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Tumor zapper: Brain cancer survival rates boosted by electric skull cap
An electric skull cap designed to zap cancer cells trying to grow in the brains of wearers proved useful at ...
Video: Microfossil discovery dating back 3.77 billion years could be oldest evidence of life
[A] new study led by University College London PhD student Matthew Dodd describes evidence of what the researchers believe to ...
Republican bill could force workers to involuntarily disclose sensitive DNA data to employers
It’s hard to imagine a more sensitive type of personal information than your own genetic blueprints...[T]he four-base code can reveal ...
Did migration to America take long enough for humans to evolve?
The Bering land bridge plays a central role in our picture of how humans reached the Americas...Current estimates suggest that ...
Insect resistant ferns could hold key to developing next generation GMO crops
Genetic modification to common crops... has significantly reduced damage caused by insects that feed off plant leaves, but it has ...
Researchers find 17 different genome locations associated with depression
A recent study...identified five independent gene variants from four genome regions that are associated with depression, raising hopes that we ...
Researchers ‘evolve’ new Bt toxin that could fight insect resistance to GMO crops
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) crops ...
Large analysis finds common genetics links between depression, neuroticism, and sense of well-being
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The role of genetics in mental ...
How do courts look at neuroscientific evidence?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Several years ago, Ars looked ...
Computer model answers questions surrounding Neanderthal extinction
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. For a long time, ...
India’s ancient caste system left lasting mark on modern genomes
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Over 1,500 years ago, the ...
Life may have begun on Earth more than 4.1 billion years ago
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In 2008, a splashy ...
What really sets humans apart form other species?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Ever since Darwin, the ...
Misconceptions about genetic testing still too common among public
A recent Ars feature story about genetic screening generated quite a lively debate in the discussion thread. However, it also ...
Should everyone be tested for high-risk cancer genes?
About 1,500 patients at risk of hereditary cancer are seen each year in Ireland. Most of these cases are related ...
Fear of ‘foreign’ genes in GMOs? Turns out Nature produces transgenic sweet potatoes
One of the most frequently mentioned issues with GMO foods is a vague concern about bringing genes from distantly related ...
How to weigh enormous promise, potential danger of CRISPR/Cas9 technology
A technique for editing genes while they reside in intact chromosomes has been a real breakthrough. Literally. In 2013, Science ...
Tool use among early humans paved way for selection of language-related genes
It’s widely understood that human genetics can influence culture, but increasingly, the idea that culture can also affect genetics is ...
Are Americans ready to resurrect the once ubiquitous ‘spreading chesnut tree’?
The relationship between the US public and genetically modified organisms is a bit ambiguous. That may change thanks to work taking ...
Newly discovered ancient human skeleton contains lost Neanderthal DNA
Another week, another ancient human genome. We just recently covered the oldest modern human genome yet described. Now, another paper ...
Promising new diabetes treatment overcomes negative side effects
In Type 1 diabetes, the body's immune system destroys the cells that produce insulin, leaving your body unable to make ...
What is direct to consumer genetic testing actually worth?
Cyrus Farivar uses several direct to consumer genetic testing companies to explore his health risks, specifically for Alzheimer's disease. In ...
Push to predict how next year’s flu will evolve
Influenza viruses evolve rapidly, making it hard to develop protective vaccines against them. Despite a great deal of effort, scientists ...
Science inches toward science-fiction-style genetic augmentation
In 1953, molecular biologists James Watson and Francis Crick released what would be one of the most groundbreaking scientific discoveries ...
Memories of positive associations get written onto DNA
Another study adds to the growing list of experiements in which epigenetics appears involved in the process of locking memories ...
Giant genome study finds tiny links between genetics and schooling
The following is an excerpt. Everyone wants an easy answer to the big questions about genetics—is there a gay gene? ...
Biological logic gate built by splitting viral gene
The following is an edited excerpt. In recent years, researchers in the messy world of biology have been able to ...
We broke the tomato, and we’re using science to fix it
The following is an edited excerpt. Thanks to decades of breeding, the modern agricultural tomato has a lot of properties ...
