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.
Stem cells need recovery time
A new study describes the mechanism behind impaired muscle repair during aging and a strategy that may help rejuvenate aging ...
DNA test for babies speeds diagnosis
A new technique for quickly analyzing the DNA of newborns zeros in on mutations that can cause disease, demonstrating that ...
Are animal traits the result of behavioral epigenetics?
A plant that is unremarkable in one environment becomes an invasive species in another, pushing through house foundations and sprouting ...
DNA construction technology makes genetic engineering cheaper, faster
Sequencing, splicing and expressing DNA may seem to be the quintessence of cutting-edge science—indeed DNA manipulation has revolutionized fields such ...
Whole-genome sequencing tracks spread of severe intestinal disease in sub-Saharan Africa
The emergence and spread of a particularly virulent and rapidly evolving strain of Salmonella bacteria may have been made worse ...
Study sheds light on bone marrow stem cell therapy for pancreatic recovery
Researchers at Cedars-Sinai's Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute have found that a blood vessel-building gene boosts the ability of human bone ...
Statistical method will analyze important, poorly studied areas of human genome
Each year, more and more pieces of the human genome puzzle fall into place, but large holes still remain. Researchers ...
Could hand-made humans may hold the key to saving the world?
I propose that we consider another solution to the problem of climate change that has not been considered before and ...
First large scale trial of whole-genome cancer testing for clinical decision-making
For the first time, researchers have conducted a large trial in which they tested the entire genome of individual breast ...
Could stem cells hold the key to treating traumatic brain injuries?
As part of Rainbow Coral Corp.'s mission to deliver effective new cures for traumatic brain injury, the company is investigating ...
Stem cell-modifying antibodies could be used for regenerative therapies
Stem cell therapeutics firm Medistem and Superview Biotechnology signed a collaboration centered on the use of Medistem’s stem cell lines ...
Study shows epigenetics of adult stem cells influences organ creation
A team led by Manel Esteller, director of the Cancer Epigenetics and Biology Program in the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute ...
Plant stem cells: The next generation in skin care technology
Since the dawn of time, humans have stumbled upon various natural ways to keep their skin youthful-looking—even if they didn’t ...
Single gene may hold key to life itself?
"Your IQ depends on a single gene"; "Long life is all in the genes"; "A gene that could explain why ...
The genetics of white finger disease
Vibration-induced white finger disease (VWF) is caused by continued use of vibrating hand held machinery (high frequency vibration >50 Hz), ...
Chemotherapy may be creating cancer stem cells
Cancer treatments may be creating more dangerous and persistent cancer cells that are resistant to both chemotherapy and radiation. Three ...
Genetic traces of extinct human species discovered
DNA collected from modern hunter-gatherers -- the Pygmies of Cameroon, the Sandawe and Hadza of Tanzania, and the Khoe-San of ...
Association between obesity and consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages
It's hardly shocking, but a National Institutes of Health funded study finds that people with a genetic proclivity for obesity ...
Stem cells ‘boost kidney transplants’
“Stem cells beat kidney rejection,” says BBC News. The broadcaster says that an injection of stem cells given alongside a ...
Nutrient in eggs and meat may influence gene expression from infancy to adulthood
Just as women are advised to get plenty of folic acid around the time of conception and throughout early pregnancy, ...
Parrot genomics: Genome sequencing of endangered bird
The international open-access journal GigaScience(a BGI and BioMed Central journal) announces the publication of a unique study providing the genome ...
Mentally handicapped children may not have inhertited handicap from parents
In children with severe intellectual disabilities genetic causes are very frequent and we have found in more than half of ...
Study shows stem cells may prevent and cure Alzheimer’s
In the first study of its kind, researchers at Korea's leading university and the RNL Bio Stem Cell Technology Institute ...
Researchers plan whole-genome sequencing of hantavirus in public health study
California researchers and public health officials have launched what they describe as a groundbreaking series of studies of a rare ...
Researchers find possible key to regulation of ovarian cancer stem cells
Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center have discovered that the micro ribonucleic acid miR-214 plays a critical role in regulating ovarian ...
Mayo Clinic finds way to weed out problem stem cells, making therapy safer
Mayo Clinic researchers have found a way to detect and eliminate potentially troublemaking stem cells to make stem cell therapy ...
Reverse aging? Scientists find way to make old muscles young again with proteins and stem cells
It is a dream for everyone as they grow older to turn back the clock and live in a younger ...
