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.
Microbiome, immune system mediate effectiveness of cancer drugs
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In 2013, two independent ...
Cancer-suppressing gene frequently defective in autism patients
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A large study by ...
Hate scratchy wool? Scientists have identified sheep gene responsible
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Bridget Ramage is a ...
Mother suing laboratory after DNA test failed to catch son’s fatal illness
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. During the peaceful moments ...
Neuroscientists create ‘brain in a dish’ to study human intelligence, language
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A team from Johns ...
Is vegetarian diet really healthier? Depends on your genes
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Why is it that ...
GM mosquitoes may be only option for controlling Zika, other viruses
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Genetically modified mosquitoes are in ...
CRISPR dispute shows why patent system fails scientific development
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The worlds of science, ...
Despite promises, CRISPR not yet safe enough for human gene therapy
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Not too long ago, ...
Cuba’s investments in biotechnology, medicine paid off
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. For years, Cuba’s Fidel ...
Mobile mental health: Can apps help patients get help they need?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Type 'depression' into the ...
Next-generation genetics offer new way to combat hospital infections
In the face of antibiotic resistant bacteria, hospitals still use century-old detection methods. New gene sequencing methods will change that ...
Mass genome sequencing likely best shot for cancer ‘magic bullet’
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. As breast cancer specialist ...
Native Americans’ genes reveal devastating impact of arrival of Europeans
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Geneticists have traced the ...
Artificial uterus: How close is the reality?
Nobody is working on an artificial uterus that can carry a fetus for the entirety of a pregnancy. But medical ...
Lawyer’s 20-year mission to deny human gene patents succeeds in Australia, US
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Luigi Palombi’s desk was ...
Synthetic tissue transmits electrical signals, like neurons
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Researchers at the University ...
Doctors’ subconscious stereotypes detrimental to black patients
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. African Americans are routinely ...
Zika complications may go beyond microcephaly, researchers fear
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Top Zika investigators now ...
Oxytocin ‘love’ hormone? Scientists now doubting its supposed effects on trust
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Here's one conclusion from ...
Lab-grown skin grows hair, mimics natural skin
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Scientists in Japan have ...
GM mosquitoes can put end to Zika: Why don’t people trust them?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The mosquito-borne Zika virus ...
Can epigenetics explain the negative effects of smoking during pregnancy?
It is widely known that smoking during pregnancy has negative impacts on the future child. Could epigenetics underlie the link ...
‘Anti-aging’ protein might not be key to youthfulness after all
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Growth differentiation factor 11 ...
Does modern biotechnology signal rise of new eugenics movement?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. It’s comforting now to ...
Climate changes expected to increase premature births, impact mental health
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Climate change can be ...
Sanders’s voting record hasn’t been favorable to medical research
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Democratic presidential candidates Hillary ...
