Carolyn Johnson
Genes or environment? Twins study offers ‘unsatisfying answer’ when it comes to disease
It’s the next chapter in the nature-nurture debate: To keep people healthy, is it better to focus on people’s Zip ...
Animal gene editing could ‘transform’ our food supply, but will ‘questionable regulations’ block innovation?
As scientists in labs across the world create virus-resistant pigs, heat-tolerant cattle and fatter, more muscular lambs, a big question looms: Will regulation, safety ...
Can gene therapy offer a cure for sickle-cell disease?
[I]n November, six months after [21-year-old Manny] Johnson became the first patient to receive an experimental therapy aimed at curing ...
Calls for a halt to heart stem cell trial based on controversial research
Days after Harvard Medical School said it found extensive falsified or fabricated data from the laboratory of a prominent heart researcher, ...
‘Hugely influential’ papers on cardiac stem cells declared ‘fraudulent’ by Harvard
An internal investigation by Harvard Medical School has determined that 31 scientific publications from the laboratory of a high-profile cardiologist ...
Can’t remember what happened last night? How alcohol creates blackouts
The allegations of sexual assault against Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh have a common element of binge drinking, and highlight the ...
Fighting the next pandemic with injection-free ‘vaccine patches’
When the next deadly pandemic flu hits, the first challenge will be to develop a vaccine. But looming behind that obstacle is ...
Human eggs from blood cells? New technique could ‘transform reproduction’
Scientists in Japan made progress recently in the quest to combat infertility, creating the precursor to a human egg cell in a ...
Robot peer pressure and why we may need to fear ‘artificial stupidity’
When the robot revolution arrives, we all know the plot: Smarter machines will supersede human intelligence and outwit us, enslave ...
Tamed foxes could help unravel complex genetics behind social behavior
[D]omestication, based purely on behavioral traits, can result in other changes — like curlier tails and changes to fur color ...
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 ...
CRISPR patent dispute erupts on Twitter
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The war for control ...
How will mainstream medicine balance lifesaving potential, cost of gene therapy?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. First tested in patients ...
Evolutionary origins of genitalia unveiled
When the first animals scrambled out of the water to live on land, they needed limbs and lungs. And something ...
Harvard scientists call for debate on new gene-manipulation technique
A powerful new technology could be used to manipulate nature by “editing” the genes of organisms in the wild, enabling ...
Laser treatments trigger dental stem cells to regrow teeth
With a simple, low-power laser, Harvard University scientists have triggered naturally occurring dental stem cells to regrow teeth in rats ...
Ancient, inert parts of our genomes may be protective
At hundreds of spots in our DNA, there are ancient swaths that have remained puzzlingly unchanged over hundreds of millions ...
Genetic clues in mammals could unlock secret to anti-aging
For years, scientists have studied how to combat old age. Now, new research suggests that genetic clues in mammals with ...
Testing of gene therapies expanding at Boston-area hospitals
Years after it was hyped, vilified for the death of a teenager, and then mostly forgotten by the general public, ...
Scientists find genetic switch that may fuel breast cancer’s spread
Despite improvements in medical technology, doctors still struggle to tell which breast cancers are highly aggressive and likely to spread ...
Do patents hinder research?
The following is an excerpt. It is an argument frequently made by businesses: Intellectual property protection is essential to spur ...
Human Genome Project leader weighs in on Supreme Court gene patenting case
The following is an edited excerpt. Late last year, the nation’s highest court said it would consider a legal challenge ...
George Church does not want you to have a Neanderthal baby
The following is an excerpt. Harvard Medical School genetics professor George Church found himself at the middle of a viral ...
New evidence for stem cells that spur cancer’s growth
For a decade, it’s been one of the most hotly debated questions in cancer: do tumors return despite powerful treatments ...
Native Americans migrated to the New World in three waves, Harvard-led DNA analysis shows
An exhaustive study of DNA taken from dozens of Native American groups that span from Canada to the tip of ...
Human microbiome project provides census of thousands of microbes that live in and on us
It was a major feat when more than a decade ago, scientists deciphered the first human genome, containing 22,000 or ...
