Medical Notes: Week of April 16, 2017
Higher levels of concussions in women, DNA typos, and intelligence in first born children.
DNA and Genetics Sub-categories:
- CRISPR (8)
- Gene Therapy (5)
- Genetic Genealogy (5)
- Genetic Modification (1)
- Genetic Testing (18)
- Mutation (18)
- Predisposition (6)
Workplace Genetic Testing
Workers are protected from having to take genetic tests for employers, however, a bill under consideration would allow corporate wellness plans to ask workers for a test
Dupuytren Disease and Disabled Hands (2017)
Dupuytren disease is the most common disorder crippling hands that most people have never heard of, and it stubbornly resists treatment.
God and Genome (2016)
Experts discuss a new platform where scientists and public can debate genetic science, and from which education can be disseminated.
DTC Genetic Testing
Genetic testing is now available to consumers to satisfy a variety of desires, however, risks come with what doctors say is incomplete knowledge.
The Future of Little People
Experts, all little people themselves, discuss major causes of dwarfism and the prospect of treatments that could one day make little people much more rare.
Our New Genetic Knowledge (2016)
A physician/Pulitzer-prize-winning author explains what our new knowledge means for our immediate medical future, given our struggles with genetic knowledge in the past.
Autism and Prodigies (2016)
Experts discuss links between prodigies and some people with autism and their implications for autism treatment.
Incidental Genetic Findings
Genetic testing has become a widespread reality in the past five years, but doctors are struggling with what many genetic findings really mean.
Gene Editing
Scientists have developed the technology to edit single genes, which could eliminate some inherited diseases.
Stem Cell Regeneration
Scientists have discovered that older research animals can seemingly be made young again with infusions of young blood which reactivate stem cells. Researchers have started to isolate factors in plasma that appear to be responsible, opening the door to possibly rolling back the clock on aging. Experts explain.
Cheaper Breast Cancer Gene Testing
Testing for breast cancer genes BRCA-1 and 2 has been inaccessible to many women due to extremely high cost. Now a new $249 breast cancer gene test is available. Experts discuss whether this changes who should be tested and the ramifications of widespread testing.
