COVID took the world by stunned surprise – but, to quote an old Who song, we won’t be fooled again. That’s thanks…
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post Can Global Genomic Surveillance Forecast the Next Pandemic?Read more
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post Is Identifying Extra X and Y Chromosomes a Good Idea, or Does it Invite Stigma?Read more
Sequencing our genomes is a 21rst century phenomenon. Discrimination based on genetics dates back to the start of the eugenics movement in…
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post Mutations in Three Genes Protect Against Alzheimer’sRead more
Clues to combatting a devastating disease can come from identifying people who have gene variants – mutations – that protect them, by…
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post How Lume Whole Body Deodorant Was Inspired by a Genetic DiseaseRead more
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 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…