Health
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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IVF doesn’t cause low sperm counts in boy babies—Genes do
Media coverage of a recent study about infertility among boys who were conceived through IVF highlights that many misunderstand how ...
How stem cell technology could revolutionize our food, medicine in our lifetime
Here are five benefits of stem cell research that we are likely to see within our lifetimes: ... 1. Regenerative ...
House committee to grill NIH over financial support for UN IARC agency accused of science bias
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is being called ... to explain why it gave tens of millions of dollars to the ...
LipidSeq: Cheaper, more accurate genetic test for high cholesterol
In a recent study conducted by the University of Western Ontario, researchers develop a new genetic testing method called LipidSeq ...
Is society ready for genetically modified humans, designer babies?
We single out the industrial revolutions of the past as major turning points in human history because they marked major ...
Brain scans reveal how one small fib snowballs into a whopper
A study of what goes on in the brain when someone tells a lie could offer a biological explanation for why untruths often ...
How America’s top bioterror cop patrols for warning signs of an attack
As a supervisory special agent in the weapons of mass destruction directorate in the FBI’s Washington, D.C., headquarters, [Edward You] ...
Autism gene? Rare tumor helps build map of how disorder works
The genetics surrounding autism has been the focus of many researchers’ investigations. MIT scientists recently reversed symptoms of autism through gene ...
Epigenetics and disease: No easy answers
How can epigenetics, the systems that turn genes off and on, help us understand disease? It may take a while ...
What adult ADHD, alcohol abuse and binge eating have in common: Heredity
Symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in adulthood are strongly associated with alcohol use problems and binge eating disorder, ...
Bipolar disorder’s biological basis, how lithium works as treatment
[O]ver the years, lithium has remained a standby treatment [for bipolar disorder]. “It’s still arguably one of the best medications,” ...
Scientist’s video cook-off: Conventional hash browns vs. Simplot’s Innate non-browning potatoes
Plant pathologist Dr. Steve Savage, does a cooking demonstration using conventional potatoes and GMO non-browning potatoes to make hash browns. The GMO ...
How our Neanderthal ancestry helps us survive in the modern world
For the most part, [the DNA we inherited from Neanderthals] has been detrimental...[Neanderthal DNA] has been blamed for increasing risk of depression, ...
Is EPA’s registration review of glyphosate being delayed for political reasons?
The Environmental Protection Agency appears to be punting a final decision on the safety of a controversial weedkiller into the ...
Vaccine may soon help patients fight Alzheimer’s (along with some red wine)
Five million people in the US today struggle with Alzheimer’s...and approximately 47 million globally are stricken, this being the most ...
Brain gene may be key to developing medications for Down syndrome
Although it’s clear that Down Syndrome is a genetic disorder caused by the occurrence of an extra chromosome, the exact genes, ...
Jet lag: Airplane oxygen levels could be key to resetting our biological clock
A small shift in the oxygen levels in the air could act as a "reset" button for the biological clock, ...
Shining a literal light on schizophrenia and other brain disorders
Creating an effective treatment for schizophrenia requires a better understanding of its biology, of the genes that cause it. Using ...
Happy and sad memories are genetically controlled
A new study from MIT finds that [positive and negative emotions] are controlled by two populations of neurons that are ...
Full Zika DNA sequence found in semen may help reveal how disease is sexually transmitted
Researchers have found the first full DNA sequence of the Zika virus from a semen sample, according to a study ...
Obama’s cancer initiative to include NASA joint venture focus on radiation therapy
The White House’s cancer moonshot, the future of which Vice President Joe Biden outlined in a new report on [Oct ...
Does one genetic glitch determine risk of both autism and schizophrenia?
From their earliest descriptions, schizophrenia and autism have been inextricably linked. ... Studies from the past several years show that ...
Should we sequence DNA of healthy newborn babies?
Genome sequencing is supposed to be the future of medicine — a revolution that will bring about a new age ...
Gene editing used to produce soybean oil with less trans fats
Due to high levels of polyunsaturated fatty acids, soybean oil has poor oxidative and frying stability, which limits its use ...
Could doctors use DNA tests to screen for opiate addiction?
[Part of] what makes addiction so complex is that one might have a family history or genetic profile...and not develop ...
Obese women give birth to ‘biologically older’ babies
Women who are overweight while pregnant are more likely to have babies who are biologically older than those born to ...
Lack of racial diversity in DNA databases spurs errors identifying disease-causing genes
The Exome Aggregation Consortium, or ExAC, is a simple idea. It combines sequences for the protein-coding region of the genome...allowing ...
