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.
High tech DNA search for John Wayne Gacy’s lost victims
The following is an edited excerpt. Executed by the State of Illinois in 1994 for murdering 33 teenage boys and ...
Experts: Patients should have right to control genomic health information
The following is an excerpt of a longer story. May 9, 2013 — Doctors should not have the right or responsibility ...
Biological basis of mental illness challenged
The following is an editorial summary of a longer story. This blog post combines two competing views on the nature ...
Creepy or cool? Portraits derived from DNA in hair and gum found in public places
The following is an excerpt of a longer story. It started with hair. Donning a pair of rubber gloves, Heather Dewey-Hagborg collected ...
Egg genome reprogrammed to match sperm’s with or without a parental genome
The following is an excerpt of a longer story. Researchers from Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah ...
A minimalist genome: Sometimes “junk” DNA really is junk
Whether or not "junk" DNA is actually useful has been a topic of debate. A new paper in Nature examining ...
The lurker: How a virus hid in our genome for six million years
The following is an excerpt of a longer story. In the mid-2000s, David Markovitz, a scientist at the University of ...
Bill would regulate ‘biosimilar’ drugs
The following is an excerpt of a longer story. SACRAMENTO — Two of the nation's largest biotech companies — Amgen Inc. of ...
Ensure open access to genetic data to protect innovation
The following is an excerpt. Find a link to the full story below. Public investment in the Human Genome Project was expected ...
Engineered mosquitoes stymie malaria’s spread with bacteria
The following is an excerpt. Find a link to the full story below. Scientists have engineered mosquitoes to carry a ...
How do identical twins develop different personalities?
The following is an excerpt. Find a link to the full story below. Despite having the same genetic makeup, identical ...
Study assesses impact of pending landmark US Supreme Court case on gene patents
The following is an excerpt. Find a link to the full story below. (Phys.org) —As the U.S. Supreme Court moves ...
Conservative immigration scholar claims genetic component to racial disparities in IQ
The following is an excerpt. Find a link to the full story below. Jason Richwine, the coauthor of the conservative ...
Precision StemCell: sellings stem cells and treating people as guinea pigs
The following is an excerpt. Find a link to the full story below. When journalists and health researchers write about ...
What role will genetics play in a biology-based approach to psychiatry?
Calls for a biology-based psychiatry are growing louder, but how will genetics fit into this puzzle? ...
Bioethics: An attack on academic freedom?
The following is an edited excerpt of a longer story. Find a link to the full story below. Some bioethicists ...
Entire European continent shares ancestry
The following is an excerpt of a longer story. Find a link to the full story below. Europeans all shared ...
Ancient DNA found hidden below sea floor
The following is an excerpt of a longer story. Find a link to the full story below. In the middle ...
Silk and cellulose can be used in stem cell cartilage repair
The following is an excerpt of a longer story. Find a link to the full story below. Over 20 million ...
Male, female – ah, what’s the difference?
The following is an editorial summary. Find a link to the full story below. What distinguishes males and females? The ...
Somatic mutation links port-wine birthmarks, SWS, and melanoma of the eye
The following is an excerpt of a longer story. Find a link to the full story below. Researchers have identified ...
Protein complex mutated in about 20% of all cancers
The following is an excerpt of a longer piece. You can find a link to full story below. Researchers identified ...
Europeans are one big family
The following is an excerpt of a longer story. You can find a link to the full story below. DNA ...
The ‘golden age’ of genetics that wasn’t
The following is an excerpt of a longer story. Find a link to the full story below. The media marked ...
“Dorian Gray” gene delays onset of aging
The following is an excerpt of a longer story. Find a link to the full story below. American researchers found ...
Genome digest: What researchers are learning as they sequence, map, and decode species’ genomes
The following is an editorial summary of a longer story. Find a link to the full story below. What can ...
Relax: It’s good for your genes
The following is an excerpt of a longer story. Find a link to the full story below. While it might ...
