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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 ...
Could outreach by scientists to religious communities relieve tensions over human genome editing?
Is the human genome sacred? Does editing it violate the idea that we’re made in God’s image or, perhaps worse, ...
‘Genome graph’ offers way for scientists to map human gene pool
[I]t’s becoming painfully clear that the original method that scientists used to compare genomes to each other...is rapidly becoming obsolete ...
Genetically engineered gut bacteria may replace pill in delivering drugs
Swallowing a pill isn’t always the best delivery method for some drugs — for instance, they may not survive the ...
Opposition to mandatory DNA screens and country-wide database growing in Kuwait
A Kuwaiti law requiring all residents to submit to genetic testing has sparked international outcry — and there are signs it’s ...
Turning body’s own defenses to fight tumors: Does CAR-T work?
There’s new hope that a much-hyped class of immunotherapies could revolutionize cancer treatment...But experts remain cautious about safety and efficacy ...
Monsanto strikes deal with Broad Institute to use CRISPR for crop modification
Agriculture giant Monsanto has licensed CRISPR-Cas9 genome-editing technology from the Broad Institute for use in seed development, the company announced on [Sept. 22] ...
Study linking gene mutation with multiple sclerosis faces brutal criticism
Scientists are forcefully challenging a recent study that claimed to identify a rare genetic mutation that sharply boosted the risk ...
FDA may shut down stem cell clinics just when research starting to show promise
Scientists on [Sept. 12] will urge the Food and Drug Administration to crack down on rogue clinics across the country ...
Nationwide survey indicates American’s enthusiasm for precision medicine
When precision medicine ended my 23-year struggle with kidney cancer, I made it my mission to make individualized health care ...
Nation’s top scientists present recommendations for Obama’s cancer moonshot
A panel of top scientists is urging the Obama administration to bet big on tumor profiling and immunotherapy treatments in its ...
Federal investigation throws doubt on Luminosity’s supposed IQ benefits
The brain-training giant Lumosity is recalibrating its strategy and facing new challenges as it reels from a federal crackdown on bold ...
Personalized cancer treatments struggling to overcome patient deaths, severe side effects
The idea is tantalizing: Reengineer a patient’s own immune cells to attack the cancer that’s killing her. Scientists have proven ...
Revolutionary CAR-T cancer therapy needs to nearly kill you to save you
[There is an] experimental therapy that...could rid [a patient's] body of cancer entirely. It’s called CAR-T therapy, and it works ...
Scientists aim to sync various brain maps to create ‘Google Maps’ for brain
Brain maps seem to come out in rapid succession these days. They take various forms: a map for word concepts, ...
Large genetic database reveals how our individual DNA differs
ExAC...is a compendium of genetic information that...[is] so big that it is giving scientists a much more realistic vision of ...
Legal battle over CRISPR ownership heating up
Beneath the technical and legal jargon...filed in the battle over CRISPR patents is a simple argument that...comes down to this: ...
Clinton pledges to continue Biden’s Cancer Moonshot efforts if elected president
Hillary Clinton endorsed the Obama administration’s cancer moonshot initiative on [August 15] and pledged to continue its work if she is ...
Precision medicine threatened by sloppy, inefficient research
To the average American,...precision medicine sets a high expectation of a more targeted...[and] more effective...treatment. But all too often the science ...
Video: DNA looks much different than what you might think
Biology textbooks like to depict DNA looking like an abstract spiral staircase, representing the classic double helix shape. However, real ...
Athletes avoiding genetic test for concussion risks despite potential benefits
[The new APOE test is] an easy genetic test that promises to identify which young athletes are likely to suffer the most ...
Patients under hypnosis exhibit distinct patterns of brain activity
Psychiatrists have been using hypnosis on patients for decades — to help them reduce their pain or kick a smoking ...
Severe genetic birth defects not as lethal as doctors once thought
Parents of newborns with rare genetic conditions used to hear the grim words that the severe birth defects were “incompatible with ...
Thousands of studies over 3 decades may have used contaminated or misidentified cell lines
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The problem is this: ...
DNA pioneer James Watson calls Obama’s cancer moonshot initiative ‘crap’
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. James Watson, whose 1953 ...
Are CRISPR enthusiasts overlooking technology’s risks?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. While the 150 experts...were ...
NASA to sequence DNA in space for first time
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Newly arrived space station ...
NASA to sequence DNA in space for first time
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Newly arrived space station ...
