Blame Your Genes For Your Coffee Addiction
Source: Time By Alexandra Sifferlin Some people can’t start the day without a piping hot cup of coffee (or two, or three). Now, scientists have identified a gene that may explain […]
China may be the future of genetic enhancement
Source: BBC By G Owen Schaefer, National University of Singapore From The Conversation 8 August 2016 Would you want to alter your future children’s genes to make them smarter, stronger […]
U.S. Public Wary of Biomedical Technologies to ‘Enhance’ Human Abilities
Source: PEW Research Center Americans are more worried than enthusiastic about using gene editing, brain chip implants and synthetic blood to change human capabilities BY CARY FUNK, BRIAN KENNEDY AND […]
Human Enhancement: The Scientific and Ethical Dimensions of Striving for Perfection
Human Enhancement | Pew Research Center By David Masci Human enhancement is at least as old as human civilization. People have been trying to enhance their physical and mental capabilities […]
Dolly the sheep’s siblings ‘healthy’
Source: BBC Dolly the sheep’s “siblings” are generally healthy, a study has shown, providing hope that cloning can yield animals free from degenerative illness. The first mammal to be cloned […]
DNA ‘tape recorder’ to trace cell history
Source: BBC By Roland Pease BBC Radio Science Unit Researchers have invented a DNA “tape recorder” that can trace the family history of every cell in an organism. The technique […]
‘Secret’ of youthful looks in ginger gene
Source: BBC By James Gallagher Health editor, BBC News website Scientists say they have made a leap in knowing why some people retain their youthful looks while others age badly. […]
These are the genes behind healthy aging
Source: Time By Alice Park In one of the largest studies involving people who stay healthy into old age, researchers found some interesting clues behind how they get that way — […]
Surprising ways that a vegetarian diet is changing human genes
Source: Business Insider Produced by Delano Samuels Scientific research has proven that some vegetarians can produce omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids, because of gene mutation that happened over centuries. Researchers reported that people with the gene mutation are from a lineage of ancestors whose diet consisted of mostly plants. Watch […]
Not A Morning Person? Blame Your DNA.
Source: Huffington Post By Carolyn Gregoire Senior Writer, The Huffington Post If you just can’t ever seem to get up early for that morning workout, don’t be too hard on yourself. New research suggests that being an early riser is in some people’s DNA — and not in others’. The study, which […]
‘Superhero DNA’ keeps diseases at bay
Source: BBC By James Gallagher Health editor, BBC News website Some people appear to be born with ‘superhero DNA’ that cancels out genetic diseases like cystic fibrosis, say researchers. The […]
Who needs sex to make babies? Pretty soon, humans won’t
Source: The Guardian By Henry Greely Within decades, technology will give would-be parents choices that sound like the stuff of science fiction. What ‘easy PGD’ won’t give you though, is a […]
It’s Now Possible to Make Mouse Sperm in a Lab
Source: Time The research has implications for infertile couples Stem cells are a promising resource for replenishing the body with healthy cells, but so far, making eggs and sperm from […]
Gene Editing: The Dangers of Playing God
Science can help save lives — and destroy future generations The most vulnerable among us are in danger when it comes to advances in scientific genetic modification. The Human Fertilization […]
Video: Would it be right to change an embryos’ genes?
This is a short video from the BBC series: The Big Questions Genetic engineering, also called genetic modification, is the direct manipulation of an organism’s genome using biotechnology. It is […]
Miracle Cure ? A Decade of the Human Genome – BBC Documentary
Miracle Cure? A Decade of the Human Genome Horizon, 2010-2011 Episode 5 of 15 A decade ago, scientists announced that they had produced the first draft of the human genome, […]
The challenge of saving lives with ‘big data’
Source:BBC Every day, more data about our lives is being generated than ever before. When it comes to saving lives, the bigger the data the better – but what to […]
How bacteria invented gene editing
Source: BBC This week the UK Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority okayed a proposal to modify human embryos through gene editing. The research, which will be carried out at the […]
UK scientists win permission to genetically modify human embryos for the first time
Scientists get ‘gene editing’ go-ahead Source: BBC By James Gallagher, Health editor UK scientists have been given the go-ahead by the fertility regulator to genetically modify human embryos. The research will […]
Finding God in one of science’s biggest debates — genetic editing
Source: Deseret News For Nikki Williams, having a second child was a high-stakes gamble. Eliza, her first, was born with metachromatic leukodystrophy, a genetic disorder that deteriorated her ability to […]