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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Planned Parenthood fetal tissue and abortion controversy moves to the courts
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The Center for Medical ...
Pig in us: Xenotransplantation and new age of chimeric organs
Xenotransplantation may move beyond just valves to entire scaffolds of pig organs, refurbished with human cells that make the organ ...
Using CRISPR gene editing to shut down mosquitoes as disease carriers
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Mosquitoes are a key ...
Guardian: Benefits of embryonic genome editing worth the risks
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. More than 10,000 diseases ...
‘GMO-free’ marketing: Targeting your health or your wallet?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Companies are changing their ...
Transgenic animals that could fight diseases in developing world blocked by indifference
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. UC Davis professor, Dr ...
Primate Ebola vaccine slowed by US ban on chimp testing
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. An animal welfare victory ...
Antipsychotics given to patients without mental illness despite questions of effectiveness and risks
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Antipsychotic drugs are widely ...
Rare disease causing uncontrollable bone growth may soon have cure
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva is ...
Genes may be responsible for your insatiable sweet tooth
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Ever find yourself fantasizing ...
Is the genetic imprint of traumatic experiences passed on to our children?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. As convention has it, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Just what the public is clamoring for: Non-GMO not tested on animals condoms
Question: Are they edible? ...
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 ...
