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.
‘Alternative medicine’ leaders push microbiome, but bacteria’s role in human health still unsettled
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. February 29th kicked off ...
Canada’s sperm donor drought forcing consumers to look south of the border
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. There’s a sperm crisis ...
When Alzheimer’s is inevitable, is genetic screening any use?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Marty and Matt Reiswig, ...
Prehistoric ‘hand’ stencil actually belonged to lizard
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The roughly 8,000-year-old "hands" ...
What do identical twins reveal about genetics of human behavior?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In this article I ...
Genes identified that extend life
Is the secret to extending human life span written in our genes? Clues from other organisms suggest it might be ...
Rare genetic diseases give insight into normal human physiology
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Rare diseases play a ...
Are ‘lifestyle drugs’ becoming the way of the future?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Electrocuting your brain, compounding ...
Genetic testing company releasing consumers’ data to public domain
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In an unusual move, ...
Are genetic counselors over promoting certain exams for personal gain?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Little Kate Summersgill certainly ...
DNA forensics not so infallible after all
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. On a Tuesday morning ...
Can genes predict criminal behavior?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The country has made unprecedented ...
Genetics might be able to save the world’s coral reefs
Coral reefs are suffering from bleaching and other effects of climate change. Modern genetic techniques--even GM--might save them ...
Should women without uterus opt for transplant over surrogacy?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Cleveland Clinic surgeons just ...
Penis transplant, US first, to be performed on wounded veteran
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Soldiers give up a ...
What’s next for CRISPR patent dispute?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. There is no shortage ...
Instead of ashes, you can now save DNA from dead
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. When a person’s time ...
Gum disease strongly linked to genes, epigenetics
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Biological sciences including genetics ...
Geneticists question convention of ‘essential’ genes
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Most genes are in ...
How do courts look at neuroscientific evidence?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Several years ago, Ars looked ...
Biotech billionaire on mission to put self-destructing mosquitoes to use against Zika
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In the expanding realm ...
Lack of research on miscarriages hurts women
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. “Don’t worry, pregnancy isn’t ...
Newly discovered from ‘cellular trash pile’ stem cell plays vital role in fetal development
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Researchers at Michigan State ...
With global gene editing slow down, what’s the future of ‘designer babies?’
The prospect of designer babies--the stuff of futuristic movies--is now upon us with the advent of gene editing, stirring confusion ...
We need genetics to understand psychology
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Are we shaped more ...
Who owns your DNA? Obama weighs in
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. President Obama has waded into ...
You owe your life to viruses
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Hundreds of millions of ...
