Human genomics: The new world of DNA | The Economist

Stuck in with the nasty weather outside?  Here is a nice read while you’re wondering what to do with your unexpected day off:  A thoughtful article to get you caught up on what is happening in genome research …

“WHEN John Keats read George Chapman’s translation of Homer he felt, in his elevated, poetical way, like …”

 

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French study finds tumours in rats fed GM corn | Reuters

Rats fed a lifetime diet of Monsanto’s genetically modified corn or exposed to its top-selling weedkiller Roundup suffered tumours and multiple organ damage, according to a French study published on …

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Scientists Make Progress in Tailor-Made Organs – NYTimes.com

Andemariam Beyene sat by the hospital window, the low Arctic sun on his face, and talked about the time he thought he would …

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Ovarian Cancer Screenings Are Not Effective, Panel Says – NYTimes.com

Tests commonly recommended to screen healthy women for ovarian cancer do more harm than good and should not be performed, a …

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Where Cows Are Happy and Food Is Healthy – NYTimes.com

FOOD can be depressing. If it’s tasty, it’s carcinogenic. If it’s cheap, animals were tortured.

But this, miraculously, is a …

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For a Lung Cancer, Drug Treatment May Be Within Reach – NYTimes.com

The first large and comprehensive study of the genetics of a common lung cancer finds that more than half the tumors from that cancer have mutations that might be treated by new drugs that are already in the pipeline or …

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Flaxseed Health Benefits, Food Sources, Recipes, and Tips for Using It

Some call it one of the most powerful plant foods on the planet. There’s some evidence it may help reduce your risk of heart disease, cancer, stroke, and diabetes. That’s quite a tall order for a tiny seed that’s …

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Donna Summer, Queen of Disco, Dies at 63 – NYTimes.com

Donna Summer, the multimillion-selling singer and songwriter whose hits captured both the giddy hedonism of the 1970s disco era and the feisty female solidarity of the early 1980s, died on Thursday at her …

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Red Meat Linked to Cancer and Heart Disease – NYTimes.com

Eating red meat is associated with a sharply increased risk of death from cancer and heart disease, according to a new …

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Treating prostate cancer: The men’s room | The Economist

MOST cancers are equal-opportunity killers. Some, though, are perforce sex-specific. Breast cancer is rare in men. And prostate cancer is obviously absent from women. Recent years have seen a plethora of new drugs—starting in …

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Komen Foundation Urged to Restore Planned Parenthood Funds – NYTimes.com

The nation’s leading breast cancer advocacy organization confronted the growing furor Thursday over its decision to largely end its decades-long partnership with Planned Parenthood, with rising dissension in its own ranks and a …

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Federal Prosecutors Drop Lance Armstrong Investigation – NYTimes.com

Federal prosecutors said Friday that they had closed their investigation of Lance Armstrong without charging him, nearly two years after they began looking into allegations that he and his cycling teammates committed a variety of …

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