Daily Human Digest
Chimeric organ transplants: Science and ethics of growing human organs in pigs
Scientists may soon offer a solution to the organ shortage by growing human organs in pigs. But that poses prickly ...
Genetics of immune system cancer patients may predict prognosis results
To better understand the immune system's role in the fight against cancer,...researchers have searched thousands of tumors for genetic signatures ...
Scientists can now guide CRISPR gene editing with light
CRISPR allows scientists to delete or replace any target gene in a living cell. MIT researchers have now added an ...
Can the hallucinogenic drug LSD make you more creative?
While studies into LSD still face stigmas, in the past several years, scientists have found potential small-scale, fascinating effects on ...
Genetic enhancement will ultimately happen, no point in denying it
I think CRISPR – the technology that enables us to edit genes – will go down in history as the ...
CRISPR enters period of creative redesigns and gene editing upgrades
Scientists usually shy away from using the word miracle — unless they’re talking about...CRISPR/Cas9. ... Even with all the genetic ...
New drug approved for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, as mystery disease causes come into focus
Viruses and our human genes tend to co-mingle and cause structural and functional changes--is that what's causing Chronic Fatigue Syndrome? ...
Key to defeating aging may lie in those with Laron syndrome
In [Lojo]...live a number of people — about 100 — with a special trait: They seem to be protected from ...
Scientists explore effects of Zika virus on brain even further
A report released on [August 23] shows in graphic detail the kind of damage Zika infections can do to the ...
Gene editing may eventually bring superhuman athletes
At the Rio 2016 Summer Olympic Games, some of the fastest and strongest people in the world showed us what ...
Gene test may identify if breast cancer patients need chemotherapy or not
Doctors have long known that many early-stage breast cancer patients who undergo chemotherapy don't actually need it to prevent recurrence ...
Human inventions may impact and change our genes over time
Of all living things, why do humans alone create advanced technology? A clue comes from a recent paper on a ...
Gene therapy improves vision in Canavan disease patient even after 15 years
The first thing that Max Randell’s parents noticed after gene therapy for Canavan disease in 1998, when he was nearing ...
Jon Lester, Mario Lemieux, Lance Armstrong—Why do so many athletes in their prime get cancer?
Why do some studies show that athletes--the fittest amongst us--show peculiarly high rates of some cancers? ...
Scientists turn mouse’s body transparent to study nervous system–Human brain next?
The technique developed by Ali Ertürk of the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich in Germany and his team also shrinks ...
No need to fear GM mosquitoes, Mother Jones attests
Humans have made plenty of such blunders trying to control pests. Hawaii's mongoose infestation, Australia's poisonous cane toads, and Canada's thistle-eating ...
Gene editing will challenge ethics at Biological Weapons Convention
[T]he signatory nations of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) will meet [on December 2016]...to discuss the state of bioweapons globally...[T]he world ...
Success of adult stem cells buried under media misrepresentation
Stem cell therapies and their lifesaving results are arguably the best kept medical secret. Stem cells are currently being used ...
CRISPR genome editing could be game changer in war against antibiotic resistance
Using CRISPR genome editing, researchers are starting a new trend, which is to strip pathogenic bacteria of their acquired armor ...
Caster Semenya’s running dominance raises question of sex tests at future Olympics
[The 2016 Olympics has] provided something of a crash course on the science of sex differences. That’s largely due to ...
As the age of mother’s has increased, twin births have skyrocketed
Twins are very much in our consciousness at the moment...because we are living through a twin boom. A higher proportion ...
Losing genes may contribute to evolution just as much as gaining them
Traditionally, but incorrectly, an assumption exists that more complex organisms have larger genomes. As a result, biologists have tended to ...
Is domination of running by African descended athletes genetic or cultural?
[T]he white American liberal tends to worry that even talking about innate athletic aptitudes risks bolstering racist views – since ...
What is worst case scenario if genetically altered sterile male mosquitoes released to fight Zika?
[W]hat could possibly go wrong with unleashing a whole bunch of genetically engineered mosquitoes on a population? The worst-case scenario, according ...
Gene therapy breaking ground in treating Parkinson’s disease
Parkinson’s patients who take the drug levodopa, or L-Dopa, are inevitably disappointed...[when,] over time[,] the drug becomes less effective... A ...
Gene mapping may raise false hopes, some scientists worry
Harvard geneticist George Church is convinced everyone should have his or her genomes sequenced. Such tests would reveal the rare ...
Drug effectiveness depends on genetics
A Victoria University molecular geneticist says a wider range of drugs may need to be made available to ensure Maori ...