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.
Teenage requests for vaginal cosmetic surgery causing concern among physicians
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Fat thighs. Hairy arms ...
Microbiologist fights germophobia, microbiome hype
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Microbiologist Jonathan Eisen has ...
Different genes may be responsible for longevity, healthy life
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. They’ve made it far ...
Brain’s pain processing mechanism called into question
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. For many years, neuroscientists ...
Moving around and fooling around: Tracking early human matings
Mating with other species is a very common occurrence in nature, but have humans ever done it? ...
Largest ever study on genetics and autism aims to advance personalized approach to treatment
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Scientists funded by the ...
Inuit Paradox: Can we all eat lots of fat without weight gain or heart disease?
It used to be "French paradox" now it's Inuits: Eat lots of fat and never gain weight or have heart ...
Claims that sugar alters hundreds of ‘brain genes’ don’t hold up to scrutiny, science
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. How Kevin Spacey is ...
Florida residents set to vote on GM mosquito anti-Zika efforts
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. On August 30, residents ...
Can’t sleep first night in new place? Your brain might explain why
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. To most scientists, discarding ...
Understanding genetics crucial for precision medicine, personalized cancer treatment
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Ben Gilmer chokes up ...
Genes responsible for evolution of Darwin’s finches’ beaks identified
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Researchers are pinpointing the ...
New CRISPR technique makes gene editing a little less messy
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. For all the hoopla about ...
Synthetic biologists fight snake venom with engineered DNA
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. When the medical charity ...
Music icon Prince dead at 57: Was influenza responsible?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The gifted musician, songwriter ...
Can we ever pinpoint exact cause of someone’s cancer?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. “But what caused it?” ...
Genetic tests turning out surprise fees for many patients
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Leslie Parks was 34 ...
Congress considering legislation that would ban abortions based on sex or race
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. You may have never ...
CRISPR may help neuroscientists unlock genetics of psychiatric disease
We still have much to learn about the genetics of the human brain, but advances in gene editing have allowed ...
Sweden, UK, China move forward with human embryonic gene editing amid ethical concerns
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. At the Karolinska Institute ...
Cancer genetic analysis producing more precise treatments
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. As researchers look for ...
Mexico moves to ban reproductive tourism
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. After countries such as ...
Irrational fears may be built into our psychology
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In 2011, the city leaders of ...
Getting humans to Mars may rely on space twins, astronaut roundworms, and epigenetics
Do your genes change their behavior during space travel? Experiments on the epigenetics of astronauts may soon provide an answer ...
Gene therapy gives new hope to curing ‘bubble boy’ disease
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. David Vetter, the famous ...
Marijuana scientists look at genetics to understand weed
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The marijuana analytics company ...
Your body’s ‘biological age’ may show how old your really are
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The idea that time ...
