AAdam Suggsadded this to ThingsScience Genes which prevent four million people gaining weight discovered, in new hope for slimming medicineThe Telegraph - By Henry BodkinThe genes which protect around four million people in the UK from obesity have been discovered following a major research project. Scientists at Cambridge University say drugs to keep people slim are a
New York PostStanford University Stanford clears faculty members in case of gene-edited babiesNew York Post - By Associated Press Stanford University has cleared three faculty members of any wrongdoing in dealings with a Chinese scientist who claims to have helped make the …
The New York TimesNews This Genetic Mutation Makes People Feel Full — All the TimeThe New York Times - By GINA KOLATAThe study subjects had been thin all their lives, and not because they had unusual metabolisms. They just did not care much about food. They never ate enormous amounts, never obsessed on the next meal.
Fast Companyadded this to Fast CompanyCRISPR This new gene-editing method means scientists are closer to reshaping our DNA to cure diseaseFast Company - Eillie AnzilottiAt TED, chemist David R. Liu describes how a combination of CRISPR molecules and chemically engineered proteins could change the atomic makeup of DNA bases–and potentially cure impossible-to-treat genetic
Euronewsadded this to NewsHIV Babies with 'Bubble Boy' diseased cured with gene therapy made with HIVEuronews - Alice TideyEight children born without a working immune system, known as "bubble boy" disease, have been cured by gene therapy made with HIV, US scientists have revealed. Children born with X-linked severe combined
Oscar Seguradoadded this to Personalized medicine 101Personalized Medicine Cracking the code of personalized medicinenature.com South Korea is at the vanguard of a revolution in AI AND BIG DATA HEALTHCARE. “It’s natural that Korea became a medical data hub,” says Sungroh Yoon, …
Peopleadded this to Celeb FamiliesHIV This Is How HIV Is Being Used by Doctors to Cure Children Suffering from 'Bubble Boy' DiseasePeople - Jen JuneauDoctors have seemingly found a way to cure SCID in babies: by inserting a corrective gene into a patient's cells via a tweaked version of HIV A revolutionary new study has shown that the human immunodeficiency
Daily Mail added this to Top StoriesWolves Owl you need is love! Owl ends up raising a duckling after mistaking the eggs of a duck for its owndailymail.co.uk - James Gordon Did you hear the one about the owl and a duckling that lived together? It might sound as though it has come straight from the pages of a story book …
Roald Bøeadded this to Health Science & Human BiologyAutism The Quest For the Roots of Autism — and What It Says About Us All - The Cruxdiscovermagazine.com (Credit: Brian Stauffer/brianstauffer.com) As alarm grew over autism prevalence at the turn of this century, there was much public talk of a growing …
NNeil Kakitaadded this to My Health WanderingsCRISPR Newly Invented Application of CRISPR Could Actually Cure Herpes One DayScienceAlert - DAN ROBITZSKI, FUTURISM Gene hacking techniques that were recently used in human cells for the first time could someday let doctors shred up and destroy viruses like herpes …
CNNDNA Skeleton DNA reveals surprising backgrounds of Crusader soldiersCNN - By Ashley Strickland, CNN(CNN) — DNA from 13th century remains buried in a pit in Lebanon is shedding light on the lives of Crusader soldiers and how they mixed with the local population, a new study shows. Christians invaded
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoIn Vivo Unbiased detection of CRISPR off-targets in vivo using DISCOVER-Seqsciencemag.org - science.sciencemag.org AAAS login provides access to Science for AAAS members, and access to other journals in the Science family to users who have purchased individual …
The Wall Street Journal.Genes New Risk Scores Assess Ties Between Genes and Obesity, DiseaseThe Wall Street Journal. - Betsy McKayWhat is your risk of obesity? A so-called polygenic risk score aims to find the answer in your genes Researchers are developing new ways to mine growing stores of genetic data to predict risk of disease.
