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Lesson from Ebola: Tobacco plant key to developing GMO drugs of the future

David Warmflash | 
While any tobacco is harmful if smoked, there's a kind of tobacco that's being put to positive use—namely, the use ...

FTC takes aim at ‘cancer-detecting’ app featured on Dr.Oz show

Kim Janssen | 
It seemed too good to be true — a $4.99 cellphone app that could help you figure out if moles ...

A Facebook for sharing your genetic information?

Daniela Hernandez | 
Three years ago, biologist Bastian Greshake spit in a vial and sent it off to personal genomics company 23andMe for ...

Do people trust ‘hard’ neuroscience more than ‘soft’ psychology?

Christian Jarrett | 
Imagine a politician from your party is in trouble for alleged misdemeanors. He’s been assessed by an expert who says ...
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Online game teaches synthetic biology

Carolyn Graybeal | 
On its surface, it looks like just another science puzzle game. In reality, the game is part of a broader ...

FDA approval of 23andMe’s genetic test positive sign for the genomics industry

Matthew Herper | 
On February 19, the Food and Drug Administration approved a test made by 23andMe, the Mountain View, Calif.-based personal genetics company, ...

Airborne form of Ebola a realistic possibility?

Carl Zimmer | 
Back in September, when the West African Ebola outbreak was getting worse with every passing week, a lot of people ...

Law and Order: Using DNA to generate suspects’ facial profiles

Andrew Pollack | 
Police in Columbia, S.C., last month released a sketch of a possible suspect in a murder investigation. In what may ...

Debate ramps up on release of genetically engineered mosquitoes in Key West

Lizette Alvarez | 
In this bite-size community near Key West, like so many other mosquito-plagued spots up and down the Florida Keys, residents ...

Understanding the UCLA superbug problem

Maryn McKenna | 
The UCLA Health System announced earlier this week that seven patients—two of whom died—became infected by highly drug-resistant bacteria that ...
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You are what you don’t eat: Genetics of anorexia and bulimia

David Warmflash | 
The latest research shows how eating disorders, and anorexia in particular, produce a cascade of physical and mental effects, including ...

Sexual reproduction is good for the human genome

Theories on the genetic advantages of sexual reproduction abound within the biological sciences community, but there has been scant evidence ...

Has three-person IVF put us on the slippery slope of germline genetic engineering?

Pete Shanks | 
On Tuesday February 3, the UK House of Commons voted in favor of legalizing mitochondrial donation. The British press headlined it ...
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Aphrodite’s little helper: Out of the box thinking on female libido

David Warmflash | 
Based on the belief that female sexual dysfunction is more often upstairs than down, the drug flibanserin is being promoted ...
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Why do East Asians have 20% more Neanderthal DNA than Europeans?

Carl Zimmer | 
In 2010, scientists made a startling discovery about our past: About 50,000 years ago, Neanderthals interbred with the ancestors of ...

First rapid Ebola test approved by WHO

Tom Miles | 
The World Health Organization has approved the first rapid test for Ebola in a potential breakthrough for ending an epidemic ...
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Expert opinions divided on FDA approval of 23andMe’s DTC genetic test

Ricki Lewis | 
On February 19, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized 23andMe to market a direct-to-consumer (DTC) carrier test for Bloom ...

Neuroscientist Oliver Sacks’s reflects after receiving terminal cancer diagnosis

Oliver Sacks | 
A month ago, I felt that I was in good health, even robust health. At 81, I still swim a ...

Good night’s sleep keeps blood cells young and healthy

Under normal conditions, many of the different types of tissue-specific adult stem cells, including hematopoietic stem cells, exist in a ...

Stillbirth significantly raises risk of depression in women

Women who deliver a stillbirth—but who have no history of depression—may be at a higher risk for long-lasting depression, conclude ...

Why your convictions probably aren’t as strong as you think they are

Christie Aschwanden | 
Paul Offit likes to tell a story about how his wife, pediatrician Bonnie Offit, was about to give a child ...
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Only a few genes separate human and animal intelligence

Ed Yong | 
Some parts of our genome have evolved at particularly high speed, quickly accumulating mutations that distinguish them from their counterparts ...
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Preventing preterm births: Genetic cause could be in the fetus, not the mother

David Warmflash | 
Given the complexity of pregnancy, taking all evidence-based precautions against preterm birth is a wise course of action. But it ...

Science says it’s time to abandon gender binary view

Claire Ainsworth | 
Sex can be much more complicated than it at first seems. According to the simple scenario, the presence or absence ...

Ancient battle of sexes explains promiscuity, good parenting

Making babies is one of the fundamental conflicts of interest between the sexes. Care by either partner is beneficial to ...

What makes genes tick?

Gina Kolata | 
The expectation is that by uncovering the switches and genes they control, scientists can add depth to genetic findings like ...

Your genes: Part dad, part mom and a dollop of mother’s bacteria

Krystnell Storr | 
A good mom always knows to pack a little something extra — even when it comes to genetic material. According ...
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