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Requiring patient consent to use blood in research will hinder progress, scientists warn

Dylan Scott | STAT&nbsp|&nbsp
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Scientists are warning that ...

What can a year in space do to your genes?

Carl Zimmer | STAT&nbsp|&nbsp
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. "I was a dorky ...
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White House announces launch of new microbiome initiative

David Nather | STAT&nbsp|&nbsp
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The White House is ...
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Genes influence academic achievement, but they’re not the most important factor

Sharon Begley | STAT&nbsp|&nbsp
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The largest study of ...
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Silkworms may be key to improving blood preservation, medical testing

Eric Boodman | STAT&nbsp|&nbsp
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The boxes arrive from ...

Unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions hindering efforts to curb antibiotic resistance

Ed Silverman | STAT&nbsp|&nbsp
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. As public health officials ...
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Proposed Will Ferrell comedy as Reagan controversy: Is mental illness ever a laughing matter?

Dylan Scott | STAT&nbsp|&nbsp
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Can a devastating disease ...

Single gene may play big part in determining how old you look

Leah Samuel | STAT&nbsp|&nbsp
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A single gene may ...

CRISPR’s new upgrade cleans up messy aftermath

Sharon Begley | STAT&nbsp|&nbsp
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Molecule by molecule, the ...
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Harvard’s ‘happiness center’ puts positive spin on health research

Laura Kubzansky | STAT&nbsp|&nbsp
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Professor Laura Kubzansky will ...

Microbiologist fights germophobia, microbiome hype

Rob Waters | STAT&nbsp|&nbsp
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Microbiologist Jonathan Eisen has ...

Can’t sleep first night in new place? Your brain might explain why

Eric Broodman | STAT&nbsp|&nbsp
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. To most scientists, discarding ...

New CRISPR technique makes gene editing a little less messy

Sharon Begley | STAT&nbsp|&nbsp
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. For all the hoopla about ...

Gene therapy gives new hope to curing ‘bubble boy’ disease

Eric Boodman | STAT&nbsp|&nbsp
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. David Vetter, the famous ...
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Late bloomer? Genes can predict when you lost your virginity, new study finds

Andrew Joseph | STAT&nbsp|&nbsp
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. As many a pining ...
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Drugs for your microbiome may be coming soon

Elizabeth Preston | STAT&nbsp|&nbsp
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Those drugs in your ...
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Can money cure cancer?

Sharon Begley | STAT&nbsp|&nbsp
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Tech entrepreneur Sean Parker ...

Biotech company shooting to cure rare diseases with CRISPR goes public

Damian Garde | STAT&nbsp|&nbsp
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Intellia Therapeutics, a biotech ...

Head of Google Life Sciences under fire for ethical concerns over luxury health clinic

Charles Piller | STAT&nbsp|&nbsp
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Andrew Conrad, who runs Google’s ...

Precision medicine for rare cancers could point to effective treatments

Sharon Begley | STAT&nbsp|&nbsp
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In the end, the ...

Race for cancer blood test has big name investors, unlikely scientific collaborations

Megan Scudellari | STAT&nbsp|&nbsp
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. It’s a medical puzzle ...
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Should we worry about DIY CRISPR?

Patrick Skerrett | STAT&nbsp|&nbsp
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Media reports about the ...
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Do medical schools need to reevaluate how they teach race?

Ike Swetlitz | STAT&nbsp|&nbsp
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Medical students looking to ...
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Should women without uterus opt for transplant over surrogacy?

Eric Trump, Josephine Johnston | STAT&nbsp|&nbsp
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Cleveland Clinic surgeons just ...

Geneticists question convention of ‘essential’ genes

Eric Broodman | STAT&nbsp|&nbsp
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Most genes are in ...

Genes responsible for frizzy hair, unibrows identified

Leah Samuel | STAT&nbsp|&nbsp
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Sometimes it seems like ...

Obama’s Precision Medicine Initiative covers new ground with veterans

David Nather | STAT&nbsp|&nbsp
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. President Obama is holding ...
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Smearing vaginal bacteria on C-section babies may not yield desired results

Megan Thielking | STAT&nbsp|&nbsp
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A growing number of soon-to-be ...
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