Daily Human Digest
Thailand makes biotech in country priority to help provide food and medicine for citizens
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Chairman Dhanin Chearavanont said ...
Jon Entine on why ‘race’ matters in shaping the world’s elite athletes
With the Olympic Games on the horizon, Jon Entine explores why so many sports seem to be dominated by particular ...
Modern dogs evolved from two distinct groups in Europe and Asia
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Humans have a tighter ...
Critics contest WHO’s classification of transgender identity as mental illness
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. It is, perhaps, a ...
Childhood experiences have long-lasting impact on brain
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. New findings in neuroscience, ...
Did early births lead to smarter humans?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Due to the size ...
Myriad Genetics asserts right to withhold patients’ genomic data
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Genetic-testing firm Myriad Genetics ...
Scientists create human-pig embryo to harvest human organs for use in transplants
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Researchers at the University ...
Autoimmune diseases: Why our body sometimes turns on itself
Scientists have discovered how a gene mutation can lead to diseases that occur when the immune system attacks the body ...
Inadequate tools, religious implications among concerns regarding genome synthesis project
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. More than 130 scientists, ethicists, ...
Use of stem cell eggs re-ignites fierce debate in South Korea
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The use of fresh ...
CRISPR can edit RNA, scientists report
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Just a few years ...
Gene database promises greater accuracy to breast cancer risk assessment
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Doctors can now give ...
Anti-CRISPR political groups emerging in Europe
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Campaigns are underway in ...
CRISPR that targets RNA could play major role in understanding, treating fatal diseases
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Researchers who discovered a ...
Netherlands implements “14-day rule,” allowing lab-grown embryos
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The Dutch government on ...
Prestigious neuroscience prize awarded to scientists who discovered brain’s plasticity
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Three neuroscientists whose research ...
Bioethical dithering on gene therapy comes at expense of patients’ lives
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Activist Marcy Darnovsky published ...
Is it incorrect to consider brain akin to computer?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The human brain contains ...
Oxitec set to expand GM mosquito trials in Brazil
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Oxitec and Piracicaba City ...
Stem cell therapy returns movement to stroke patients
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. People once dependent on ...
Proposal for second Human Genome Project draws mix of criticism and acclaim
A group of scientists have proposed a bold plan to build the human genome from scratch that could greatly benefit ...
Why there is no ‘gay gene,’ and other misconceptions about genetics
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Genetics underpins many of ...
Cell phone radiation study doesn’t prove cancer link
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Recently the National Toxicology Program ...
Genes of Harambe, gorilla shot at Cincinnati Zoo, stored for research
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. After shooting dead a ...
What percent coral are you? New research shows genetic overlap with humans
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. UH Mānoa scientists at ...
First major contract in Obama’s Precision Medicine Initiative signed with Mayo Clinic
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The first major contract ...