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.
Egg genome reprogrammed to match sperm’s with or without a parental genome
The following is an excerpt of a longer story. Researchers from Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah ...
A minimalist genome: Sometimes “junk” DNA really is junk
Whether or not "junk" DNA is actually useful has been a topic of debate. A new paper in Nature examining ...
Engineered mosquitoes stymie malaria’s spread with bacteria
The following is an excerpt. Find a link to the full story below. Scientists have engineered mosquitoes to carry a ...
How do identical twins develop different personalities?
The following is an excerpt. Find a link to the full story below. Despite having the same genetic makeup, identical ...
Study assesses impact of pending landmark US Supreme Court case on gene patents
The following is an excerpt. Find a link to the full story below. (Phys.org) —As the U.S. Supreme Court moves ...
Conservative immigration scholar claims genetic component to racial disparities in IQ
The following is an excerpt. Find a link to the full story below. Jason Richwine, the coauthor of the conservative ...
Precision StemCell: sellings stem cells and treating people as guinea pigs
The following is an excerpt. Find a link to the full story below. When journalists and health researchers write about ...
What role will genetics play in a biology-based approach to psychiatry?
Calls for a biology-based psychiatry are growing louder, but how will genetics fit into this puzzle? ...
Ensure open access to genetic data to protect innovation
The following is an excerpt. Find a link to the full story below. Public investment in the Human Genome Project was expected ...
Bioethics: An attack on academic freedom?
The following is an edited excerpt of a longer story. Find a link to the full story below. Some bioethicists ...
Entire European continent shares ancestry
The following is an excerpt of a longer story. Find a link to the full story below. Europeans all shared ...
Ancient DNA found hidden below sea floor
The following is an excerpt of a longer story. Find a link to the full story below. In the middle ...
Silk and cellulose can be used in stem cell cartilage repair
The following is an excerpt of a longer story. Find a link to the full story below. Over 20 million ...
Male, female – ah, what’s the difference?
The following is an editorial summary. Find a link to the full story below. What distinguishes males and females? The ...
Somatic mutation links port-wine birthmarks, SWS, and melanoma of the eye
The following is an excerpt of a longer story. Find a link to the full story below. Researchers have identified ...
Protein complex mutated in about 20% of all cancers
The following is an excerpt of a longer piece. You can find a link to full story below. Researchers identified ...
Europeans are one big family
The following is an excerpt of a longer story. You can find a link to the full story below. DNA ...
The ‘golden age’ of genetics that wasn’t
The following is an excerpt of a longer story. Find a link to the full story below. The media marked ...
“Dorian Gray” gene delays onset of aging
The following is an excerpt of a longer story. Find a link to the full story below. American researchers found ...
Genome digest: What researchers are learning as they sequence, map, and decode species’ genomes
The following is an editorial summary of a longer story. Find a link to the full story below. What can ...
Relax: It’s good for your genes
The following is an excerpt of a longer story. Find a link to the full story below. While it might ...
Head for numbers? Brain anatomy best predictor of math aptitude
Children who are good at math may literally have a brain for numbers. New research indicates that the physical structure ...
Charlemagne for everyone! Royal DNA all around
Everyone who lived a thousand years ago who has any descendants today is an ancestor of every European ...
Israel Police skirt law, create migrant DNA database
The following is an excerpt. Police have been collecting for over a year now the DNA of African migrants who cross into ...
Biological secrets of the criminal mind
The following is an excerpt. What is science revealing about the nature of the criminal mind? Adrian Raine, a professor ...
There’s a genetic goldmine in the Black Sea
The following is an excerpt. The Black Sea sediment record has a terrific variety of past plankton species that left ...
“Jews a genetic race” theory attacked by DNA expert
The following is an excerpt. Scientists usually don’t call each other “liars” and “frauds.” But that’s how Johns Hopkins University ...
