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.
New company will bring extinct species back from the dead
Two of biotechnology’s most prolific and far-sighted researchers say they’re teaming up to start a company that intends to rewrite ...
Chinese eugenics?
The following is an excerpt. In modern American society, few terms carry the negative and socially disreputable ring of “eugenics,” ...
Don’t fear babies made with genes from three parents
The following is an excerpt. NOBODY knows how many of them there are, but we know they exist. They are ...
Gene therapy spurs leukemia hope
The following is an excerpt. Researchers reported fresh evidence Wednesday that using gene therapy to manipulate the immune system is ...
Neanderthal genome is finished and free
The following is excerpt. Three years after an international team of experts led by researchers at the Max Planck Institute for ...
Genetics may be tied to breast cancer risk in unexpected ways
The following is an excerpt. Genetic testing may help identify women at risk for certain types of breast cancer, according ...
UK: Public OK with creating babies from 3 people
The following is an excerpt. LONDON — Britain's fertility regulator says it has found broad public support for in vitro ...
Inherited genetic variations have mjor impact on childhood leukemia risk
The following is an edited excerpt. Humans have between 20,000 and 25,000 genes that carry instructions for assembling the proteins ...
Stem cell research could expand clinical use of regenerative human cells
The following is an edited excerpt. New research has uncovered a method to produce retinal cells from regenerative human stem ...
Chinese scientists may soon be able to genetically engineer smarter children
The following is an edited excerpt. A company in China is attempting to identify common alleles in the DNA of ...
Lord Robert Winston warns over child ‘eugenics’
Genetic technologies could be exploited in the future to produce more intelligent, stronger and attractive offspring, with better regulation needed ...
Replacement “bioteeth” from stem cells a step closer
The following is an edited excerpt. New research funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre ...
Three-person IVF could move closer in UK
The following is an edited excerpt. The UK could move a step closer to allowing the creation of babies from ...
Researchers publish improved Neanderthal genome
The following is an edited excerpt. Researchers in Germany said Tuesday they have completed the first high-quality sequencing of a ...
Are boys really better at math, girls better at reading?
Are the human sexes distinct in their math abilities? In their reading abilities? Sex differences in math and reading scores ...
Most popular human cell in science gets sequenced
The following is an excerpt. The research world’s most famous human cell has had its genome decoded, and it’s a ...
Genomics in the clinic
The following is an excerpt. When will whole human genome sequencing hit the long-sought-after $1,000 mark? How will scientists bear ...
Most popular human cell in science gets sequenced
The following is an excerpt. The research world’s most famous human cell has had its genome decoded, and it’s a ...
Living with a genetic time bomb
The following is an excerpt. There was no doubt in Chontell Johnson's mind. When a genetic test revealed her mother ...
Realizing the promise of newborn screening
Geneticist James P. Evans argues that it is time to start looking at genetic testing through the lens of disease ...
Is China selectively breeding a new generation of genius babies?
The following is an excerpt. There's a provocative and somewhat disturbing article over at Vice about China's recent foray into genetics and the country's ...
Australia: Patentability of isolated DNA
The following is an excerpt. Patents on human genes continue to cause controversy in the academic and popular press. A recent decision in Australia (1) ...
Spanish researchers link cancer to failures in chromosome protection for the first time
The following is an excerpt. This is the first time that an essential gene for the protection of telomeres, the ...
The narcissism of de-extinction
The following is an excerpt. If people had the ability to resurrect extinct species (dubbed “de-extinction”) and reintroduce them to ...
Lily Grossman: Medicine — and hope — via genomics
The utility of whole genome sequencing is debated, but Lily Grossman's story offers compelling evidence for its potential ...
Darwinian joins scientific “regressives” against genetic engineering
The following is an edited excerpt. Eugenics has always had a tie-in to Darwinist philosophies–as opposed to the biological theory–which ...
New N.D. laws prohibit abortion for genetic defects
The following is an edited excerpt. The North Dakota Senate overwhelmingly approved two anti-abortion bills Friday, one banning abortions as ...
