Rapidly Expanding CRISPR Toolbox Could Make Us All Healthier and Save the Planet

Submitted by blackswan on Sat, 10/28/2017 - 03:21

Rapidly expanding CRISPR toolbox could make us all healthier and save the planet

Two recent publications in the prestigious journals Nature and Science illustrate how gene editing can be further enhanced. In The Scientist, Catherine Offord provides an excellent summary of both the scientific details and the implications. The implications are so far-reaching that not only can prevention of disease become possible, but the food chain can be made healthier without the use of dangerous toxic chemicals and the impact of global pollution can be reduced. 

Food Marketing Reaches a New Low: Buyers Beware

Submitted by blackswan on Fri, 04/28/2017 - 02:47

On April 15, 2017, Emma Morano passed away peacefully in Verbania, Italy at the age of 117 years, 137 days, and 16 hours! She was the oldest person in the world, according to her obituary. What explains her longevity?

She lived very quietly in a church-owned apartment near beautiful Lake Maggiore. Was the lake's mild climate a factor, or perhaps the three raw eggs she ate every day for nearly a century? As always with long life, the role of diet emerges. Was it the three eggs each day or the lack of processed foods and sodas, or any number of other possible factors? How to live a long, healthy life has become an obsession in modern times as it seems we become less and less healthy.

Are women at risk for myeloma if they sit too much?

Submitted by Dr. Brian GM Durie on Fri, 07/17/2015 - 02:13

A new epidemiology study from the American Cancer Society indicates that women who spend more than six hours per day of leisure ti

Even Marmoset Monkeys Are Getting Fat: Clues About Chemicals Linked To What Is Causing Myeloma

Submitted by Dr. Brian GM Durie on Thu, 08/15/2013 - 00:00
A recent article by David Berreby in Aeon magazine dubs this "the obesity era" in America. As we are all aware, a high percentage of US citizens are overweight.