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Gene transfer therapy could replace vaccines, treat HIV
A team of scientists has announced what could prove to be an enormous step forward in the fight against H.I.V ...
How much of our DNA is junk?
The human genome contains around 20,000 genes, that is, the stretches of DNA that encode proteins. But these genes account ...
Renowned marine biologist and oceanographer Eugenie Clark dies
Eugenie Clark, whose childhood rapture with fish in a New York City aquarium led to a life of scholarly adventure ...
Take the New York Times’s interactive GMO food labeling quiz
Few industry debates are as heated these days as the one about labeling foods that contain genetically modified ingredients. And ...
Software uses DNA to predict facial appearance
Mark D. Shriver, a professor of anthropology and genetics at Penn State University and his colleagues have studied the ways ...
Law and Order: Using DNA to generate suspects’ facial profiles
Police in Columbia, S.C., last month released a sketch of a possible suspect in a murder investigation. In what may ...
Debate ramps up on release of genetically engineered mosquitoes in Key West
In this bite-size community near Key West, like so many other mosquito-plagued spots up and down the Florida Keys, residents ...
Why do East Asians have 20% more Neanderthal DNA than Europeans?
In 2010, scientists made a startling discovery about our past: About 50,000 years ago, Neanderthals interbred with the ancestors of ...
Neuroscientist Oliver Sacks’s reflects after receiving terminal cancer diagnosis
A month ago, I felt that I was in good health, even robust health. At 81, I still swim a ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
