Julie Steenhuysen
Why Moderna’s vaccine appears to be significantly superior to the Pfizer-BioNTech shot
Unlike Pfizer’s vaccine, Moderna’s shot can be stored at normal fridge temperatures, which should make it easier to distribute, a ...
Would you volunteer to get intentionally infected with COVID?
U.S. government scientists have begun efforts to manufacture a strain of the novel coronavirus that could be used in human ...
Can gene tweaking lower our cholesterol? Using CRISPR and nanotechnology in mice
U.S. researchers have used nanotechnology plus the powerful CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing tool to turn off a key cholesterol-related gene in ...
World’s largest pork producer to market hogs for pig-human organ transplants
Smithfield Foods, the world’s largest pork producer, has established a separate bioscience unit to expand its role in supplying pig ...
Diabetes may stem from mistakes in ‘common’ genes
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A study examining the ...
Zika complications may go beyond microcephaly, researchers fear
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Top Zika investigators now ...
DNA4Life unapproved consumer gene tests under fire from FDA
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The U.S. Food and ...
Whole exome sequencing to be offered at lowest price yet
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A company formed by ...
FDA using DNA to track foodborne illness before it spreads
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Investigations into foodborne illness ...
Breast cancer genetic tests without clinical validity should not be offered, researchers say
A group of international researchers is making the case that genetic tests that look for multiple hereditary genes suspected of ...
Fetal DNA test highly accurate in detecting Down syndrome
A Roche blood test to screen fetuses for Down syndrome worked far better than standard prenatal screening tests in younger, ...
Researchers sequencing Ebola virus in hope of finding cure
Gene sequencing equipment maker Illumina has teamed up with the U.S. government and academic researchers at the Broad Institute in ...
Rare Turkish neurodegenerative disorder caused by a single mutation
International teams of researchers using advanced gene sequencing technology have uncovered a single genetic mutation responsible for a rare brain ...
Age of genomic medicine dawns, finally
When President Bill Clinton announced in 2000 that Craig Venter and Dr. Francis Collins of the National Human Genome Research ...
Doctors try to make sense of cancer’s genetic jumble
Not too long ago, knowing the organ where a cancer first takes hold was generally all a doctor needed to ...
