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What makes genes tick?
The expectation is that by uncovering the switches and genes they control, scientists can add depth to genetic findings like ...
20-year saga with brain disease highlights questions about precision medicine plan
Which chapter came first? Was it the genetic predilection for alcohol that created [Barbar's] lifestyle (pure chaos) and environment (streets, shelters, hotels)? ...
Chief medical examiner promises to boost NYC’s poor handling of criminal investigations
She is the closest thing to a hometown medical examiner that a city of eight million people could really expect ...
Discussion with Mary-Claire King: Breast cancer gene discoverer
There has never been a scientific career quite like Mary-Claire King’s. Years ago, her doctoral thesis concluded that humans and ...
Precision medicine is a big step in the right direction
Re “ ‘Moonshot’ Medicine Will Let Us Down” (Op-Ed, Jan. 29): Michael J. Joyner asserts that precision medicine, an exciting ...
Bedbugs’ evolution is bad news for everyone, except scientists
In the closing sentence of “The Origin of Species,” Charles Darwin marvels at the process of evolution, observing how “from ...
Coming to terms with lingering sense of ownership over donated embryos
When my husband and I were in the middle of our IVF cycle and obsessing over shots, ultrasounds, invasive procedures ...
New York Times’ writer addresses GMO labeling issue, leaves out the science
There are few industry debates as heated these days as the one about labeling foods that contain genetically modified ingredients ...
Why ‘precision medicine” initiative will fall short of hype
President Obama's new budget is expected to include hundreds of millions of dollars for so-called precision medicine. The initiative, which ...
Myriad Genetics ends feud over breast cancer screening patent
Myriad Genetics has essentially given up trying to stop other companies from offering tests for increased risk of breast cancer, ...
Bipartisan support found for US personalized medicine initiative
President Obama will seek hundreds of millions of dollars for a new initiative to develop medical treatments tailored to genetic ...
Disneyland measles outbreak grows as calls for vaccination intensify
A measles outbreak that began at Disneyland is spreading across California and beyond, prompting health officials to move aggressively to contain ...
Mapping out the human brain with crowdsourced intelligence and online gaming
In 2005, Sebastian Seung suffered the academic equivalent of an existential crisis. More than a decade earlier, with a Ph.D ...
Study reveals clues as to why the common cold virus is so effective
If there is a champion among contagions, it may well be the lowly rhinovirus, responsible for many of the coughs ...
Unexplained paralysis in children after enterovirus outbreak has experts puzzled
A nationwide outbreak of a respiratory virus last fall sent droves of children to emergency departments. The infections have now ...
As cases decline, experts stress urgency of Ebola vaccine clinical trials in West Africa
As authorities and drug companies hurriedly prepare to begin testing Ebola vaccines in West Africa, they are starting to contemplate ...
“Green” neuroscience scientists say time to revise research protocols
Ann Lam delicately places a laboratory slide holding a slice of brain from a living human onto a small platform ...
Will gene editing and other new GM techniques sidestep controversy over ‘foreign’ genes?
Scotts Miracle-Gro Company is developing genetically modified grass that would need less mowing, be a deeper green and be resistant to ...
New method for clearing donated blood of viruses gains FDA approval
The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved the first system that could be used by blood banks to destroy ...
Would genetically modified salmon be considered kosher?
Many of us in this era of ecologically motivated dietary restrictions find ourselves editing our menu choices, but I wondered ...
Women’s colleges considering policy changes that redefine ‘gender’
At an elite college for women, the question arises: What does it mean to be a woman? The president of ...
Targeting children based on genetics would do more harm than good
In “The Downside of Resilience” (Sunday Review, Nov. 30), Jay Belsky points to evidence that certain children are genetically predisposed ...
Climate change, tourism threaten species conservation in Galápagos Islands
Unesco calls the Galápagos Islands a “living museum and showcase of evolution,” but they are much more than that. The ...
Massive genetics research facility tackles Ebola
An old two-story brick building in a shabby part of town, formerly a distribution center for Budweiser beer, is now ...
Prostate screenings may lead to cancer-causing therapy
In 1970 I discovered the prostate-specific antigen, or PSA, which is now the most widely used tool in prostate screenings ...
Applying neuroscience to poverty may do more harm than good
The idea that poverty can change the brain has gotten significant attention recently, and not just from those lay readers ...
Sometimes, viruses make us healthy
When we talk about viruses, usually we focus on the suffering caused by Ebola, influenza and the like. But our ...
Evolution explains infanticide among mammals
In the early 1970s, Sarah Blaffer Hrdy, then a graduate student at Harvard, traveled to India to study Hanuman langurs, ...
