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.
Nature editorial urges FDA to tighten stem cell regulation
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. You may have heard ...
Designer babies would allow parents to select child they feel most fit to raise, says bioethicist
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The stream of breakthroughs ...
CRISPR may destroy herpes virus present within almost all humans
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Almost all of us ...
Florida community split on using GM mosquitoes against Zika
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. With Zika creeping north ...
Dolly the Sheep’s creator wants to create ‘biobank’ to preserve endangered animals
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A modern-day “ark” that ...
Rise in unproven U.S. stem cell clinics worry experts
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. According to experts, a ...
Mosquito mysteries: Genetics of bite vulnerability
Scientists think there is a genetic component to who gets bitten most, but popular reports ignore a slew of other ...
Have media, scientists overstated what in biology epigenetics can explain?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Epigenetic marks are undoubtedly ...
Loosening regulations on stem cell therapies could hurt and help patients
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. On both coasts, campaigns ...
Molecular markers may predict brain tumor treatment outcomes
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Researchers have developed a new ...
Adult brain constantly rearranges itself in response to smell
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Scientists from the Institut ...
Supreme Court ruling threatens value of many biotech patents
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. On June 27, the ...
Mayo Clinic encourages precision medicine to treat depression
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. By combining an electronic ...
Concerns arise after stem cell study for ALS causes pain in patients
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A discussion on ethics ...
French activists protesting ‘GMO babies’ could derail CRISPR on humans debate
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A recent campaign calling ...
Genetics-based fitness plans may loom in far future
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The pitch is tough ...
NFL’s 49ers, biotech company join forces to recruiting fans for genome research
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Donating blood is not ...
Did “hobbits” and modern humans live closer together in time?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. New research suggests that ...
Scientists believe drug response connected to ancestry, not race
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Each year in the ...
Should we use gene editing to stop spread of invasive species?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Every year, the mouse ...
CRISPR ignites clash between two inventors and their ethics
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Every decade or so, ...
Robots and humans focus on different things, indicating neural gap
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Researchers at Facebook and ...
Analysis on specific genetic pathways may uncover roots of autism
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The number of genetic ...
Will testing Elizabeth Warren’s DNA resolve Native American heritage dispute?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. After Senator Elizabeth Warren emerged as ...
Rhesus macaques provide scientists with model to study Zika, could lead to vaccine, treatments
Our fight against the Zika virus may have gotten a big lift with the announcement of a working primate model ...
CIA director warns gene editing may threaten national security
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Advances in genome editing pose ...
National Academies urge US agencies to reject updates on research rules
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. On June 29, a National ...
