Genetics Archives - The Westside Story

The 23andMe deal with GlaxoSmithKline raises privacy and ethics questions

Aug 5, 2018

The pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline announced a move late last month to invest $300 million in the genetic testing company 23andMe, in addition to a deal giving exclusive access to its collection of geneti...

Research shows breakthrough towards artificial life, and new protein-based drugs

West Side Story

Dec 3, 2017

Health, Innovation, Science

Researchers have created a living organism with a combination of natural and artificial DNA, that is also capable of creating new synthetic proteins, according a Reuters report. The breakthrough is a significan...

Researchers identify genetic mutation linked to longer lifespan in men

West Side Story

Jun 19, 2017

Health, Innovation, Science

New research, published Friday in the journal Science Advances, identifies a common genetic mutation that is linked to longer lifespan in males. While the mutation appeared to have no effect on women, it adds t...

Researchers discover 52 genes with strong links to human intelligence

West Side Story

May 27, 2017

Health, Innovation, Science

In a breakthrough, a team of geneticists from Europe and the US said Monday that they had linked 52 genes to intelligence in almost 80,000 people. The 52 genes do not, alone, determine intelligence – the resea...

Iceland DeCode Genetics Scientists give insights into human evolution and gene-diseases

Cody Gash

Mar 26, 2015

Health

Iceland - The largest ever set of human genomes from a single population of a nation in a genetic first has been sequenced by scientists in Iceland. This was done by sequencing the DNA full genomes of 2,636 Ice...

Scientists say Autism siblings do not share same genetic risk factors

Charles Omedo

Jan 26, 2015

Health

Funded by Autism Speaks – an advocacy group based out of the University of Toronto, and the Hospital for Sick Children, a new study suggests that most siblings diagnosed of autism do not share the same genetic ...

Scientists limit microbes from escaping human control with a new genetically alteration technique

Cody Gash

Jan 22, 2015

Health

Scientists have discovered a way by which they can limit the spread of genetically altered microorganisms if they escape from labs to the nature. Scientists said that they have modified bacteria in such a way t...

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