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How the world has fumbled the Ebola crisis
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently projected that if trends continue unimpeded, cases of Ebola could pass the million ...
Alzheimer’s, heart disease and other age-related conditions share risk factors and genetics
The two seemingly unrelated conditions may be driven by similar unhealthy states, including high blood pressure and diabetes. According to ...
Over-active immune proteins possible links between depression and dementia
The link between depression and dementia is puzzling for researchers. Many studies have noticed a correlation between the two diseases ...
CIA will stop using phony vaccination programs to collect DNA to aid spying
Three years after the CIA set up a phony hepatitis vaccination program in Pakistan as part of the hunt for ...
Put things off until tomorrow? Blame your genes
A study by researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder has found that a tendency to procrastinate is affected ...
Is good parenting in the genes?
Scared expectant parents are always told that knowing how to take care of their offspring just comes naturally. Turns out ...
Children of older fathers have higher risk of mental illness
For so long, mothers – particularly older moms — bore the brunt of responsibility for genetic disorders in their children ...
Gene scans solve mystery diseases in kids, adults
They were mystery diseases that had stumped doctors for years — adults with strange symptoms and children with neurological problems, ...
Genetic condition often misdiagnosed as autism
Up to half of children with a genetic disorder are mistakenly diagnosed with autism, and the treatment can make the ...
Study shows diet and exercise changes increase cell telomere length
It’s not quite the Fountain of Youth, but it may be the river that leads to it. In a paper ...
Could embryo donation become common practice?
Embryo donation seems like a reasonable solution: IVF leads to potentially viable, unused embryos. Other people desperately want them ...
Common genetic ground found for depression, schizophrenia, austism
New research bolsters the idea that the risk for psychiatric and developmental disorders isn’t specific to particular conditions— and that ...
Single genetic glitch may explain most allergies and asthma
Researchers think there may be a common genetic driver behind almost all allergic diseases ...
Researchers sequence all genes in a cancer-cell database
The latest map of all the genes involved in a set of tumor cells exposes which mutations drive cancer and ...
Why moms share breast cancer genetic test results with kids
In a study involving 221 mothers in the study led by researchers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, most mothers who learned ...
Scientists identify gene for early puberty
The following is an edited excerpt. Central precocious puberty happens when a child hits puberty before age 9. Nutrition, environment ...
Bryan Walsh: Modifying the endless debate over genetically modified crops
The following is an edited excerpt. I’ll admit—I’ve never quite understood the obsession surrounding genetically modified (GM) crops. To environmentalist ...
Genetic markers predict postpartum depression
The following is an edited excerpt. Researchers say that pregnant women may soon be able to take a blood test ...
Relax: It’s good for your genes
The following is an excerpt of a longer story. Find a link to the full story below. While it might ...
Young girl receives lifesaving windpipe transplant made from her stem cells
The following is an excerpt. Hannah Warren was born without a trachea but now has one made from plastic fibers ...
Genetic profile predicts post-chemo cancer survival
The following is an excerpt. While more effective chemotherapy agents have improved cancer survival, not all patients benefit from the drugs. Now, ...
Study identifies four new genetic markers for severe childhood obesity
The following is an excerpt. Unhealthy food environments and sedentary lifestyles certainly contribute to obesity, but they can’t entirely explain ...
IVF pioneer Robert Edwards dies at age 87
Robert Edwards, whose pioneering in vitro fertilization research led to the first test tube baby and has since brought millions ...
Grocery chains won’t sell genetically modified fish
The following is an excerpt. Call them “frankenfish,” but don’t look for genetically engineered salmon at Trader Joe’s or Whole ...
Scientists say a duck has fathered a chicken
The following is an edited excerpt. A duck has successfully fathered a chicken at the Central Veterinary Research Laboratory in Dubai. Researchers ...
Is it a crime to plant a seed?
The following is an excerpt. Vernon “Hugh” Bowman, a 75-year-old farmer from rural Indiana, did something that got him sued ...
Can carrots reduce the effect of diabetes-causing genes?
The following is an excerpt. In the latest revelation about the human genome, researchers say diabetics with a certain genetic ...
Transgender people in Sweden no longer face forced sterilization
TIMETransgender People in Sweden No Longer Face Forced SterilizationTIMEIn 1999, Sweden granted 175,000 kronor in damages to women who had ...
