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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WHO’s IARC’s new target: Red meat, which may be classified, along with glyphosate, as carcinogen
In March, the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) made headlines when it declared that glyphosate, ...
Genetic analysis shows prostate cancer to be five distinct diseases
Scientists have discovered that prostate cancer could in fact be five different diseases, in research that may change the way the ...
What you need to know about surrogacy
Surrogacy is a complex and often controversial practice. Here's a primer on the advantages and disadvantages of surrogacy options ...
Ebola epidemic continues in West Africa, off media’s radar
When I told people earlier this month that I was off to West Africa again to cover the Ebola outbreak, ...
Promising MERS vaccine could prevent future outbreaks
Breathe easy, the South Korean public have been told. The outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) is over. There ...
CRISPR modifies human T cell genome, offering future AIDS therapy
Investigators from the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) have developed a new strategy to precisely modify human T cells using CRISPR/Cas9—implications ...
High IQ, long lifespan share common genetic underpinnings
By analysing data from twins, researchers found that 95 percent of the link between intelligence and lifespan is genetic. They ...
Cancer cells are ‘cheaters’ in Darwin’s vision of evolution
Maybe it was in “some warm little pond,” Charles Darwin speculated in 1871, that life on Earth began. A few simple chemicals ...
#CRISPRfacts media debate over Wired’s hype of gene editing technique
On July 21, WIRED magazine released its August issue with a cover story on the controversial new gene-editing technique CRISPR. Under the headline “The Genesis ...
Antibiotic resistant bacteria found in Australian wildlife raise public health concerns
Researchers have discovered antibiotic resistance genes are spreading to bacteria of Australian wildlife, which is worrying given the animals have ...
Personalized medicine, advanced genome coding advance to vastly improve medical care
We each have a biological map — the human genome — that can tell doctors a lot about us. By ...
Imperfect vaccines may be making viruses stronger
The vaccines widely used by humans today — especially those used to protect children against mumps, measles, and other potentially deadly ...
Some antibiotic-resistant bacteria can become even more virulent
We used to think that antibiotic resistance came at a cost for bacteria, making them weaker. It turns out that ...
Breast reconstruction surgery receiving boost from stem cell technique
It’s hard to pin down exactly how many people get mastectomies in the United States. According to the Journal of the ...
Don’t snooze, you lose: Sleep deprivation has long-lasting consequences for genes, health
There’s a new reason to go to bed on time: late nights, in addition to a multitude of health effects, ...
Gut dwelling hospital infection linked to supermarket meats
One of the most common and troubling infections that occur in healthcare may come from an unexpected source, according to ...
Biofortifying crops for better nutrition helps improve health of poorest
When I started my career as an economist 30 years ago, I had no idea that I would eventually work ...
New study challenges Moms Across America claim glyphosate present in mothers’ breastmilk
Washington State University scientists have found that glyphosate, the main ingredient in the herbicide Roundup, does not accumulate in mother's ...
Natural genetic mutations inspire promising bio-pharmaceutical treatments
Steven Pete can’t feel pain. Timothy Dreyer has bones several times thicker than the average human. Both conditions were caused ...
Antibiotic-resistant superbugs even deadlier than previously thought
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria may be tougher superbugs than previously thought: Not only are these bacteria harder to treat, they appear to ...
Star Trek, synbio and sustainable food: Will Friends of the Earth and other activists block the future?
Far as we are from instantaneous synthesis of food on command, advances in synbio and genetic engineering offer a glimpse ...
What has CRISPR accomplished in three years, and what are the dangers we’ll have to face?
Preeminent genetic researchers like David Baltimore, then at MIT, went to the Asilomar conference in 1975 to grapple with the ...
Is editing RNA the key to prolonging life?
If someone was going to attempt to stop aging, what would be the first step? Researchers at the Center for ...
US genetic health studies fail to accurately represent country’s ethnic makeup
The clock is ticking for experts charged with designing a U.S. government programme to collect genetic, physiological and other health ...
Cripr-Cas9 DNA editing opens world of possibilities—and Pandora’s box
Crispr-Cas9 makes it easy, cheap, and fast to move genes around—any genes, in any living thing, from bacteria to people ...
Some stem cell clinics offer costly, unproven procedures, in US and abroad
Stem cell treatments of various kinds are now widely available in America at more than 100 stem cell clinics offering ...
Can anything be done to stop the growing threat of antibiotic resistance?
Matt Cooper, a medical chemist at the University of Queensland, Australia, puffs out his cheeks and scratches his head. He’s ...
