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Could CRISPR Diagnostics Provide a Valuable Weapon in the Fight against Pandemic Flu?
Conclusion: What Could This Mean for CRISPR Diagnostics?
While any point-of-care tests—whether existing nucleic acid assays or CRISPR diagnostics as discussed in this article—aren’t going to assist in identifying the completely unknown, they will provide some of the solution once the pathogen has been identified. Then with the need for specific tests to be rushed out all over the world, the potential speed of CRISPR assay development, particularly if pre-amplification were not required, might come into its own. These tests would be distributed quickly around the world b...
Source: MDDI - March 8, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Paul Wilkins Tags: IVD Source Type: news
Split-Sex Animals Are Unusual, Yes, but Not as Rare as You ’ d Think
From butterflies to chickens to lobsters, mixed male-female bodies offer clues as to why certain diseases strike one gender more often than the other.
Source: NYT Health - February 25, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: KAREN WEINTRAUB Tags: Genetics and Heredity Chromosomes Hormones Birds Butterflies and Moths Mammals your-feed-science Research Biology and Biochemistry Source Type: news
Reverse Engineering for SDGs
Dr. Kakoli Ghosh, Strategic Program on Sustainable Agriculture Management Team, FAO Ms. Loreta Zdanovaite, Partnerships Officer, Division of Partnerships, FAOBy Kakoli Ghosh and Loreta ZdanovaiteROME, Feb 20 2019 (IPS)When young people from small towns and villages seek higher education they have to usually migrate to big cities leaving their local communities behind. On completion of their degree from the Universities, they generally prefer staying in cities, in search of a good job and a successful career. Though this is a standard practice, it is also a case of lost opportunities, especially for students who pursue high...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - February 20, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Kakoli Ghosh and Loreta Zdanovaite Tags: Africa Development & Aid Economy & Trade Education Environment Featured Food & Agriculture Global Green Economy Headlines Health Labour Natural Resources Poverty & SDGs TerraViva United Nations Trade & Investment Water & Sa Source Type: news
Rubber and Wood in Chicken Nuggets: Why 120,000 Pounds Were Recalled
Three separate recalls have been issued this month by Tyson Foods and Perdue. What ’ s happening to America ’ s chicken nuggets?
Source: NYT Health - January 31, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: SANDRA E. GARCIA Tags: Food Contamination and Poisoning Chickens Recalls and Bans of Products Tyson Foods Inc Perdue Farms Inc Agriculture Department Salmonella (Bacteria) Labeling and Labels (Product) Source Type: news
120,000 Pounds, Recalled: What ’ s Happening to America ’ s Chicken Nuggets?
Three separate recalls have been issued this month by Tyson Foods and Perdue. The reasons vary, but many nuggets contained rubber or wood.
Source: NYT Health - January 30, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: SANDRA E. GARCIA Tags: Food Contamination and Poisoning Chickens Recalls and Bans of Products Tyson Foods Inc Perdue Farms Inc Agriculture Department Salmonella (Bacteria) Labeling and Labels (Product) Source Type: news
Researchers Find Way For Chickens To Lay Eggs Filled With Cancer-Killing Drugs
BOSTON (CBS) – Researchers in Scotland say they have found a way to have chickens lay eggs filled with medicine. It’s a method that could make some drugs much more affordable.
Scientists at The University of Edinburgh have genetically modified the birds to produce human proteins in their eggs that boost the immune system. Now, the chickens are laying eggs containing cancer-killing drugs.
Researchers in Scotland have genetically modified chickens to produce human proteins in their eggs (WBZ-TV)
“In the past, making these transgenic animals has been very inefficient very expensive and difficult,” says Professor Helen...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - January 28, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Boston News Health Seen On WBZ-TV Cancer Dr. Mallika Marshall Source Type: news
No yolk! Eggs from genetically-modified chickens could be used to fight cancer and arthritis
A study by the University of Edinburgh found modifying the farm animal's DNA causes their eggs to contain proteins that are often lacking in people suffering from common diseases.
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 28, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
No yoke! Eggs from genetically-modified chickens could be used to fight cancer and arthritis
A study by the University of Edinburgh found modifying the farm animal's DNA causes their eggs to contain proteins that are often lacking in people suffering from common diseases.
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 28, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Gene modified chickens 'lay medicines'
Researchers at the Roslin Institute are breeding chickens which produce human proteins in their eggs.
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - January 28, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Hens that lay human proteins in eggs offer future therapy hope
(University of Edinburgh) Chickens that are genetically modified to produce human proteins in their eggs can offer a cost-effective method of producing certain types of drugs, research from the University of Edinburgh suggests. Researchers say the findings provide sound evidence for using chickens as a cheap method of producing high quality drugs for use in research studies and, potentially one day, in patients.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - January 27, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Chicken therapy helps 'to calm' autistic children
A learning centre uses chickens to teach autistic children trust and behaviour skills.
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - January 26, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Stop snuggling hedgehogs, CDC urges amid salmonella outbreak
First, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said not to kiss or snuggle with your chickens; now, the agency is cautioning against PDA with pet hedgehogs.
Source: CNN.com - Health - January 25, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The Redomestication of Wolves
On landscapes around the world, environmental change is bringing people and large carnivores together--but the union is not without its problems. Human-wildlife conflict is on the rise as development continues unabated and apex predators begin to reoccupy their former ranges. Further complicating matters, many of these species are now reliant on anthropogenic, or human, foods, including livestock, livestock and other ungulate carcasses, and garbage.
Writing in BioScience, Thomas Newsome, of Deakin University and the University of Sydney, and his colleagues use gray wolves and other large predators as case studies to explo...
Source: BioScience Press Releases - January 23, 2019 Category: Biology Source Type: news
British scientists hope gene-edited chickens will help ward off the next pandemic
British scientists are developing gene-edited chickens designed to be totally resistant to flu in a new approach to trying to stop the next deadly human pandemic.
Source: CBC | Health - January 22, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Health Source Type: news
You ’re Not Imagining It: Food Recalls Are Getting More Common. Here’s Why
Lately, it’s felt like there’s a new food recall each week, striking everything from romaine lettuce to Ritz crackers. And a new report from the non-partisan Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) says that phenomenon isn’t in your head: Food recalls are actually getting more common.
The total number of food recalls in the U.S. increased by 10% between 2013 and 2018, hitting a peak of 905 in 2016, according to the report. Class I recalls — those based on a “reasonable probability” that contaminated food could cause health problems — of meat and poultry rose by 83% during this time p...
Source: TIME: Health - January 17, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized healthytime onetime public health Source Type: news
