Cheap gene test may identify heart attack risk years in advance

Laura Donnelly | 
A £50 [or roughly $65] genetic test could identify people at risk of a heart attack decades in advance, and ...
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Video: Should we use genetic engineering to rid world of malaria?

Humans now have the power to attack and possibly eliminate one of our deadliest and most ancient enemies with the ...
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Researchers may have found key to cancer cure in four-strand DNA

Philip Perry | 
One problem with cancer treatments today is that they attack all cells indiscriminately. Chemotherapy for instance, hurts healthy cells and ...
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‘March Against Monsanto’ now promoting anti-vaccine myths

Alex Berezow | 
The international protest "March Against Monsanto" (MAM) was never based on truth. The movement perpetuated myths about GMOs to demonize a company ...

What Mr. X’s struggles with hemispatial neglect reveals about human consciousness

Michael Graziano | 
When I was a graduate student 25 years ago, I met a man I’ll call Mr. X, who had recently ...

Vacation effect? Relaxing getaways may alter behavior of stress and immune system genes

Kathryn Doyle | 
In a new study comparing a meditation retreat with just relaxing in the same locale, both options improved stress regulation, ...
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Genes for obesity do not prevent or hinder weight loss, scientists find

Tim Newman | 
Recent research into the genetics of obesity has uncovered a range of gene loci associated with body mass index (BMI) ...
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FDA’s new stem cell guidelines receive both praise and criticism

Alexandra Ossola | 
The [FDA's] new guidelines...clarify existing regulation by outlining what uses of human tissue can be offered to patients without FDA ...

Smoking has long lasting ‘footprint’ on human genome

A team of scientists headed Stephanie London...conducted a meta-analysis of DNA methylation sites across the human genome using blood samples ...

Low-calorie diet may delay onset of rogue elements that damage DNA

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A new study has found evidence that health becomes endangered when ageing cells lose control of rogue elements of DNA ...

Could genetics explain racial disparities in asthma deaths?

Paulette Parker | 
Despite the decrease [in asthma in recent years], racial disparities persist. One in six black kids suffers from asthma – the ...
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Lack of knowledge, not fear of science, stands in way of GM mosquitoes

Kristen Brown | 
At long last, though, mankind may be on the verge of a mosquito-busting panacea...[F]aced with the Zika crisis, the Food ...
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Chemical residues on foods and why dose matters

David Warmflash | 
Dosage is what decides whether a compound actually produces toxic effects in the short-term, or long-term effects, such as cancer ...

Genes play major role not only in IQ, but in academic success too

Sarah Williams | 
A new study of more than 6000 pairs of twins finds that academic achievement is influenced by genes affecting motivation, ...
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Suppressing unwanted recollections may interfere with formation of other memories

Dinsa Sachan | 
[A] recent study...suggests that trying to banish that memory may cause you to forget the details of your conversation more ...
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Human chimera research key to understanding unknown aspects of human development

Paul Knoepfler | 
How is it possible that we understand exquisitely well how worms, fruit flies, and rodents develop, but our own species’ ...
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Hundreds of patients with genetic ailments denied treatment abroad

Paul Cullen | 
Hundreds of families with inherited conditions who have been waiting up to two years for an appointment at the State’s ...
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Should next US President abandon the Biden-Obama ‘moonshot’ cancer initiative?

Nicholas Staropoli | 
Obama's cancer-cure initiative may sound like a winning policy, but critics are lining up to suggest it shouldn't be continued ...
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Glyphosate herbicide in vaccines? Here is what concerned parents should know

Andrew Porterfield | 
Scientists say Moms Across America glyphosate-vaccine study methods don't reveal anything about herbicide ...
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Talking Biotech: University of Florida’s Kevin Folta on fear-mongering claims of glyphosate-in-vaccines, food

Kevin Folta | 
University of Florida's Kevin Folta refutes fear-mongering claims of glyphosate in vaccines and food ...

IARC assessment of glyphosate only served to confuse policy makers, public

Adam Sopko | 
On March 20, 2015, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) labeled glyphosate, the most commonly used herbicide in the world, ...
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Blind use visual cortex region of brain to solve math problems

Colin Barras | 
While a leading theory suggests our visual experiences are linked to our understanding of numbers, a study of people who ...

Commonplace helper cells may have key role in nerve regeneration

University of Wisconsin-Madison | 
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have found a switch that redirects helper cells in the peripheral nervous system into ...

CRISPR-Cas9 gene scissors can cut most mutations linked to cancer

Dom Galeon | 
A group of researchers from Dresden’s National Center for Tumor Disease (NCT)...and the German Consortium for Translational Cancer Research (DKTK)...have ...
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Florida politicians cross party lines to support Zika-fighting GMO mosquitoes

Rachel Polansky | 
Florida politicians are uniting to fight the Zika virus. 61 Republican and Democratic Representatives have written a letter, urging federal ...
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Heart attack memory may be stored on genes via epigenetic changes

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The memory of a heart attack gets stored in genes through epigenetic changes -- chemical modifications of DNA that turns our ...
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Glyphosate found in US honey

Carey Gillam | 
The Food and Drug Administration, under public pressure to start testing samples of U.S. food for the presence of a ...
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