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.
Do genes predict how your body is aging better than years?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Scientists say they have ...
Endangered species’ genomes help conservationists judge risk of extinction
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Some species may face ...
Romantic relationships may have evolved due to menopause
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Menopause is one of ...
Sometimes, genes make blue-footed boobies (and us!) ‘selfish douchebags’
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In my last post ...
Kuwait attempting to genotype entire population as counter-terrorism measure
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. DNA testing and genomics ...
More premature infants surviving thanks to improving postnatal care
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Elise Jackson was 20 ...
Can neuroscience explain our sense of self?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. For ordinary folk, a ...
Catch the kids: Argentinian grandmothers use DNA to track down stolen children
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. It’s been over 30 ...
Oliver Sacks’ greatest legacy: Understanding those who are ‘different’
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Oliver Sacks died August ...
Leukemia T-cell gene therapy shows progress, but not as effective as hoped
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Four years ago, University ...
Babies leave stem cell imprint in mom’s body long after birth
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A mother’s children will ...
Mysterious ancient organism may be clue to evolutionary origin of nerve cells
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Trichoplax, a flat, sheet-like ...
Planned Parenthood fetal tissue and abortion controversy moves to the courts
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The Center for Medical ...
Using CRISPR gene editing to shut down mosquitoes as disease carriers
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Mosquitoes are a key ...
Guardian: Benefits of embryonic genome editing worth the risks
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. More than 10,000 diseases ...
Pig in us: Xenotransplantation and new age of chimeric organs
Xenotransplantation may move beyond just valves to entire scaffolds of pig organs, refurbished with human cells that make the organ ...
Arizona transgender Muslim woman told she can only pray with those with same genitalia
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Leaders of a Tempe ...
Childbirth trigger: Woman with rare genetic disorder feels pain for first time
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Leave it to childbirth ...
When robots hallucinate: Google’s ‘dream up’ acid trip resembles human hallucinations
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. When a collection of ...
Is the genetic imprint of traumatic experiences passed on to our children?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. As convention has it, ...
Primate Ebola vaccine slowed by US ban on chimp testing
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. An animal welfare victory ...
Antipsychotics given to patients without mental illness despite questions of effectiveness and risks
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Antipsychotic drugs are widely ...
UK researchers call for national debate on ethics of genetically modifying embryos
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Leading UK research funders ...
Rare disease causing uncontrollable bone growth may soon have cure
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva is ...
Genes may be responsible for your insatiable sweet tooth
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Ever find yourself fantasizing ...
Gene causes nearsightedness in bookworm kids
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Scientists at Columbia University ...
Unicycling and Rubik’s Cube-solving: Psychology behind breaking obscure world records
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In August, Stuart Sobeske, ...
