Parents cherish developmental milestones, from a newborn’s grip of an offered finger; to an infant’s holding her head up the first time…
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post Gene Therapy for Myotubular Myopathy: Early Signs of Success!Read more
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post A New Goal for Gene Therapy: Pet ContraceptionRead more
Each year in the U.S. 1.4 million cats and 1.2 million dogs are euthanized to control their numbers, yet the stray population…
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post French Anderson, “Father” of Gene Therapy, Released From PrisonRead more
Update: To read an excellent, more complete version of this story, see Sharon Begley’s recent report at STAT News. I’ve amended my post…
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post Celebrating The Moms of Gene TherapyRead more
As Mother’s Day and the annual meeting of the American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy approach, I’d like to update the…
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post What’s a “Variant of Uncertain Significance?” A VUS?Read more
Seven words someone taking a genetic test doesn’t want to hear: “You have a variant of uncertain significance.” A VUS. Instead of…
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post Experimental Drug Extends Survival in ProgeriaRead more
A report from a clinical trial for a drug to treat the rapid-aging disorder progeria, published in this week’s Journal of the American…
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post Tilapia: Freak Farmed Fish or Evolutionary Rock Star?Read more
Posts are appearing on my Facebook feed warning against the dangers of eating tilapia. So I decided to do a little research…
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post Don’t Tell Me My DCIS Isn’t Cancer!Read more
“DCIS isn’t really cancer. You have nothing to worry about,” said my oncologist confidently. “Then why am I having a mastectomy in…
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post Jackass Genomics – Did Donkeys Arise from an Inverted Chromosome?Read more
In the world of genome sequencing, donkeys haven’t received nearly as much attention as horses. But now a report on a new-and-improved…
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post A Hiccup in Gene Therapy Progress?Read more
Zebrafish, roundworms, fruit flies, mice, rats, rabbits, dogs, cats, pigs, and monkeys provide steppingstones to clinical trials to evaluate new treatments for…
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post 20 Gene Variants and Transgender Identity: What Does It Mean?Read more
The week started strangely. On Monday morning, the author of a new book on transgender identity emailed me, asking about my research…
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post The Biology Behind the Fertility Clinic MeltdownRead more
The spindle apparatus is among the most elegant structures in a cell, quickly self-assembling from microtubules and grabbing and aligning chromosomes so…