Blood based cancer test shows promise in mouse studies, detecting early stage tumors

Dana Dovey | Medical Daily | 
Scientists are working to create a pill that would allow doctors to diagnose cancer with a simple blood test. The ...

After three-parent babies, are two-dad and two-mom babies next?

Dana Dovey | Medical Daily | 
An international team of scientists have shown that it is possible to create human sperm and eggs from stem cells ...

Sexual orientation can’t be explained by genetics alone

Chris Weller | Medical Daily | 
Just recently, the largest twin study to date examining genes’ influence on homosexuality was published in the journal Psychological Medicine ...

Chocoholic? Only GMO cocoa may help meet your cravings

Dana Dovey | Medical Daily | 
The world demands about one million more metric tons of chocolate than cocoa farmers are physically able to produce. By ...

Older moms carry more mitochondrial mutations, leading to more diseases

Dana Dovey | Medical Daily | 
It’s a widely known truth that older mothers have increased chances of giving birth to children with a wide variety ...

Humans possess more extensive virome than previously thought

Stephanie Castillo | Medical Daily | 
Your body is a wonderland… for viruses, found a new study published in BMC Biology. This research was a peek into The Human ...

How the environment shapes our genetic code

Dana Dovey | Medical Daily | 
The fascinating field of epigenetics studies how different environmental influences actually have the power to change gene expressions in our ...

Couple with history of obesity arrested because of son’s weight

Samantha Olson | Medical Daily | 
A couple in the United Kingdom has been arrested for neglect and child cruelty for letting their 11-year-old son become ...
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Have a taste for liver? Food preferences might be hard wired

Matthew Mientka | Medical Daily | 
Geneticists have found 17 new genes that help determine what foods people enjoy most. But these genes aren't related to ...

Breast cancer gene also raises risk of lung cancer in smokers

Samantha Olson | Medical Daily | 
After comparing the DNA of 11,348 Europeans with lung cancer and 15,861 cancer-free patients, researchers found a particularly strong contention ...

Down syndrome and leukemia risk explained by genes

Matthew Mientka | Medical Daily | 
In science, technological advances often serve to deepen medical mysteries, as researchers peel away the next layer of the onion ...

Everyday forgetfulness may have genetic basis

John Ericson | Medical Daily | 
New research shows that everyday forgetfulness may be caused by a certain gene variant, offering a genetic explanation for people ...

New York City student ancestry project to analyze DNA

Susan Scutti | Medical Daily | 
“I’m part Neanderthal,” Rachel Bruton, a member of National Geographic’s Explorer Programs team, told Medical Daily. “I consider it bragging ...

Angelina Jolie’s preventative mastectomy drew attention, but didn’t make people more informed

Matthew Mientka | Medical Daily | 
In modern medicine, few major diseases lack for celebrity representation. But a new study may discredit the cherished notion of ...

DNA test links genes to suicide in antidepressant users

Lecia Bushak | Medical Daily | 
When a patient first begins to take antidepressants, there is actually a chance that person may commit suicide within the ...

Can coffee and beer influence aging?

John Ericson | Medical Daily | 
We know that your choice of coffee or beer affects your mood — but can it influence your genes as ...

Chronic stress impacts genes, causes inflammation

Lecia Bushak | Medical Daily | 
Stress: It’s a common, and sometimes unavoidable, affliction in the modern world. Adults and even sometimes children are faced with ...

Scientists shrink brain cancer with new gene regulation technology

Nsikan Akpan | Medical Daily | 
A new drug from Northwestern University shrinks an incurable form of brain cancer in mice, paving the way for a ...

Ethnicity might determine the bacteria in your mouth

Anthony Rivas | Medical Daily | 
Fingerprints are one of, if not the only things unique to each and every individual. For this reason, it makes ...

Genetic mutation linked to eating disorders discovered

Susan Scutti | Medical Daily | 
Although prevalence of eating disorders cannot be tracked precisely, anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder together may affect five ...

Dentist buys John Lennon’s tooth at auction in hope of creating a clone

John Ericson | Medical Daily | 
Dr. Michael Zuk didn’t blow $30,000 on John Lennon’s tooth for its medical significance or second-hand value. When the Canadian dentist purchased ...

Scientists ID genetic basis for late-onset Alzheimer’s

Anoopa Singh | Medical Daily | 
Alzheimer's disease affects one in eight elderly Americans. The disease is thought to simply be a part of getting older; as one ...
Is PMS really to blame

How much does genetics dictate your mood and mindset?

Chris Weller | Medical Daily | 
Optimism and pessimism are not purely genetic: we have some control over our perception of the world ...

Scientists map duck genome to study bird flu

Nsikan Akpan | Medical Daily | 
The following is an edited excerpt.  Avian influenza or bird flu viruses are known to hide out in ducks, yet ...

Genetic variant linked to variation in patient reponse to blood thinner

Matthew Mientka | Medical Daily | 
The following is an excerpt. The discovery of a genetic variation in some blacks that affects response to the blood ...

Mistakes in ‘junk DNA’ linked to cancer

Ashik Siddique | Medical Daily | 
The following is an excerpt. "Junk DNA" makes up about 98 percent of the human genome, an enormous accumulation of ...

Senate rejects GM food labeling measure, farmers relieved

Nadye-Elisse Harris | Medical Daily | 
The following is an edited excerpt. On Thursday, the U.S. Senate rejected an amendment to the 2013 U.S. Farm Bill ...

Genome sequencing should be universal, benefitting all

Matthew Mientka | Medical Daily | 
The following is an excerpt. The promise of personalized medicine with genome sequencing might soon imbue humanity with terrific powers ...
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