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Autism could be detected as early as 1 year old, with MRI scans
Children with autism tend to be diagnosed around age 4, after a child begins to socialize and speak. But the earlier a ...
Billionaire doctor’s Cancer MoonShot 2020 appears more hype than reality
Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong vowed [to vanquish cancer] when he launched his audacious “Cancer MoonShot 2020” a year ago...The supremely self-confident billionaire ...
Zhang vs. Doudna patent ruling: Broad Institute holds patents but University of California may appeal
The US patent office ruled [Feb. 15] that hotly disputed patents on the revolutionary genome-editing technology CRISPR-Cas9 belong to the ...
Friends of the Earth activist campaigner calls for increased regulation of ‘GMO 2.0’ gene edited food
Editor's note: Dana Perls is the senior food and technology campaigner for Friends of the Earth, you can read GLP's profile ...
Is human-pig stem cell chimera research ‘jumping ahead of ethical considerations’?
[Editor's note: Excerpts are from an opinion piece written by Lori Marino, executive director of the Kimmela Center for Animal Advocacy and a ...
Human-pig ‘chimera’: Ethics and medical promise of growing human organs in animals
Pig embryos that had been injected with human stem cells when they were only a few days old began to ...
Spread of pancreatic cancer fueled by epigenetic changes
[Editor's note: Excerpts are from an interview with Andrew Feinberg of Johns Hopkins, whose research shows how epigenetics affects the spread of ...
Sequencing pioneer sets sights on $100 genome
Next-gen sequencing pioneer Illumina says it may soon usher in the era of the $100 genome — which could, in ...
Who needs a dentist? Our teeth could repair themselves through stem cell stimulation
The stem cells in our teeth can be energized to fill in chips, cracks, and cavities, researchers say, and the ...
Lifestyle changes can directly affect rate of aging, authors of ‘The Telomere Effect’ argue
The main message of “The Telomere Effect,” [authored by Nobel Laureate Elizabeth Blackburn and psychologist Elissa Epel] being published Tuesday, is ...
Celebrity deaths in 2016 reveal genetic diseases that remain unconquered
The year 2016 may be remembered for important medical advances, but a glance at the headlines also offers a grim ...
“Early” intervention can be too late: Cancer cells spread much sooner than assumed
Cancer cells are able to spread from a nascent tumor much earlier than scientists long thought and are more adept than ...
Proove’s genetic test for opioid addiction risk ‘lacks a firm scientific basis’
When the federal government reversed course last month, deciding not to regulate many genetic tests, one big winner was Proove ...
Pioneer company in genetic cancer testing criticizes rivals with claims of inaccuracies
No company has had a more profound impact on inherited breast and ovarian cancer than Myriad Genetics. Its DNA test ...
Could women with mitochondrial diseases prevent passing them onto their children?
A technique that could allow women with mitochondrial diseases to have healthy children showed promise in a group of four ...
Blood transfusions from young people unlikely to have much-hyped anti-aging effects
The author of a study published [Nov. 22] cautioned against the idea that transfusions of “young” blood can reverse the ...
Promising Alzheimer’s drug solanezumab fails late-stage trial, hitting dead end
An investigational Alzheimer’s treatment from Eli Lilly failed to slow the progression of the memory-destroying disease in a late-stage trial, ...
‘Regenerative medicine’ and stem cell therapies hold potential for disease treatments despite grim headlines
Grim stories about the abuse of regenerative medicine and stem cell therapies have been in the headlines. Hundreds of international ...
Field trial of Zika-fighting, GMO mosquito approved in Florida Keys, but new location to be selected
A proposal to release genetically engineered mosquitoes for the first time in the United States cleared an important threshold Saturday, with ...
Your mind may stay nimble even with signs of Alzheimer’s in your brain
The defective proteins that are widely thought to kill brain neurons and cause, or at least indicate, Alzheimer’s disease do not ...
Unnecessary genetic tests wastes $500 million annually
We hear a lot about the wonders of genetic testing, how it can revolutionize medicine and find cures for fatal ...
More athletes relying on genetic testing to tailor workouts despite meager scientific evidence
Genetic analysis companies are forging alliances with personal trainers, chiropractors, and coaches around the world to market genomics tests that ...
Bombshell health study: Raising HDL “good” cholesterol does not help prevent heart disease
Raising HDL, widely known as good cholesterol, for years has been thought to protect against heart attack and stroke. But ...
Can gene editing lead to a cure of HIV?
[Scientists have] announced that they had used CRISPR/Cas9 to test gene after gene after gene in human immune system cells — ...
Brain scans reveal how one small fib snowballs into a whopper
A study of what goes on in the brain when someone tells a lie could offer a biological explanation for why untruths often ...
Obama’s cancer initiative to include NASA joint venture focus on radiation therapy
The White House’s cancer moonshot, the future of which Vice President Joe Biden outlined in a new report on [Oct ...
Paleovirology explores evolutionary history of HIV in hopes of finding cure
The Malayan flying lemur is a small brown animal with buggy eyes...[A] group of Czech scientists discovered another trait of this mammal: ...
Male test for infertility detects epigenetic changes linked to smoking, obesity
Traditional sperm tests don’t reveal much. They can assess how many sperm a man produces, whether sperm are misshapen, and how ...
