(photo credit for Robot B-9 from the TV series Lost in Space (Creative Commons, Maker Faire 2008, San Mateo) I have a…
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post AI Analyzes Human Genomes and Foretells My Possible ObsolescenceRead more
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post New Study on the Origin of Syphilis. America First?Read more
With the pandemic past and vaccine-preventable infectious diseases creeping back, we don’t think often about syphilis. A new report in Science, from…
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post Menkes Disease Treatment Approved, After Three Decades of TestingRead more
One of my greatest joys in revising my human genetics textbook is adding treatments for genetic diseases that have been FDA-approved since…
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post Apple TV’s Pluribus Offers a Compelling, if Tired, Plot, With Dubious ScienceRead more
Pluribus, Apple TV+’s sci fi series that just concluded its first season, is a clever take on the alien invasion theme, from…
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post A Light in the Darkness: CIRM Funds Gene and Cell Therapy ResearchRead more
I fear that 2025 is ending with a tragic irony: the dismantling of progress in biomedical research, as infectious diseases return and…
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post Are Microplastics Fueling the Increase in Cancer Among Under-50s?Read more
Links between environmental exposures and increases in cancer rates take time to emerge. They range from community-wide disasters, like the 25-year dumping…
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post Dodos for Thanksgiving Dinner?Read more
As Thanksgiving approaches, thoughts turn to turkeys. This year, the holiday comes soon after announcement of the first steps in recreating dodo…
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post AI Enhances Human GeneticsRead more
Genetics is a field rich in numbers and patterns, reaching back to Gregor Mendel’s crosses of pea plants with distinguishing characteristics that…
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post An Avalanche of Advances in Human GeneticsRead more
For the first time in 35 years of writing and revising my textbook Human Genetics: Concepts and Applications, I’m happy to report…
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post Cutting NIH Support of FlyBase Threatens Preclinical – and Ultimately Clinical – ResearchRead more
The toppling of health care in the US has begun, and I fear will reverberate for decades to come. It is beginning…
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post Finally, a One-Time Treatment that May Slow the Course of Huntington’s DiseaseRead more
It’s rare that clinical trial findings are as exciting as what biotech company UniQure has just announced. The company is based in…
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post Nixing School Vaccination Requirements May Welcome Back These Infectious DiseasesRead more
Lately I feel like I’m living in an alternate universe that is the polar opposite of the British dystopian anthology Black Mirror…