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Boston Globe opposes Massachusetts mandatory labeling law
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A BILL that would require labeling ...
Are genetic counselors over promoting certain exams for personal gain?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Little Kate Summersgill certainly ...
Can genes predict criminal behavior?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The country has made unprecedented ...
Promising gene therapy could help kill tumors
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Cancer scientists toiling in ...
Unlikely agent for fighting cancer found in herpes virus
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Viruses are usually thought ...
Wildlife flourishes in irradiated, human-free Chernobyl zone
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The sound was like ...
Does collecting accused felons’ DNA violate constitutional right to privacy?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Suffolk District Attorney Daniel ...
Boston Globe Editorial: GMO state labeling bills misguided, exaggerates illogical fears of food and Big Ag
Congress created mandatory nationwide food labels, and it is Congress that has a responsibility to ensure they don't stray from ...
We’re entering a new generation of precision medicine
For decades, doctors treated nearly all patients with the same disease in the same way, aware that drugs that worked ...
False positive screenings pose dire challenges for parents
One spring day in 2013, Dr. Jayme Sloan had bad news for Stacie Chapman, who was nearly three months pregnant ...
Evolutionary origins of genitalia unveiled
When the first animals scrambled out of the water to live on land, they needed limbs and lungs. And something ...
Boston Globe joins other liberal publications in opposing mandatory GMO labeling
The push for GMO labeling has been the most successful in New England states so far, but now, the region's ...
Harvard scientists call for debate on new gene-manipulation technique
A powerful new technology could be used to manipulate nature by “editing” the genes of organisms in the wild, enabling ...
Massachusetts biotech incentives eclipsed by competitive states
Massachusetts has made its way over the past half-dozen years to being an undisputed leader in biotechnology and life sciences ...
Laser treatments trigger dental stem cells to regrow teeth
With a simple, low-power laser, Harvard University scientists have triggered naturally occurring dental stem cells to regrow teeth in rats ...
Nobel laureate in medicine: GMOs are ‘key tool’ to address global hunger
Each year several million children either die or suffer irreparable developmental defects because of vitamin A deficiency. Countless others are harmed ...
Ancient, inert parts of our genomes may be protective
At hundreds of spots in our DNA, there are ancient swaths that have remained puzzlingly unchanged over hundreds of millions ...
Personalized medicine may cost more than cures
Personalized medicine promises to offer targeted, individualized treatment to the masses. But what will it do to the pharmaceutical industry ...
DNA blood test can detect prenatal problems
A large new study led by Boston researchers shows that a simple blood test is superior to standard screening methods ...
Biotech start-up targets Parkinson’s and ALS with new gene therapy
A Cambridge biotechnology company launching Wednesday is taking aim at Parkinson’s disease and ALS with a new gene therapy that ...
George Church wonders why you haven’t had your genome sequenced yet
There was a fascinating moment at Google’s Cambridge office when Harvard geneticist George Church asked how many people in a ...
New company developing “DNA surgery”
When a tumor grows on an organ, doctors remove it. When a hip stops working, they replace it. When a ...
Genetic clues in mammals could unlock secret to anti-aging
For years, scientists have studied how to combat old age. Now, new research suggests that genetic clues in mammals with ...
Would you edit your genes?
The most difficult thinking about gene therapy involves normally healthy people who have mutations that are highly predictive of a ...
Testing of gene therapies expanding at Boston-area hospitals
Years after it was hyped, vilified for the death of a teenager, and then mostly forgotten by the general public, ...
Scientists find genetic switch that may fuel breast cancer’s spread
Despite improvements in medical technology, doctors still struggle to tell which breast cancers are highly aggressive and likely to spread ...
Do patents hinder research?
The following is an excerpt. It is an argument frequently made by businesses: Intellectual property protection is essential to spur ...
Selected books on genetics
The following is an editorial summary. Featured books in this review article include: “Regenesis: How Synthetic Biology Will Reinvent Nature ...
