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.
Should government financed DNA research be practical or theoretical?
Scientific breakthroughs like Jeffreys's exemplify what is known in modern science as "impact". This contentious concept tiptoes along the intersection ...
Living with Huntington’s disease
Children have a 50-50 chance of inheriting the rare disease from their parents. Kristen Powers told USA TODAY in April ...
Personalized medicine: Blood tests combined with genome sequencing yield breakthrough therapy
In a remarkable new story, one professor, who sequenced his own genome, found that he was a high risk for ...
Stem cells restore sight in India
Chakravarti is among thousands of Indians who lose their sight in chemical accidents each year. Today, some of those people ...
Aging process attacks stem cells
Stem cells are not invincible and therefore not likely to be the magic wand in the world of medicine, but ...
Beautiful skin based on your DNA? Austin doctor says yes
Dr. Ruthie Harper will tell you that beautiful skin starts from the inside out, and it's all about your DNA ...
Genetics affect odds of quitting smoking
Genetics can help predict whether a person is likely to quit smoking on his or her own or need medication ...
Safeguards against misuse of genetic data urged
Recent scientific progress includes the mapping of the entire human genetic code, or genome, which was completed in 2003, and ...
Stem cell treatment regrows Georgia man’s foot
By the time Dr. Spencer Misner had carved away the dead and diseased flesh from Bobby Rice’s right foot last ...
The mysterious embryonic stem cell
Stem cells are mysterious. They are cells that make or replenish other cells. For example, when you donate blood, your ...
Philippines to be headquarters of stem cell therapy and research hub of Asia
The much-anticipated opening of the Asian Regenerative Center for Cellular Therapies (ARCCT) will soon be taking stem cell therapy treatment ...
Personhood vs. stem cell research
Recently, it was announced that Republican voters will have the opportunity to vote on a ballot question in the July ...
Genes that stunts infants` growth found
Scientists have identified a gene mutation responsible for IMAGe syndrome, a rare disorder that causes stunted growth in babies, a ...
Stem cell procedure treats bone disease
Doctors at Southampton General Hospital are extracting stem cells from the bone marrow of patients in need of hip repair ...
Genes may hold the key to a life of success, study suggests
Genes play a greater role in forming character traits - such as self-control, decision making or sociability - than was ...
‘Marry out?’ Some surprising consequences of genetic disease risk among Ashkenazi Jews
Ashkenazi Jews have historically been an endogamous population. Marrying within the group remains important to many Jews because endogamy is ...
Gene discovery could lead to birth control pill for men
When it comes to birth control, numerous options are available to women to help them regulate their menstrual cycle and ...
Gene screens show Appalachian Mulungeons likely of sub-Saharan ancestry
For years, varied and sometimes wild claims have been made about the origins of a group of dark-skinned Appalachian residents ...
Breakthrough in stem cell technology a first in Africa
A team of researchers at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is the first in Africa to establish ...
Turning DNA into a hard drive
Silicon-based computers are fine for typing term papers and surfing the Web, but scientists want to make devices that can ...
Is addiction genetic?
Is addiction a moral defect, a mental illness or a party trick gone wrong? Two events, a policy and a ...
Stem cell therapy helps paralysed man walk
For nearly three years, Sundar (26) was waiting to be told that he could to regain control of his bladder ...
Old drug could have new use as cancer stem cell killer
An old drug once routinely used as a treatment for schizophrenia appears to have a hidden talent, Canadian researchers have ...
Stem cells take root in drug development
Stem cells have assumed near-mythical status in the popular imagination as a possible cure for every disease under the sun ...
Researchers use light to switch on gene expression
Imagine being able to control genetic expression by flipping a light switch. Researchers at North Carolina State University are using ...
Gene find suggests hormone-free male birth control possible within 5 years
Scientists have found a gene that plays an integral part in male fertility, giving researchers hope for the future development ...
Two patients get eye stem cells transplanted to restore sight
Two people have had stem cells transplanted into their eyes as part of a clinical trial to restore their sight ...
