Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News
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Fathers’ lifestyle, age affect children’s epigenome
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Scientists from the Georgetown ...
Autism, bipolar disorder share similar genetic risk factors
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Complex neurological disorders, such ...
Disruptions in adolescent brain development may signal risk for autism, schizophrenia
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A research team led ...
Skin cells reprogrammed into heart and brain cells
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Cellular reprogramming of stem ...
Mass genome sequencing likely best shot for cancer ‘magic bullet’
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. As breast cancer specialist ...
To fight cancer, researchers propose amping up body’s immune system
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Within the past decade ...
Newly discovered from ‘cellular trash pile’ stem cell plays vital role in fetal development
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Researchers at Michigan State ...
African sleeping sickness may be treated with epigenetic modification
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Parasitic infections are particularly ...
Heart disease, neurodevelopmental problems linked to similar genes
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. An NIH-funded study led ...
Prenatal smoking exposure effects stick around in genes
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A collaborative research team ...
People should shun universal dietary advice for personalized regimens
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. This Thanksgiving, before you ...
Non-invasive genetic screening safer alternative for prenatal tests
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Peering into the human ...
Genetic tests makes prenatal health screenings safer, more reliable
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. As one of the ...
Tumors defy Darwinian selection, new research shows
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. New answers may have ...
What challenges does biosimilars manufacturing face?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. With the first U.S ...
Artificial blood vessels may help overcome challenges in organ transplantation
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Using sugar, silicone, and ...
New discovery challenges long-held model of DNA replication
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. It may be time ...
Newly-discovered gene controls stem cell production
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A scientific team from ...
23andMe works with FDA, bets on science
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Last week, privately held ...
Next-generation genome sequencing pushes clinical research
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. When people talk about ...
Gene causes nearsightedness in bookworm kids
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Scientists at Columbia University ...
Electrical ‘switch’ in cells may keep cancer cells under control
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Research led by scientists ...
Artificial blood vessels synthesized to resist clotting
Researchers from ITMO University in Russia say they have developed artificial blood vessels that reportedly are not susceptible to blood ...
Mitochondrial dysfunction may play role in heart failure
While all cells in the body rely on metabolic pathways that take place within the mitochondria, the cells of some ...
CRISPR modifies human T cell genome, offering future AIDS therapy
Investigators from the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) have developed a new strategy to precisely modify human T cells using CRISPR/Cas9—implications ...
Doctors offer solutions on how to best regulate rising prices of cancer treatments
Fifty years ago, the average monthly cost of a cancer therapy stood at $100 a month ($754.94 in today’s dollars). By 2013, ...
New genetic analysis technique could vastly improve success of pregnancy through IVF
Human embryos created for in vitro fertilization, or IVF, can be subjected to a new form of analysis and classified ...
Engineered yeast can potentially detect disease, build synthetic organs
Scientists at the University of Washington (UW) say they have engineered yeast cells (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) that can "talk" to one another, using ...
