Daily Human Digest
Every day, the staff of the Genetic Literacy Project scours the Web for stories on a range of human genetics issues, including gene editing, regulations and bioethics, gene therapy, epigenetics, personal genomics, evolution, ancestry and artificial intelligence. We publish excerpts of those stories and encourage our readers to visit the original publications for the complete stories.
Google shoots and misses with biotech innovations
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Google employees, squeezed onto ...
Video: Will new genetic testing methods open doors for better treatment?
Illnesses can sometimes run in families. Inherited genetic mutations can increase a person’s risk of developing different diseases – from ...
National Academies gene drive report ignores key policy issues
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. If there is a ...
Hobbit ancestors may have resided in Flores 700,000 years ago
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. We may have finally ...
Mendel’s groundbreaking work not appreciated during his time
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Gregor Mendel bred and ...
National Academies approves gene drive research with cautious optimism
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A revolutionary technology known ...
Why men like women’s curves: How big a role has evolution played?
Evidence has been building in support of the belief that sexual attraction is hardwired, linked to evolution. But the case ...
Is Big Biotech starting to resemble Big Pharma?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. As drug developers and ...
Hobbit’s ancestors found after more than a decade of searching
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. More than a decade ...
‘3 person IVF’ closer to reality as cure for mitochondrial diseases
Scientists in the UK have taken a major step forward in perfecting '3 person IVF' embryos—a major step towards curing ...
National Academies gene drive report supports research, raises ethical questions
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A revolutionary technology known ...
CRISPR-engineered sheep given custom fur colors, paves way for custom colored pets
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Scientists have bred the ...
‘Three-person embryo’ closer to reality, but critics say it still has obstacles to overcome
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In February 2015, the ...
Scientists celebrate 100th anniversary of DNA double helix discovery
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. When Francis Crick was ...
‘New era of medicine?’ First children cured of genetic diseases with gene therapy
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. British doctors have cured ...
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 ...
Nantucket could employ GM mice to fight Lyme disease
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Nantucket boasts some of ...
Genes can predict success in life, but not happiness
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Next time you have ...
Second Human Genome Project necessary to complete understanding of genome, diseases
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In 2003, biologists from ...
Experts split on whether current regulations can handle coming synthetic biology boom
As synthetic biology innovations make their way to market, questions arise on how these innovations will be regulated ...
Attention shifts to Zika despite Ebola’s lingering and deadly presence
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. We did not beat ...
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 ...
