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.
Scientists believe they have uncovered all major genes linked to bowel cancer
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. According to a study by ...
Genetic evidence may direct Alzheimer’s research away from amyloid beta as cause
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Previous research has revolved ...
Nature editorial: Gene therapy must proceed slowly in light of past perils
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Despite having a condition ...
In Zika fight, should we prioritize our environment over human lives?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Zika is a real ...
Health experts provide differing views on cancer moonshot initiative
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In advance of the National ...
Seagulls may aid spread of E. coli strain that resists ‘last-resort antibiotic’
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. According to the Center ...
What determines our personality: Genetics, environment, or both?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. According to a study published ...
Should patients have choice of knowing their personal genetic information?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Personal genome sequencing may ...
Early CRISPR advocate urges biotech peers to consider communal impacts, perform science in the open from the earliest stages
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Two years ago, Kevin ...
Ten years after discovery, induced stem cells revolutionizing research, but not yet medicine
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In June 2006, Shinya ...
Microbe genes key to minimizing environmental damage from Deepwater Horizon spill
Bacteria were instrumental in cleaning up the largest oil spill in world history. Does this mean a future for microbes ...
Could CRISPR on humans spell end to heart disease, high cholesterol and diabetes?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Could gene editing spell ...
Is China overstepping ethical boundaries with its biotech research?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The first and only ...
How will Brexit affect bioethics in Europe?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. What does Brexit mean ...
Why we don’t inherit our father’s mitochondrial DNA
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Our mitochondrial DNA accounts ...
Headed abroad? Your gut bacteria quickly pick up antibiotic resistance genes when you travel
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Beware the travel bug ...
Could scientists patent blueprint for human genome?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In May 2016, scientists announced ...
Is CRISPR gene editing on humans facing too many regulatory hurdles?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A new wrinkle in cancer ...
Public’s frustration towards lack of stem cell progress rooted in media rhetoric
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. When stem cells burst ...
Murky world of stem cell tourism ensnares hopeful patients
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. When Jim Gass suffered ...
Can silencing of gene for ‘love hormone’ reduce sociability?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A team of researchers ...
China aims to lead as global superpower in precision medicine
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Six years ago, China ...
Genes remain active, or even switch on, after death
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Does death really mean ...
What could go wrong with CRISPR on humans?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Now that a federal ...
Does CRISPR clinical trial on humans proposal bring more questions than answers?
Researchers have proposed the first human trials involving CRISPR gene editing. Is this really a landmark moment for human genetics? ...
CRISPR creates mini-organs for disease testing
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Traditionally, gene therapy efforts ...
Designer babies could raise interest rates
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Once we understand the ...
