Three Parent Embyros - What Do You Think?

Scientists are perfecting methods for creating embryos containing DNA from three parents.  It is thought that these techniques will help to prevent several rare genetic disorders passed on through mitochondrial DNA.

Your mitochondria contain a small number of genes and are inherited from your mother.  It is thought that diseases such as muscular dystrophy and some cancers are inherited through these genes.

Scientists have developed techniques for taking chromosomes from a mother’s egg (which house approximately 99.8% of her DNA) and placing them in a donor egg from which the chromosomes have been removed but which has healthy mitochondrial DNA.

See "Three Parent Embryos" for more information.

This is Your Digestive System...This is Your Digestive System on Junk Food...

Ever wonder what happens to a gummi bear after you eat it???
Take a look at the impact of processed food vs. whole food on the human body with researcher Stefani Bardini from Boston.
Stefani videos the digestion of gummi bears and other processed foods using a swallowed M2A capsule [Mouth to Anus capsule] which wirelessly transmits images from the digestive tract.
You may never eat another gummi bear after watching this!

The Future of Medicine May Be In Your IPod!!

An IPod can now be used to monitor your health!  Cardiology Dr. Eric Topol demonstrates how you may someday soon use this technology to record your own ECG at home and send it to your doctor or monitor your blood glucose levels.  Click here to learn more!!

Studies are Wrong (Study Shows)

Think about all the scientific research that is going on in the world right now.  There is a HUGE amount of research going on covering almost any topic you can think of (and probably some you can't)!  So, who decides what studies we hear about in the news?  Have you ever noticed how often you hear about studies on chocolate, caffeine, or cancer?  Would you be surprised to know that a lot of new findings that are published are later shown to be false?

Take a look at this article that examines a study on studies...and shows that many of the findings we hear about in the news may not be newsworthy at all!

This really highlights the continuous nature of science.  There is no "end" to the scientific method.  Once you've gathered results, analyzed them and drawn concusions, the cycle continues with new ideas and new experiments.

TED Talk: Science is for Everyone

Take a look at this TED talk - Real science really is PLAY!!