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Carbon tradeoff: Which is better for the environment — grain-fed or pasture-raised beef?
Beef production accounts for the largest share of global livestock greenhouse gas emissions and is an important target for climate ...
Men were hunters, women were gatherers? New research challenges early assumed gender roles
New research contradicts the common belief that in foraging societies, only men hunt and women gather, revealing that women actively ...
Bioengineer or die: The genetically-engineered toolkit plants need to survive a climate-changed future
Climate change is affecting the types of plant varieties we can cultivate, as well as how and where we can ...
CRISPR gene drives could eliminate many vector-driven pests and diseases, but challenges remain
A functioning gene drive system could fundamentally change our strategies for the control of vector-borne diseases by facilitating rapid dissemination ...
Wealthy consumers throw out nearly 530 calories per day, study finds, more than double previous food waste estimates
Consumers are likely wasting much more food than commonly believed, according to a study published .... in the open-access journal ...
Climate change could increase productive farmland more than 30%—and boost carbon emissions 177 gigatons
Future farming in regions that were previously unsuitable for agriculture could significantly impact biodiversity, water resources, and greenhouse gas emissions ...
Finding hope for children with multiple sulfatase deficiency
Willow [Olson] was born on August 21, 2013. At first she seemed fine, except for difficulty nursing. “Nothing in itself was ...
Cerebral organoids: How can we know if cells collected as ‘mini-brains’ are conscious?
[Editor's note: Mike Klymkowsky is a Professor of Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology at the University of Colorado Boulder.] The ...
Gaucher, Parkinson diseases both originate from mutations on same gene
Gaucher (pronounced “go-shay”) disease affects 1 in 450 Jewish people of Ashkenazi (eastern European) descent (1 in 10 is a ...
Three gene editing techniques available for treating sickle cell disease
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a perfect candidate for gene editing...Correcting the mutation behind SCD is an obvious strategy. How ...
Public dialogue necessary to counter distrust over deploying GMO mosquitoes
An emerging technology that could form part of strategies for controlling insect-borne pathogens is to suppress or replace insect populations ...
How one rare disease led to painting of blue people
Most stories about the blue people of Kentucky include an eerie, compelling drawing of a family, with the stark faces ...
Latest gene therapy trials herald good news as drug developments escalate
It’s much too soon to tell whether the gene therapy that 12-year-old Hannah Sames had last month for GAN is having ...
Science lessons in wake of New Yorker Mukherjee epigenetics article
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The pother over the ...
Gene therapy may give way to new type I diabetes treatment
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Despite eclectic ways of ...
Chromosomal abnormality could theoretically create new human species
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In this age of ...
Hannah’s year: Gene transfer treatment gives hope to curing rare neurodegenerative disease
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Eleven-year-old Hannah Sames can ...
Evolution of grandparents may explain genes that protect against dementia
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. “Survival of the fittest” ...
How CRISPR works, according to its discoverers
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. At the American Society ...
Gene therapy, not editing, saved baby Layla
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. I had planned to ...
Gene therapy offers hope for spinal muscular atrophy cure
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. I began writing about ...
Precision medicine goes far beyond genetics
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. When President Obama uttered ...
Steven Pinker’s ‘Get out of the way’ approach ignores need for bioethics in science
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Do you suppose Steven ...
Activist groups, USRTK have right to demand transparency from biotech scientists
The backlash against transparency is underway and is likely to inform how we interpret the scientific literature for years to come. In the ...
Should genetic counselors dissuade termination of pregnancies with Down syndrome risk?
Several people have sent me a perspective piece by bioethicist Art Caplan in PLOS Biology, “Chloe’s Law: A Powerful Legislative Movement ...
What’s the brave new world of big data genomics?
The Human Genome Project (HGP), the first endeavor and practice of genomics in its real sense, will further demonstrate its ...
How is genetic risk for breast cancer evaluated?
A letter in the current People magazine referring to Jolie’s recent announcement of the removal of her ovaries, following a double ...
How questions of racial, sexist bigotry have come to overshadow James Watson’s career
I’m thrilled that Christie’s decided to auction off James Watson’s Nobel prize on a Thursday, DNA Science posting day! I’ve got some ...