ycxusvru ap cc gwiqnx

Conflicting studies on effectiveness of Trump’s favorite drug – remdesivir – in battling COVID? Let’s disentangle this controversy

Marijke Vroomen Durning | Medical Daily | 
[One New England Journal of Medicine study tells] us that remdesivir works in the fight against COVID-19. A few days later, ...
Davis WaPo Teen Brains

Risky business: Your brain may be wired to take chances

Sadhana Bharanidharan | Medical Daily | 
Using brain scans, a new study has observed a link between connections in the brain and the ability of the person to tolerate ...
workout

Hate hitting the gym? Your ‘laziness’ might just be genetic

Melissa Mathews | Medical Daily | 
For some, the hardest part of hitting the gym is lacing up their shoes. But for others, it’s the actual ...
puzzle baby flyaway

If you could modify your children’s genes, what would you change?

Dana Dovey | Medical Daily | 
Scientists focus on gene editing to eliminate certain debilitating hereditary diseases, but the technology could accomplish a lot more. Recently, the ...
hands

Excessive hand washing? Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) linked to gene mutations associated with autism

Elana Glowatz | Medical Daily | 
We know obsessive-compulsive disorder has a genetic basis, and now researchers are digging into our DNA to figure out exactly ...
brazilianpeppertreeemory

Key to fighting antibiotic-resistant MRSA could rest with noxious weed species in Florida

Elana Glowatz | Medical Daily | 
Bacteria that don’t respond to drugs are a growing problem, one for which scientists are rushing to find a solution ...
Screen Shot at AM

Obesity changes gene activity which may predict diabetes risk study says

Dana Dovey | Medical Daily | 
In what is being called the biggest study yet on the effect of body mass index (BMI) on DNA, researchers ...
Screen Shot at AM

Have we discovered the genetic mutation linked to increased risk for early-onset Parkinson’s?

Dana Dovey | Medical Daily | 
Parkinson’s disease is caused by the deterioration of nerve cells in the brain, but it's still not clear what causes ...
Screen Shot at PM

Gene linked to binge drinking might help treat alcoholism

Lizette Borreli | Medical Daily | 
The ability to stop drinking when you're feeling tipsy or drunk comes easier to some than others. An international research team from ...
Screen Shot at PM

Unbreakable bones and four other bizarre human genetic mutations

Dana Dovey | Medical Daily | 
Strange genetic mutations often play into the storylines of Hollywood action films, but in reality...genetic mutations exist in the DNA of ...
poi qx

Motivation to exercise may depend on your genes

Lizette Borreli | Medical Daily | 
At one point or another, we've all wondered: What makes some of us gym rats and some of us couch ...
Screen Shot at AM

Staying pregnant: Recurrent miscarriages linked to gene mutations

Lizette Borreli | Medical Daily | 
Getting pregnant and staying pregnant may come easy for some couples, but for others, it can seem like a difficult dream ...
Screen Shot at AM

Brain gene may be key to developing medications for Down syndrome

Dana Dovey | Medical Daily | 
Although it’s clear that Down Syndrome is a genetic disorder caused by the occurrence of an extra chromosome, the exact genes, ...
dt schizophrenia dna tube x

Rare genetic mutations linked to schizophrenia and school dropout risk

Elana Glowatz | Medical Daily | 
A pair of studies in the journal Nature Neuroscience have investigated a link between rare genetic mutations and schizophrenia, as ...

Human evolution: How will our species change over next 100,000 years?

Samantha Olson | Medical Daily | 
Since we became Homo sapiens, has evolution changed us in any way? Actually, yes. ... [An] example is the gene for ...
f Blindness drugs

Drug administered pre-birth may stop common gene mutations from causing blindness

Mitchell Chamberlain | Medical Daily | 
Researchers at Dalhousie Medical School have discovered a drug with the potential to stop babies born with familial exudative vitreoretinopathy ...

How genetics affects our diet and lifespan

Sharon Moalem | Medical Daily | 
[T]oday[,] we have the technological ability to traverse an immense amount of distance with relative ease...[which] often leaves our DNA ...
eddesignerbaby

Banning gene editing to modify human embryos could be hasty

Dana Dovey | Medical Daily | 
For many, the word “designer baby” brings to mind images of eugenics...As a result of this commonly shared fear, the ...

Gene mutation linked to aggression and healthy body weight

Dana Dovey | Medical Daily | 
Acting aggressive and reckless when drunk could be a sign that you’re a complete jerk, or it could be an ...
regulate designer babies

Worries about artificial human enhancement persist among Americans

Ed Cara | Medical Daily | 
[According to] an extensive survey conducted by the Pew Research Center...[s]ixty-eight percent [of over 4,000 Americans] were somewhat or very ...

Seagulls may aid spread of E. coli strain that resists ‘last-resort antibiotic’

Jaleesa Baulkman | Medical Daily | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. According to the Center ...

What determines our personality: Genetics, environment, or both?

Lizette Borelli | Medical Daily | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. According to a study published ...
af o

Genetically modifying yeast for new flavors in beer

Lecia Bushak | Medical Daily | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Researchers are toying with ...

Heredity increasingly vital for understanding cancer risk

Devan Stillwell | Medical Daily | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis.  The discovery of the ...

Understanding HIV’s genetic code will help treat patients with greater precision

Susan Scutti | Medical Daily | 
A virus contains its own genes, but it is able to replicate only when it gets inside the cells of ...

Going bald? It’s not your mother’s fault

Susan Scutti | Medical Daily | 
You’re only 25 and you’ve begun to lose your hair? Before you freak out (entirely), remember that everyone loses hair ...
Screen Shot at PM

GMO wine? Scientists developing hangover free nutritionally-enhanced vino

Dana Dovey | Medical Daily | 
Imagine wine, only better for you and without the hangover the next day. Researchers from the University of Illinois are ...

Why does hair turn gray with age?

Lizette Borelli | Medical Daily | 
Saggy skin, (premature) wrinkles, and a stray or gray patch of hair are tell-tale signs of aging. A graying hairline ...
Loading...
glp menu logo outlined

Newsletter Subscription

* indicates required
Email Lists