Among the barrage of drug ads for cancer, diabetes, weight loss and more are those for Lume, a “doctor-developed whole body deodorant.&rdquo…
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post How Lume Whole Body Deodorant Was Inspired by a Genetic DiseaseRead more
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post FDA Approves Duvystat, New Oral Treatment for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD)Read more
A new drug has entered the arsenal against Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a genetic disease that affects boys and is challenging to…
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post Older Siblings Made Possible Just-Approved Gene Therapy for Metachromatic LeukodystrophyRead more
The Food and Drug Administration just announced approval of Lenmeldy (atidarsagene autotemcel), a gene therapy to treat the neurological condition metachromatic leukodystrophy…
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post Cultivated Meat? Let Them Eat SnakeRead more
Biotechnology has solved many problems, from recombinant DNA and monoclonal antibody-derived drugs, to gene therapy and stem cell transplants, to RNA-based vaccines…
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post How the Human Lost Its TailRead more
In 1902’s Just So Stories for Little Children, British author Rudyard Kipling famously explained curiosities of the animal kingdom: How the Leopard…
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post 17 Timepoints When a Human Life Begins: 2024 Version in the Wake of the Alabama RulingRead more
I wish that I could stop reposting this essay – I do so whenever limitations on women’s reproductive rights become ever more…
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post “Ordinary Soil” Revisits the Weedkiller and AgBiotech Story, While Feeding the Scientist-As-Nerd StereotypeRead more
I love the spectacular symbiosis of my vegetable garden as harvest time approaches. Beanstalks spiral up cornstalks, their tendrils teasing nearby tomato…
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post Designing a Better Probiotic. CRISPR Hubris?Read more
Every morning I pop a Pearl probiotic. I try hard not to drop it, for the tiny, slippery yellow sphere bounces, is…
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post Transmissible Alzheimer’s Disease? Long-Ago Growth Hormone Treatment and a Legacy of Cannibalism and Mad CowsRead more
Five people treated for pituitary dwarfism decades ago with human growth hormone (hGH) pooled from cadavers have shown cognitive decline reminiscent of…
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post Chewing Gum Reveals Stone Age Diet and DiseaseRead more
We can learn about life, past and present, anywhere we find DNA and determine its sequence. DNA Science has described intriguing sources…
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post Multi-cancer Early Detection Blood Tests (MCED) DebutRead more
A 52-year-old woman is at her annual physical exam. The physician assistant mentions he’ll need two extra vials of blood for new…
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post CRISPR Tackles Diverse Single-Gene ConditionsRead more
The end-of-year FDA approval of the first CRISPR-based therapy, for sickle cell disease, came a mere dozen years after Jennifer Doudna and…