I’ve just had cataract surgeries, so I wasn’t thrilled to find a new report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences…
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post Cataracts and Amyloid Beta: Early Marker and New Drug Target?Read more
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post Rare Disease Day 2019: Roan’s StoryRead more
For 2019’s Rare Disease Day, DNA Science honors those who have fragile X syndrome (FXS). It isn’t among the rarest of the rare…
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post 300th Post at DNA Science TodayRead more
This is my 300th blog post for DNA Science. I’m so grateful to Public Library of Science for enabling me to comment so…
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post A Proposed DNA Data Protection Act? The Cat’s Out of the BagRead more
A team of biologists, policy analysts, and legal experts from the University of Queensland call for a new Genetic Data Protection Act…
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post A Natural History Study Isn’t Necessarily About DinosaursRead more
Many scientists trace their childhood inspiration to the towering skeletons of dinosaurs that still reign over the regal lobbies of the American…
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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 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 How rare is rare? And other common FAQs on “Rare Disease Day”Read more
To mark Rare Disease Day 2018 (Feb 28), we repost this explainer from DNA Science blogger, geneticist and rare disease specialist Ricki…
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post From Blue Lights to Gene Therapy: The Intriguing History of Crigler-Najjar SyndromeRead more
Seeing Crigler-Najjar syndrome among this week’s news releases announcing upcoming gene therapy clinical trials conjured immediate images of an Amish farmhouse with…
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post CRISPR Gene Editing of Neurons in Prader-Willi SyndromeRead more
I’m happy to see that fears about using CRISPR to edit human genes have dampened over the past year, but it’s still…
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post DNA Science in 2017Read more
The year has ended for me with an unexpected irony. On December 19, the FDA stamped its final approval on the first gene…
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post Revealing the Subtext in DNA SequencesRead more
Whenever the first copy of a book I’ve written arrives on my doorstep, I’m afraid to look at it. I still haven’t…