Karen Weintraub
Can pigs solve our organ transplant shortage with help from CRISPR?
[B]iotechnology startup eGenesis [just] raised $38 million to fund a new effort to edit the DNA of pigs so they ...
Lifestyle changes can directly affect rate of aging, authors of ‘The Telomere Effect’ argue
The main message of “The Telomere Effect,” [authored by Nobel Laureate Elizabeth Blackburn and psychologist Elissa Epel] being published Tuesday, is ...
Gene mapping may raise false hopes, some scientists worry
Harvard geneticist George Church is convinced everyone should have his or her genomes sequenced. Such tests would reveal the rare ...
Neurons regrow connections in lab, challenging conventional dogma about mammalian brain
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Researchers at Stanford University ...
CRISPR that targets RNA could play major role in understanding, treating fatal diseases
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Researchers who discovered a ...
Geography trumps genes in determining lifespan
Living in the Southeast is bad for your health. There is a huge range in the death rates across American ...
Geneticists unraveling why autism strikes boys more than girls
It has long been clear that autism strikes boys more often than girls. But when girls do get the condition, ...
Baby with three genetic parents: Bioethics of mitochondrial replacement
Alana is apparently a normal, well-adjusted 13-year-old. But there is something extraordinary about her — every cell in her body ...