PBS NewsHouradded this to ScienceObesity This genetic test can predict your odds for obesity from the day you’re bornpbs.org - Vicky Stein Over the course of the last four decades, obesity worldwide has nearly tripled. Health conditions associated with obesity and high body mass index, …
AxiosMedicaid DNA testing scams on the rise in low-income, senior-living communitiesAxios - Caitlin Owens State authorities are warning of an alleged scam involving DNA tests that's targeted to low-income and senior-living communities, Bloomberg …
Fox Newsadded this to U.S.DNA California cold case rape, killings of 2 women linked to dead inmate in WashingtonFox News - Travis FedschunMore than four decades after two women along California's central coast were raped and murdered, officials revealed Wednesday that DNA from an old razor has linked the cold case killings to a man who of
Associated Pressadded this to U.S. NewsCincinnati, OH More charges for man accused of claiming to be missing childAssociated Press - By DAN SEWELL, Associated PressCINCINNATI (AP) — A federal grand jury indictment that was filed Thursday accuses an Ohio man who claimed to be a missing child from Illinois of lying to federal agents and of identity theft. Brian Michael
RRobert McGrathadded this to CANCER 2.0Skin Cancer What Role Does Genetics Play in Skin Cancer Risk?U.S. News & World Report - Michael Schroeder Ultraviolet rays from the sun – not to mention tanning booths – get the lion's share of the blame for skin cancer, as they should, experts emphasize. …
MIT Technology Reviewadded this to MIT Technology ReviewCRISPR The scientist who created CRISPR babies is on TIME’s most influential list—but not in a good wayMIT Technology Review - Antonio Regalado He Jiankui wanted to become famous, but probably not like this. The editors of TIME have put the creator of the first gene-edited children on its list …
Shane Leschasinadded this to esotericaCornell University Cornell engineers create artificial material with 3 key traits of lifebigthink.com - Paul Ratner "The designs are still primitive, but they showed a new route to create dynamic machines from biomolecules. We are at a first step of building …
DNA DNA helps convict man for breaking into woman's apartment, raping her beside her 3-year-old sonfox13memphis.com - EndPlay Loading... MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A man has been convicted for a 2010 rape in Memphis. Carlos Wilson, 44, was already serving 21 years in prison for sex …
Coats You are not the father - DNA tests reveal 70 per cent 'jackets'jamaica-star.com A company that offers DNA testing in Jamaica has disclosed that in 70 per cent of their tests the men who were named as fathers had nothing to do …
Chi Chiadded this to WOW, MAN!CRISPR Mammoth Biosciences Wants to Revolutionize the Way People Get Tested for DiseasesInc Magazine - By Kevin J. RyanYou'd be hard-pressed to read one of the many published lists of "world-changing" technologies and not spot an entry about Crispr. Scientists think the nascent gene-editing technique could eventually used
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoMutations Noncanonical function of a splicing factorsciencemag.org - science.sciencemag.org Mutations in messenger RNA (mRNA) splicing factors are found in cancer, but whether and how these mutations contribute to tumorigenesis are not …
AAdam Suggsadded this to ThingsBowel Cancer Bowel cancer: Research shows age is directly linked to the type7news.com.au - 7NEWS Digital Staff New research has found a direct link between a person's age and the type of bowel cancer. The study by QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute …
New York PostTurtles DNA from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles mask led cops to armed robbery suspectNew York Post - By Joshua Rhett Miller Cowabunga, cops! DNA evidence taken from a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles mask helped investigators track down an armed robbery suspect who tried to …
Daily Mail added this to Top StoriesCRISPR US scientist has made controversial genetically modified 'three-parent' embryos - but using them is illegaldailymail.co.uk - Natalie Rahhal Deputy Health Editor New York scientists have prepared three-parent embryos and are ready to use them to impregnate four women with genetic disorders. But a law passed in …
Chi Chiadded this to WOW, MAN!Mitochondrial DNA U.S. researcher says he’s ready to start four pregnancies with ‘three-parent’ embryosstatnews.com - Emily Mullin For now, Egli said, the embryos have been frozen. “They would be ready for transfer if a legal path could be found,” he said. Wednesday’s event at …
Monkeys Scientists have put a human brain gene into monkeys. Have they crossed the line?cbc.ca - CBC Radio · A nightmare Planet of the Apes scenario, where intelligent apes displace humans, came to mind for many last week when a story broke out of …
Vivian Narvaezadded this to H.U.M.A.NScience Experimental Gene Therapy Frees “Bubble-boy” Babies from a Life of Isolationscientificamerican.com - Heidi Ledford, Nature magazine An experimental gene therapy has restored functioning immune systems to seven young children with a severe disorder that would have sentenced them to …
