Carrie Arnold
Decades-past DDT exposure shown to ‘haunt’ our bodies for three generations or more
Friends and family often ask Barbara Cohn, an epidemiologist at Oakland's Public Health Institute, why she studies the effects of ...
Can we use DNA to sketch the faces of criminals?
Most labs studying DNA phenotyping look for relationships between changes to individual letters of a person’s genetic code, known as ...
COVID-19 is deadlier than the flu
Texas is just one of the states that has experienced a surge in coronavirus cases over recent weeks after relaxing ...
Mining ‘extremely hostile environments’ for keys to new drugs, tech breakthroughs
Many scientists have been investigating the planet’s countless extreme environments, on the hunt for molecules that will inspire the next ...
Ancestral gene resurrection: Re-creating evolution by engineering an ‘instant replay switch’
A team of scientists from the University of Arizona have engineered an instant replay switch for evolution. The technique, known ...
Challenging Mendel: Does the female egg woo sperm with specific genes?
[Researcher Jon Nadeau’s] hypothesis—that the egg could woo sperm with specific genes and vice versa—is part of a growing realization ...
New species may be created by cellular ‘mitonuclear conflict’
In the complex cells of humans and other organisms, two different genomes collaborate to sustain life. The larger genome, with ...
‘We are all mutants’: Why genetic testing struggles to provide answers
Genetic tests often can help us diagnose disorders and determine risk factors for disease. But uncertainties surrounding genetic mutations makes ...
Synthetic biologists fight snake venom with engineered DNA
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. When the medical charity ...
Organic and conventional farmer walk into a bar…
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. People are becoming less ...
Stomach bug just a few small mutations away from Black Plague
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Each year, 4 million ...
Do gut bacteria play role in eating disorders?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Our guts are home ...
What do ants and your brain have in common?
Each of the brain’s 86 billion neurons can be connected to many thousands of others. When a neuron fires, it ...
Genetic explanation for short stature in humans
It's not another tall tale: Evolutionary biologists have developed a new understanding of the genetic basis of short stature in ...
Gene changes, diabetes continuing legacy of Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge
Cambodia’s diabetes clinics are overflowing. On its surface, it looks like little more than another country’s growing pains as it ...
Height might be hazardous to your health
In many areas of life, tall people seem to get all the benefits. On average, they earn more money. They ...
Researchers find gene for rooster’s sex organ size
The following is an excerpt. Given the chicken’s agricultural importance, scientists long knew that, like 97% of bird species, roosters ...