realities of sex
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Using sex selection to ...
Skin microbes help fight off bacterial infections
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. To understand whether the ...
Was ‘Plague of Athens’ 2,400 years ago actually an Ebola epidemic?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In the summer of ...
Genetic testing lags for mental illness, forces parents to internet
Genetic counseling for potential mental illness in children should be just as responsive as counseling for "physical" disease. Right now, ...
Computer scientist, holistic nutritionist claim GMOs, glyphosate cause concussions
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. MIT computer scientist and ...
