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.
Scientists create a one-time, universal flu vaccine using genetic engineering
New process to make one-way flu vaccine discoveredScience Daily (press release)Associate Professor Sang-Moo Kang and his collaborators have found a ...
New fetal genetic test opens a host of ethical questions
ScientistYear of the FetusScientist“This will affect the complexity of genetic counseling tremendously,” said Emily Hardisty, a certified genetic counselor and ...
The (epi)genetics of homosexuality
Although scientists have spent the last few decades scouring our genome for a “gay gene,” a new paper suggests it ...
Body builders: Making artificial organs from cells
Ready-made organs have been a science fiction fantasy for decades. New “bioartificial” organs, made from plastic that’s seeded with stem ...
Is there a right time to give consent for genetic testing?
Globe and MailIs there a right time to give consent for genetic testing?Globe and MailFor Chad Sapieha, the choice is ...
We’ll see human cloning ‘within 50 years’
Telegraph.co.ukHuman cloning 'within 50 years'Telegraph.co.ukSir John Gurdon, whose work cloning frogs in the 1950s and 60s led to the later ...
Women with unclear BRCA tests choose to have their ovaries removed
Medical DailySome Women Choose to Have Their Ovaries Removed, Despite Inconclusive ...Medical DailyThe study was based on the self-reported responses ...
What we know—and don’t know—about the biology of homosexuality
The media was abuzz this week after an international group of researchers proposed that scientists may have been looking for ...
Heart cells turned into ‘biological pacemakers’ with injection of single gene
Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute researchers have reprogrammed ordinary heart cells to become exact replicas of highly specialized pacemaker cells by injecting ...
Canada joins personal genome project
The Personal Genome Project, an initiative to generate DNA sequence from the genomes of the general public, has been around since ...
Restless genes: How the human compulsion to explore is a defining part of human success
What drove us out from Africa and on to the moon and beyond? If an urge to explore rises in us ...
Buyer beware in ancestry testing!
Over at Genomes Unzipped Vincent Plagnol has put up a post, Exaggerations and errors in the promotion of genetic ancestry testing, which to ...
What’s more dangerous: biology or synthetic biology?
Slate MagazineWhat's More Dangerous: Biology or Synthetic Biology?Slate MagazineTom Knight got the bug for bioscience while he was a computer ...
Personalized medicine offers glimpse into the future
Personalized medicine offers glimpse into the future - City & Region - The ...Buffalo NewsAndrew M. Cuomo to spur economic ...
Untested stem cell cosmetics endanger consumers
Nature.comIn The Flesh: The Embedded Dangers of Untested Stem Cell CosmeticsScientific AmericanAbout three months earlier the woman had opted for ...
N.C. considers compensating victims of eugenic sterilizations
The N.C. House will again pursue legislation in 2013 to compensate state residents sterilized decades ago by a state-sanctioned board, ...
What 23andMe is really selling
This week, 23andme, the personalized genomics company founded by Anne Wojcicki, wife of Google co-founder Sergey Brin, got an influx of investment cash ...
Scientist uncover clues about the evolution of hands
Fossils show that limbs evolved from fins, and a new study reveals how it may have happened. Spanish scientists injected ...
Cancers better at manipulation of host genes than thought
Cancer cells are derived from our very own stock, being based on our very DNA. Yet they are able to ...
DNA isn’t all-powerful: A challenge to personalized cancer care
(Reuters) - The cancer cells were not behaving the way the textbooks say they should. Some of the cells in ...
“Genes and justice” — exploring the crossroads of genetics and policy
"Genes and Justice." That unexpected combination of words led to the "question of the day" that lit up on a screen ...
DNA may be future goldmine for marketers
In the not-too-distant future, marketers might turn to an unexpected source for clues to everything from vacation preferences to buying ...
New business plans for direct-to-consumer gene testing industry
Two of the major players in the gene testing industry -- 23andMe and Family Tree DNA -- along with upstart ...
We’re overselling the health-care ‘revolution’ of personal genomics
In the very near future, we’ll all be able to have our entire genome – all our genetic information – ...
Personalized medicine for prostate cancer: Promise of the future
Personalized medicine is treatment specific for a patient based on his or her genetic makeup. It doesn’t involve designing a ...
Researchers eager to create parentless embryos with stem cells
An international fertility conference early next year will teach participants how to create embryos with stem cells. The organisers for ...
Why aren’t we arguing over stem cells anymore?
I'm sure if I did a deep enough Google search, I'd find some reference to stem cells coming up during the recent ...
