New York Times
Five major mental disorders share genetic link
The following is an edited excerpt. The psychiatric illnesses seem very different — schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, autism, major depression and ...
Supreme court defends Monsanto’s patent on soybean
The following is an excerpt. WASHINGTON — A freewheeling and almost entirely one-sided argument at the Supreme Court on Tuesday indicated that ...
DNA test for rare disorders becomes more routine
The following is an excerpt. A new kind of testing is proving particularly helpful in diagnosing mysterious neurological illnesses in ...
Biotech companies lobby to limit competitive drugs
The following is an excerpt. Biological drugs are made from large molecules, and the processes, involving living cells, are more ...
Can genes determine whether your kid aces the SATs?
More than ever, a child’s academic future depends on standardized testing scores. The pressure to perform well can be intense, ...
Pigeon DNA supports Darwin’s work
The following is an excerpt. Pigeon breeding, Darwin argued, was an analogy for what happened in the wild. Nature played ...
Wal-Mart may back GM labeling initiative
The U.S.'s largest grocery store operator has been discussing lobbying for a national labeling program ...
Mishandling of DNA evidence found in over 50 cases at NYC crime lab
The following is an excerpt. The New York City medical examiner’s office said Thursday that it had discovered more than ...
Biotech firms lobby states to limit generic drug competition
Some of the nation’s biggest biotechnology companies are lobbying state-by-state to limit competition from genetic drugs; this could add billions ...
Not sleeping well? Your DNA may be partly to blame
The following is an excerpt. By late January many of us residing in northern latitudes aren’t sleeping well, overeat and ...
Mutations found in melanomas may shed light on how cancers grow
The following is an excerpt. In a leap forward in understanding the basic science of one of the most lethal ...
Leishmaniasis: Genetic link found in far-flung victims of a lethal form of a parasitic disease
Whether someone bitten by a sandfly goes on to develop the most lethal form of leishmaniasis is determined partly by the victim’s ...
Knowing you carry a cancer gene
The oncologist called me alone to the exam room, and I told her the story I had revealed to more ...
Young and carrying a deadly gene: Do you really want to know?
Most people have a deep intuition that a life lived clear-eyed has inherent value, independent of whether the truth makes ...
Seeking clues to violence in the genome of Newtown gunman
Geneticists at the University of Connecticut are quietly making plans to study the DNA of the Newtown gunman, in an ...
Body builders: Making artificial organs from cells
Ready-made organs have been a science fiction fantasy for decades. New “bioartificial” organs, made from plastic that’s seeded with stem ...
Efficacy of tobacco taxes tied to genes
Tobacco use has declined sharply since the 1960s, but for the past 20 years about 20 percent of the population ...
Genetically reprogrammed AIDs virus rescues girl from cancer
In the first of its kind experimental treatment, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia used a disabled form of the virus that ...
Alzheimer’s tied to mutation harming immune response
In a surprising coincidence, two groups of researchers working from entirely different starting points have converged on a mutated gene ...
Food movement loses battles but will win war
While support for GE food labels has never been stronger, the incessant drumbeat of misleading and outright false industry advertising ...
Arthur R. Jensen, who sparked debate about the genetics of IQ, dies
Jensen is most famous for arguing that the gap in intelligence tests between blacks and whites was due to genetic ...
DNA test for babies speeds diagnosis
A new technique for quickly analyzing the DNA of newborns zeros in on mutations that can cause disease, demonstrating that ...
In breakthrough, geneticists find 4 distinct types of cancer leading to new treatments
In findings that are fundamentally reshaping the scientific understanding of breast cancer, researchers have identified four genetically distinct types of ...
Foes of modified corn find support in a disputed study that links GM corn to greater health risks
Rats fed either genetically engineered corn or the herbicide Roundup had an increased risk of developing tumors, suffering organ damage ...
Personal genomics: New drugs target common cancers
Tens of thousands of Americans with tumors from certain types of lung cancer have mutations that might be treated by ...
GM crops choked by regulatory burder, says GM supporter
FOOD prices are at record highs and the ranks of the hungry are swelling once again. A warming climate is ...
‘Gene switches’ in ‘junk DNA’ control human health
The human genome is packed with at least four million gene switches that reside in bits of DNA that once ...
As genes learn tricks, animal lifestyles evolve
To understand how snakes evolved their infrared detection systems, a group of scientists led by Prof. David Julius at the ...
