Ninety-seven percent of potential new cancer drugs never make it to market, dropping out of clinical trials when they don’t meet measures…
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post When the Target Isn’t Really the Target: One Way Cancer Drugs Fall Out of Clinical TrialsRead more
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post Breast Cancer Genetic Testing for All Women?Read more
“I have no family history of breast cancer,” says the woman in a public service announcement stressing the importance of mammograms for…
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post A New Meaning for Strip Steak: Making Red Meat Safer to EatRead more
Despite the rising popularity of plant-based burgers like the Impossible and Beyond, plenty of people still like the real deal. Many studies have…
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post Gene Therapy Update: Remembering Jesse GelsingerRead more
Like the mythological phoenix bird, gene therapy has risen from the ashes and is spreading its wings. September 17 marked 20 years…
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post A Child’s Shattered Chromosomes Illustrate the Value of Supportive TherapiesRead more
To a trained eye, the chromosome chart (karyotype) above has 4 irregularities, circled in red. They’re chromosome pairs of uneven size. The…
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post Celebrating the Pioneering Experiments in GeneticsRead more
It seems that lately everything in genetics, which has morphed into genomics, is big, big, big. Data on half a million people…
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post Retiring the Single Gay Gene HypothesisRead more
The once-prevailing concept of a sole “gay gene” dictating sexual orientation has been put to rest in a powerhouse study published today…
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post RIP Kary Mullis, Father of PCRRead more
When the name Kary Mullis popped up in my news feed on Monday, I was excited to read what I thought would…
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post 6 Types of Exercise That Counter Inherited Obesity RiskRead more
Exercise is a key component of any weight-loss plan, but it’s especially important for people who’ve inherited a tendency to easily put…
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post CRISPRed Exosomes Correct Rett Syndrome Communication BreakdownRead more
CRISPR continues to be big news. Condemnation of the gene editing technology was swift late last year when a researcher in China…
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post How a Mutation Turned Almonds from Toxin to TreatRead more
Eating just 50 bitter almonds can release enough hydrogen cyanide to kill an adult in under 3 minutes. Fortunately, the sweet variety that we…
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post Beaver Feces Inspire a Way to Convert Type A to Type O Human BloodRead more
My writing assignments for Medscape Medical News tend to be formulaic: summarize the findings of an interesting new paper, enabling busy health care…