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Gene analysis reveals possible biologic cause of schizophrenia
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Schizophrenia can present itself ...
More evidence uncovered for transmissible Alzheimer’s theory
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A post-mortem analysis of ...
Biohackers aim to turn bacteria into tiny insulin-making machines
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The 370 million people ...
Danish bugs document damaging effects of climate change
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. What started out as ...
Journalists face own conflicts of interest challenges in covering controversial science
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In my recent article ...
23andMe reports denying police requests to turn over customer DNA
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Private genetics company 23andMe ...
Can your 23andMe data end up in the FBI’s hands?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. < Back when Ancestry and ...
What keeps your microbiome happy?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The microbes in your ...
Artificial cells may show how earliest life forms came to be
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Scientists have a pretty ...
New test detects all viruses that infect humans
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In order for a ...
Improved cancer drug hides out in patient’s own blood cells
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. It’s notoriously difficult to ...
Humans successfully read each other’s thoughts through brain-to-brain connection
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In one lab, an ...
Google initiative turning eye towards brain science
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. After 13 years as ...
Throat bacteria show possible link between schizophrenia and microbiome
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. No one is quite ...
Biohackers have hands on CRISPR, but mostly to make beer
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The advent of enzyme ...
Don’t snooze, you lose: Sleep deprivation has long-lasting consequences for genes, health
There’s a new reason to go to bed on time: late nights, in addition to a multitude of health effects, ...
Natural genetic mutations inspire promising bio-pharmaceutical treatments
Steven Pete can’t feel pain. Timothy Dreyer has bones several times thicker than the average human. Both conditions were caused ...
As dengue fever victims in Brazil tops 16 million, GM mosquito trial offers hope
Dengue fever is so excruciating that it is often called the “bone breaker,” causing severe pain in the joints and ...
Bed bugs’ odd genetic inheritance might help manage infestations
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. We already know that ...
Disinfecting equipment helps prevent spread of infection at the gym
In addition to water bottles, disinfectant spray bottles have become commonplace in many athletic facilities. The routine is simple to ...
Your brain interprets the world differently from everyone else’s
Sometimes, other people interpret your words differently than you may have intended--like you're not on the same wavelength. Turns out ...
Mammoth DNA successfully resurrected, but cloning won’t happen anytime soon
A group of researchers are getting closer to bringing the extinct woolly mammoth back to life. Geneticist George Church’s lab ...
Non-GMO hybrid yeast leads to greater beer diversity and faster brewing time
Last month, a Finnish group reported on their efforts to improve beer by altering the nature of the yeast. They ...
Supreme Court: Officers can seize your DNA without your consent
In 2009, a Maryland county court convicted Glenn Raynor of rape, the verdict hinging on a key piece of evidence: ...
Alligators to the rescue against antibiotic resistance
Among all the animals captivating our collective attention, one of the most prevalent has been the alligator. Historical records reveal ...
Designer children? Will movement for 3-parent babies change how we view parenthood?
Last week members of the British House of Commons passed a bill legalizing mitochondrial DNA transfers--a process that combines three ...
What’s lurking in New York City’s subway?
The Wall Street Journal released an interactive map of the bacteria in New York’s subway system. And as expected, it's ...
Kit creates accurate model of face from DNA sample
This winter, a biotechnology company began offering a whole new service to police departments. Virginia-based Parabon NanoLabs' Snapshot service allows ...
