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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Artificial DNA acts just like the real thing. Does that mean we should we make it?
We know we can create 'artificial DNA'. The real questions are: Should we? and To What end? Should there be ...
Children with motor neuron disorder treated with gene therapy for first time
Eleven-year-old Hannah Sames's curls were the first thing her parents, Lori and Matt, noticed when she was born. "Their other ...
Why personal genomics company 23andMe now worth more than $1 billion
Genetic analytics company 23andMe reported via a regulatory filing that it had raised $79 million in a Series E venture capital round ...
Do our genes dictate how much sleep we need each night?
What would you do if you had 60 days of extra free time a year? Ask Abby Ross, a retired ...
Misconceptions about genetic testing still too common among public
A recent Ars feature story about genetic screening generated quite a lively debate in the discussion thread. However, it also ...
Epigenetic ‘eraser’ can reset behavior, disease vulnerability and life experiences
Many epigenetic changes that occur in humans in genetic response to the environment are erased within the embryo. Certain diseases, ...
GMO cereal plant that produces omega-3 fish oil, which could promote healthier diet, successful in landmark trials
A genetically-modified cereal crop that produces fish oil in its seeds has been grown successfully for the first time in ...
Are Jews a genetic ‘race’ or ‘population’? 12 examples of Jewish genetic distinctiveness
Jewish communities around the word share certain genetic traits with each other — some of which they also share with surrounding populations. These ...
Fungal infection research targets drug resistance in search of better treatments
A study by a multidisciplinary research team, co-directed by Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), offers new insights into how virulent fungi ...
Things to know about women suffering from depression
While I don’t head out each day holding a placard that reads “ASK ME ABOUT MY DEPRESSION,” the subject comes ...
Brain confusion: Why it’s so difficult to find cures for mental disorders
Many mental illnesses still defy treatment. The problem may be that we do not "know" how the brain functions very ...
Farmers caught in political debate whether herbicide glyphosate, used with GMOs, causes cancer
When Ron Krahn heard that a branch of the World Health Organization announced that glyphosate — the popular herbicide he ...
Understanding the biology of addictive behavior
Once, addictions were viewed as failures of character and morals, and society responded to drunks and junkies with shaming, scolding ...
Why China won’t agree to moratorium on human embryonic gene modification?
In March, a group of US scientists requested scientists around the world to not genetically modify human embryos. They argue that the ...
Biological basis of chronic fatigue syndrome offers hope for breakthrough cure
Having a condition that no one understands is bad enough. Having one that many also doubt the existence of is ...
Bed bugs’ odd genetic inheritance might help manage infestations
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. We already know that ...
Genetics suggest wheat gluten allergies mostly imaginary
Some of the anti-glutenists argue that we haven’t eaten wheat for long enough to adapt to it as a species ...
Should everyone be tested for high-risk cancer genes?
About 1,500 patients at risk of hereditary cancer are seen each year in Ireland. Most of these cases are related ...
Ebola survivors’ blood may offer way to fight any disease
Past Ebola outbreaks killed as many as 90 percent of the people who got the disease. This most recent one ...
Measles virus’s high transmissibility further stresses importance of vaccination
In its bulletin the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, the CDC said that a toddler traveling from India gave a Minneapolis man measles when the ...
Antibiotics may exert long-lasting effects on gut microbiome
Even short pulses of widely used antibiotics can lead to long-term development changes in mouse pups, including increased body mass ...
Friends of the Earth ‘investigation’ of GMO science supporters dismissed as “contrived”
Like a previous report from food activist Michele Simon a few years ago (Best PR Money Can Buy) the Alliance for ...
Could Africa’s own indigenous ‘superfoods’ rival GMOs?
Superfoods exist in Africa thanks not to the genius and beneficence of a foreign company, but rather through millennia of ...
Chimera alert? Myths and facts of human-non-human animal hybrids in medicine
Science is making leaps and bounds creating part human and part non-human animal tissues and organs. The applications are medical, ...
Are we ready to genetically modify humans to eliminate heritable diseases?
The application of transgenic technology to medicine is rarely discussed. Much of the reason, I think, is that many people ...
Researchers look into animal genomes in search of causes of human diseases
Precision medicine still struggles with a basic problem: understanding how genomic context can amplify or mute the effects of isolated mutations ...
