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.
Twin study shows epigenetics key factor for obesity
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Having overweight parents significantly ...
Has time come to retire ‘selfish’ image of genes?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Forty years ago, Richard ...
Gene therapy successfully cures hemophilia in dogs
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Hemophilia was once popularly ...
Spread of GM mosquito conspiracy theory hurts fight against Zika
False claims circulating about GM mosquitoes causing the Zika virus outbreak are threatening to take the focus away from more ...
Regulators give UK scientists green light to genetically modify human embryos
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. UK scientists have been ...
Why do humans, unlike any other species, have chins?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The lower jaw of ...
Recent mutations in Zika virus may drive current outbreak
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Don’t get pregnant, at ...
What can researchers learn from GM monkey with autism-like symptoms?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. It’s no carbon copy ...
Should Medicare cover gene sequencing of patients’ tumors?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The Obama administration is ...
Does wiping out all mosquitos to protect against disease carry consequences?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. There are 3,500 known ...
Heritable mutations significantly impact cancer risk
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Hospitals increasingly experiment with ...
Obama stresses need to inform Americans about Zika risk
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A health expert is ...
Overactive immune system may hold answer to schizophrenia’s source
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. During his Ph.D., Steven ...
India’s ancient caste system left lasting mark on modern genomes
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Over 1,500 years ago, the ...
Blindness causing gene corrected by CRISPR in stem cells
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Researchers used CRISPR to ...
Do sperm banks ‘work in eugenics?’
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. On December 29th, 2015, ...
Antibiotics leave long lasting mark on children’s gut microbiome
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Antibiotic use early in ...
Does ‘humanizing’ mice for drug experiments pose ethical challenges for researchers?
Mice are being genetically altered to aid in drug research. What ethical and medical concerns might this pose? ...
Stem cell therapy takes giant step towards cure for multiple sclerosis
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Thirty years ago a ...
Public input vital to ensure safe application of CRISPR in society
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The discovery of a ...
Does microbiome health matter to overall health?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In 2015, a flurry ...
Does oxygen cause lung cancer?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Epidemiologists have long been ...
What kinds of bacteria make their home in your mouth?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The study of the ...
Red tape holding up GM mosquitos from aiding fight against Zika in Brazil
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. As the Zika virus ...
How much is at stake for Editas in CRISPR patent dispute?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. When is $100 million ...
Genetically engineered monkeys model autism, may aid in research
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Scientists have genetically engineered ...
Meditation, mindfulness may affect way your genes behave
Mindfulness has shown efficacy in treating some conditions, which has lead researchers to look for a biological mechanism. One theory ...
