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.
Gene determines how much of a “reward” people get from booze
One in six U.S. adults binge-drinks four times a month, consuming an average of eight drinks per session, according to ...
When should you give genetic testing as a gift?
When 23andMe offered their DNA test for just $99, I started to think about giving it for Christmas presents. It was an ...
Promising trends for 2013: Genome editing and sequencing
More than once last year, researchers described leaps in medical science that were so breathtaking, and held so much potential ...
Medical-testing companies disagree on potential impact of gene patent ruling
Much has changed since 1990, when geneticist Mary Claire King first located the breast-cancer gene at the heart of the ...
2013: Year of the stem cell
Researchers have already safely injected stem cells into patients with neurodegenerative diseases and spinal cord injuries -- and they've seen ...
Knowing you carry a cancer gene
The oncologist called me alone to the exam room, and I told her the story I had revealed to more ...
Genetic effects on intelligence and society
Fewer subjects are more controversial than the study of genetics and its relation to just about every facet of human ...
Young and carrying a deadly gene: Do you really want to know?
Most people have a deep intuition that a life lived clear-eyed has inherent value, independent of whether the truth makes ...
Can genetic testing help prevent the next mass murder?
PolicyMicJames Holmes and Adam Lanza: Their DNA May Hold Clues On What Makes a ...PolicyMicNot only would Adam Lanza's genetic ...
U.S. Clears DNA Firm’s Acquisition by Chinese
The federal government has given national security clearance to the controversial purchase of an American DNA sequencing company by a ...
Gene technology innovations reshaping future of medicine
The ability to map human DNA cheaply and quickly is yielding a torrent of data about the genetic drivers of ...
The curious genetics of “werewolves”
Forgive my lapse in political correctness, but I recalled those cards when I saw the word “hypertrichosis” in a recent ...
Genetics’ effect on intelligence and society
Fewer subjects are more controversial than the study of genetics and its relation to just about every facet of human ...
Cadaver stem cells offer new hope of life after death
Medical DailyRadical New Technique Extracts Stem Cells From CadaversMedical DailyHuman bone marrow holds mesenchymal stem cells, which can be converted ...
Evolution may contradict ‘dumb jock’ notion
According to a popular stereotype, intellectual achievement and athleticism are inversely linked. Now a controversial view of evolution suggests that ...
Identifying genetic markers will not stop crime
Discussion turned, in the wake of the Newtown killings, to better mental health services. If we could simply identify homicidal ...
DNA tests target Native Americans
The Center for Genetics and Society, which takes an ultra-conservative view of genetic screening and genetic technology, takes a one-sided ...
Personalized medicine’s perverse economics
In pharmacogenetics, genetic typing is used to determine a patient's likely response to drugs, and create a personalized drug regime ...
Genetics will not explain Newtown
Genetics Will Not Explain NewtownHuffington Post (blog)David Kaufman is director of research at the Genetics and Public Policy Center at ...
Can homosexuality be explained by epigenetics?
Is it really true that homosexuality can be explained by epigenetics?io9Is it really true that homosexuality can be explained by ...
Personalised medicine and the duty of disclosure
Mind the double bind - personalised medicine and the duty of disclosureLexology (registration)New federal law will ban genetic discrimination by ...
Virus-based gene therapy holds promise for neurological disease
Novel virus-based gene therapy holds promise for Canavan diseaseNews-Medical.netResearch led by Paola Leone, PhD, of the University of Medicine and ...
Gene therapy extends lives of children with brain disease
Children born with a rare, genetic brain disorder that causes severe atrophy and often leads to death within three years, ...
Medical examiner wants to probe Sandy Hook shooter’s genetics
Connecticut's chief medical examiner said he hopes Adam Lanza's biology will help explain why the Sandy Hook shooter went on a deadly rampage. The ...
Canada: In search of genomic incentives
In a renewed quest for medical breakthroughs, the Canadian government recently committed $67.5-million for research into “personalized medicine.” This bold ...
Breakthrough technique has potential to stop some genetic disorders from being inherited
Today, researchers at the New York Stem Cell Foundation and Columbia University Medical Center announced the success of a new technique to transfer the ...
Can your genes predict when you’ll die?
In Greek myth, the amount of time a person spent on earth was determined at birth by the length of ...
