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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Can microbes be a cause, and cure, for Alzheimer’s?
One great frustration of longer-living humans is that millions of us will one day lose our minds. Our essence will whither ...
New IVF genetic screening technique gives newborns disease-free birth
Melbourne IVF was the first clinic in the state to introduce karyomapping, a test that allows couples to screen the ...
Genetics may open door to new treatments of mental disorders
Mental disorders are notoriously hard to treat. We now know that many psychological diseases are rooted in our DNA. That's ...
Legionnaires bacteria discovered in more NYC buildings as death toll rises
Twelve people have died from Legionnaires' disease amid the largest outbreak the city has experienced in its history, Mayor de Blasio ...
Scientists, fearing safety, silent as Planned Parenthood attacked for sale of fetal issue
In recent weeks, it’s been nearly impossible not to hear people — presidential candidates, attorneys general, lawmakers, pundits, outraged relatives ...
Pollinator myth: Are bees responsible for one third of global food, heightening crisis? More like 7%
Aren’t bees responsible for a third of the world’s food, and 90 percent of global nutrition — claims invoked by ...
Science fiction? Hollywood weighs in on GMOs
Actress and lifestyle guru Gwyneth Paltrow recently appeared on Capitol Hill to promote GMO labeling. We applaud her willingness to get involved in the political ...
Dementia more common as population ages, but is it an epidemic?
Another day, another alarming brain-related story hits the news: Dementia is striking victims earlier and death rates are soaring Modern ...
Ethnic groups fear of personal genomics could hurt disenfranchised communities
A decade ago, biologist Ting Wu saw a need to promote education and interest in genetics among consumers, as well ...
‘Blood on their hands’? Withdrawal of Golden Rice study for non science reasons feeds anti-GMO fervor
A 2012 article in the nutrition literature might have been the most momentous contribution to public health worldwide since Dr. Jonas Salk’s announcement ...
Neil Young embraces GMOs to prolong his life, but tries to block benefits for others
Neil Young: Grammy-award winning musician and GMO-hater? That’s the clear message from Young’s latest album, released earlier this summer. “The Monsanto Years,” ...
Tiny petri dish ‘organoids’ aren’t perfect, but show big promise
It was an otherwise normal day in November when Madeline Lancaster realized that she had accidentally grown a brain. For ...
Sorry, Paleo-dieters: Big human brain needs carbs to evolve
A new study, co-written by researchers from the University of Sydney, challenges the belief that meat deserves all the credit [for ...
New Ebola vaccine may reshape regulation of clinical drug trials
When Ebola broke out in West Africa in December 2013, triggering the largest-ever epidemic of the disease, there was no ...
Can our body’s immune system become cancer-fighting machine?
Monash University researchers have discovered the way in which a common blood cancer thrives by concealing itself from the body’s ...
Legos and Mark Ruffalo explain promises and perils of synthetic biology
Synthetic biology is proving to be one of the most promising areas of science. So far, it's given us a source of ...
Artificial blood vessels synthesized to resist clotting
Researchers from ITMO University in Russia say they have developed artificial blood vessels that reportedly are not susceptible to blood ...
Planned Parenthood offers mobile app for at-home STD test
Planned Parenthood won't allow their mission to fall behind. Knowing the future of their success in keeping men and women ...
Human brain: ‘Squishy machine with chemical gears and switches’
The fields of behavioral and psychiatric genetics – which try to parse out how our genes affect what we do ...
Should doctors have authority to decide gender of intersex babies?
Roughly one in every 2,000 babies in the U.S. are born with a range of traits that fall somewhere along the ...
Why haven’t bioethicists come to aid of Freddie Gray?
When the news of Freddie Gray’s death became public, I was greeted by a surprising but familiar bioethical silence. Surprising ...
CDC requests funding from Congress to fight antibiotic resistance
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning that illnesses and deaths from antibiotic resistance will rise in the U.S. unless ...
GMOs are a touchy subject at the dinner table. Is thoughtful debate possible?
The subject of GMOs can whip pleasant dinner conversation into an ugly froth. It’s a complicated issue, produced with complicated science. Worse, many ...
Micro device gives doctors peek into brain tissue during surgery
A dipstick inserted into the brain can check its energy levels, just like checking oil levels in a car. The ...
East meets west: How biotechnology accelerates shrinking of global economic divide
If current economic growth trends persist, the “great divergence” between Western Europe and East and South Asia in per capita ...
