Sumatran rhinoceroses are solitary creatures that browse the dense rainforests of Borneo and Sumatra, living in small, scattered, shrinking groups. Taking a…
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post Genomics to the Rescue for Sumatran RhinosRead more
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post Expand Rapid Testing to Help Counter COVID Variant Spread, Says Harvard Epidemiologist Michael MinaRead more
I just returned from an enlightening trip to CVS, to photograph Abbott Lab’s at-home rapid antigen test for COVID, BinaxNOW. It became…
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post 3 Possible Origins of COVID: Lab Escapee, Evolution, or Mutator Genes?Read more
“Virus outbreak: research says COVID-19 likely synthetic,” shouted the headline in the Taipei Times on February 23, 2020. The idea that the…
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post Huntington’s Disease: 2 Steps Backward, 1 Step ForwardRead more
Last week’s DNA Science post considered the ebb and flow of treatment possibilities for Alzheimer’s disease. This week, it’s Huntington’s disease. Like…
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post Alzheimer’s Treatments in the Pipeline and the False Promise of Prevagen: Distinguishing Hope from HypeRead more
The avalanche of TV ads for Prevagen that coincided with my reaching Medicare age has inspired me to investigate what’s coming for…
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post Science Writing in the Age of COVID-19Read more
It’s been a strange and busy 15 months for science journalists. Each day, throughout the day, our inboxes overflow with the latest…
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post On the Anniversary of the Pandemic, Considering the Bioweapon HypothesisRead more
A year ago, the Director General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, delivered the message that would divide time: “WHO…
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post Is COVID Optimism Finally Overtaking Pessimism? Harvard Experts Weigh InRead more
Glimmers of hope are beginning to shine through the gloom of the past year. That was evident in a recent webinar that…
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post Rare Disease Day 2021: Gene Therapy Ups and Downs, AgainRead more
I can’t believe it’s been a decade since I researched and wrote The Forever Fix: Gene Therapy and the Boy Who Saved…
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post DNA Study Adds Branch to North American Mammoth Family TreeRead more
An international team has assembled billions of DNA snippets from molars that three mammoths left in the permafrost of northeastern Siberia, at…
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post How My “Fruit Fly Love Story” Presaged The Rise of COVID-19 Viral VariantsRead more
I wrote “The Making of a Mutant” in 1978. Then a PhD student in the lab of Thom Kaufman at Indiana University…
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post Getting a COVID Vaccine is More Transparent Than Eating a Hot Dog: Countering Vaccine HesitancyRead more
“So, you’ve been eatin’ hot dogs and chicken nuggets all your life and you don’t want the vaccine ‘cuz you don’t know…