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Will we learn anything from the brain of Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock?
The brain that sat in the skull of the Las Vegas shooter [Stephen Paddock] as he planned out his attack, ...
Rooting racism and sexism out of artificial intelligence
In 2016, Microsoft released a “playful” chatbot named Tay onto Twitter designed to show off the tech giant’s burgeoning artificial ...
Genetics of attraction: Unique women’s body smells attract men
The team, based at the University of Bern, wanted to know if a protein called human leukocyte antigen, or HLA, ...
Muscular pigs in Cambodia raise false concerns about GMO technology, safety
Pigs are being bred on a farm in Cambodia, and their enormous size and hulking muscles are raising alarm. The ...
Who gave humans genital herpes? Maybe this ancient ancestor
Genital herpes infects about one in six American adults. But who was patient zero, the individual responsible for this irritating scourge? Researchers in ...
Extreme Male Brain Theory? Girls with autism have characteristically more masculine faces
A new study suggests that boys and girls with autism have facial features that are characteristically more male than female. [...] ...
CRISPR gene editing advances may outrun regulatory oversight
[Recently,] reports emerged that scientists in Oregon had used gene-editing technology, known as CRISPR-Cas9, to edit a human embryo. While ...
Oxygen therapy reverses brain damage in toddler who nearly drowned
In what is believed to be a world first, scientists have reversed brain damage in a toddler that drowned in ...
Vitamin-A rich GMO banana, which could fight malnutrition in Africa, ready for field trials
Scientists in Australia have created golden-orange-fleshed bananas rich in pro-vitamin A that could save the lives of hundreds of thousands ...
Redefining natural selection: How synthetic biology may solve sustainability challenges in food, fuel and health
[S]ynthetic biology] is poised to change how we feed ourselves, clothe ourselves, fuel ourselves—and possibly even change our very selves ...
Video: Amazing replication of a single DNA shows randomness of genetics
Researchers at the University of California, Davis, have just reported a small but significant accomplishment: catching the replication of a ...
Fighting high cholesterol: Vaccine promises long-lasting fix
Scientists have begun a clinical trial to test a high cholesterol vaccine after research on mice proved successful. If the ...
Our brains have 11 dimensions
Scientists studying the brain have discovered that the organ operates on up to 11 different dimensions, creating multiverse-like structures that ...
Will toxin-blocking biotech corn help win over skeptics of genetic engineering?
Aflatoxin is a well-known global health threat. This poison, produced by the Aspergillus fungus, is common in corn, wheat, rice ...
Will patent disputes over who ‘discovered’ CRISPR gene editing slow development of gene therapies?
[Editor's note: Excerpts are from an interview with Jennifer Doudna, one of the discoverers of the revolutionary CRISPR gene-editing technology. The ...
Hoarding of patient data by genetics labs impedes patient care
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. After [experiencing a sharp ...
Gene therapy likely best shot at curing brain diseases
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The concept of gene ...
Doctor to stand trial for medical malfeasance for administering pseudoscience cancer treatment
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. As a young doctor ...
Genetic engineering could improve rice’s drought tolerance in face of climate change
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. [Jane] Langdale, a professor of ...
Biotech key to increasing yields to meet growing global food demands
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The world population is ...
Alabama to require teaching ‘controversial’ theory of evolution in schools, with disclaimer
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. This school year, Alabama ...
Humans aren’t the only species that can make GMOs
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A study published September 17 in the ...
Newsweek: CRISPR gene editing could ‘save world from hunger’ if anti-GMO opponents do not block it
In 2012, a new tool was invented that revolutionizes how scientists can examine—and manipulate—plant genetic processes. It’s called CRISPR-Cas9, and ...
Boom and bust of ‘green crude’ leads to new venture: synbio oil and more
The idea behind Sapphire Energy was radical: Use synthetic biology, a promising new technology that lets scientists reengineer the genetics of ...
Climate change will make infectious disease outbreaks more common
As the catastrophic Ebola outbreak showed the world recently, the modern age of global air travel has made it far ...
Ethiopian enset: Can native plants be improved for economic viability?
Ethiopians have cultivated enset—a cousin of the banana tree—for thousands of years, converting its stalk, roots and leaves into food, ...
Single-embryo IVF proves safer, but much costlier than multiple births
In 2004, Danielle Decrette went in for in vitro fertilization. It wasn’t her first time—she and her husband had a ...
Consumer acceptance of GMO rubber more likely than of GMO oranges
For crops that are grown in monocultures, especially trees and vines that take years to bear fruit and can't be ...
