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Severe lack of genetic counselors threatens quality of patient care
We don’t have enough genetic counselors. We don’t have enough doctors who understand genetics. So when people get genetic tests, ...
Dogs emerging as new model to research cancer cures for humans
The growing interest in dogs reflects researchers’ frustration with the standard approach to developing cancer treatments: testing them in lab ...
This report may address your concerns about the health of ‘3-parent’ DNA babies
More than 15 years ago, 17 babies were born after an experimental infertility treatment that gave them DNA from three ...
Breast microbiome different in women with cancer
Much of the news on this topic has been about the colony of bacteria deep in your gut; scientists believe that the ...
How our Neanderthal ancestry helps us survive in the modern world
For the most part, [the DNA we inherited from Neanderthals] has been detrimental...[Neanderthal DNA] has been blamed for increasing risk of depression, ...
Should we sequence DNA of healthy newborn babies?
Genome sequencing is supposed to be the future of medicine — a revolution that will bring about a new age ...
Harvard’s Calestuous Juma’s book addresses why humans resist beneficial innovations like GMOs
From coffee to... genetically altered food, history is littered with innovations that sparked resistance before becoming fixtures in everyday life... ...[H]umans often oppose ...
Loneliness may have evolved in humans to help us survive
Loneliness...can...make you depressed, shatter your sleep, [or] even kill you. Yet scientists think loneliness evolved because it was good for ...
Brain scans show that dogs do understand human speech
[S]cientists in Hungary...have published a groundbreaking study that found dogs understand both the meaning of words and the intonation used to ...
Media shouting match over neonicotinoids isn’t helping bees
[Bees have] become pawns in the ag wars, the subject of dueling bee-death narratives. In one of those story lines, pesticides ...
Gene test may identify if breast cancer patients need chemotherapy or not
Doctors have long known that many early-stage breast cancer patients who undergo chemotherapy don't actually need it to prevent recurrence ...
Consumer beware: NIH database of cost-free-trials includes numerous ‘for a fee’ tests
The 16-year-old [ClinicalTrials.gov] website is the most comprehensive such database publicly available in the United States, with listings for nearly 220,000 ...
Dentists may start using stem cells to fix teeth
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Since the 1700s, people ...
Gene that leads to cancer also responsible for complex life
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. How did life get ...
CDC forms Zika response teams but expects only scattering of cases
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. U.S. health officials plan ...
How much is athletic ability influenced by genes?
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Postpone the Olympics, urge 150 experts on Zika
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. More than 100 prominent physicians, ...
Bacteria resistant to last-resort antibiotic discovered in US
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. For the first time, ...
CRISPR fueling rise of genetic engineering ‘biohacker’ labs
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. CRISPR is a controversial ...
Genes may be responsible for chronic pain
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Scientists have long thought ...
Washington Post: Giving in to fears about GMOs will hurt poorer parts of world
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. ...Overblown worries nevertheless continue ...
National Academies report draws criticism from anti-GMO groups
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The panel . ...
Is organic really more sustainable?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. When you pony up ...
Gene editing’s biggest challenge: Figuring out what makes us human
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. People in pain write ...
Farm subsidies have potential to incentivize conservation practices in ‘Big Ag’
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. This month, I set ...
Largest ever study on genetics and autism aims to advance personalized approach to treatment
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Scientists funded by the ...
Your body’s ‘biological age’ may show how old your really are
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The idea that time ...
Homo sapiens’ diseases may have wiped out Neandethals
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Neanderthals went extinct about ...
