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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Should GMO drugs be perceived differently than GMO food?
Many of the same people who express outrage over genetic modification because it 'tinkers with Nature' are silent or supportive ...
Autism Speaks launching largest open-access genome database for autism research
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Autism Speaks, the world's ...
Gene causes nearsightedness in bookworm kids
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Scientists at Columbia University ...
Obesity linked to birth order, with highest risk in eldest siblings
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Your position in your ...
Chemo drug uses cells’ natural defense mechanism to slow cancer growth
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A type of chemotherapy ...
How much access to DNA databases should be shared with public?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. After dozens of unsuccessful ...
Couple wins ‘wrongful birth’ case after prenatal DNA test missed defects
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In a unanimous decision, ...
Was there really an ‘autism epidemic’ in Silicon Valley?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Fifteen years ago, Steve ...
Want to make money off genome sequencing? There’s an app for that
Helix, a growing DNA sequencing company, moves into direct-to-consumer genetics with a plan for the first genome app store. Will ...
Séralini and other researchers critical of GMOs publish study claiming glyphosate may lead to liver, kidney problems, but scientists skeptical
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Long-term exposure to tiny ...
Are all neurodegenerative diseases caused by faulty proteins?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A review published in ...
Heredity increasingly vital for understanding cancer risk
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The discovery of the ...
New Sierra Leone Ebola case proves setback in effort to end epidemic
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Health experts in Sierra ...
Designer viruses and precision medicine: New findings for the future of gene therapies
Precision and personalized medicine have at their heart the promise of targeting diseases with specialized therapies specific to certain types ...
GMO gluten-free wheat could be savior for celiac sufferers, but anti-biotech campaigners block it
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Wheat is one of the ...
Acclaimed neurologist and writer Oliver Sacks dies at 82
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Oliver Sacks, the neurologist ...
‘Female viagra’ flibanserin tested for alcohol safety, but almost exclusively in men
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Flibanserin, the drug for ...
Is potential Ohio Down syndrome abortion ban legally, morally justifiable?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The Ohio legislature is ...
Just what the public is clamoring for: Non-GMO not tested on animals condoms
Question: Are they edible? ...
Throat bacteria show possible link between schizophrenia and microbiome
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. No one is quite ...
How scientists evaluate potential health problems of GMOs
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. One major public concern ...
Computer simulation reveals how cancer cells evolve
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Could Charles Darwin help ...
Could doctors use CRISPR to ‘fix’ broken DNA?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Today, medicine recognizes more ...
Black death plague is back; Correction it never left, thanks to evolution
Yes, the dreaded plague still haunts it. Why? Because as with any species, the bacteria that cause the disease have ...
A mess: PLOS mistakenly publishes rejected ADHD-herbicide paper, retracts it
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. PLOS One has retracted ...
Baby brain: Do women really suffer cognitive deficits during childbirth?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. As many as four ...
Jimmy Carter’s cancer revelation: What do you do with a family history of cancer?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. One look at President ...
