For the past few years, I’ve been dazzled by high-tech treatments for blindness. The first DNA Science blog post was about stem…
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post Project Prakash: Learning From the Formerly BlindRead more
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post Gene Therapy News: Brain, Skin, EyeRead more
Several recent reports on ongoing clinical trials for gene therapies indicate that even preliminary studies with only a handful of patients can…
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post SyFy’s Helix: Tired Plot, Bad Science, FunRead more
Last week I trashed Dan Brown’s Inferno for its poor use of science in the plot. But Inferno earns an A- in originality…
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post Dan Brown’s “Inferno”: Good Plot, Bad ScienceRead more
When Dan Brown’s latest novel, Inferno, was published last summer, several people insisted I read it – because it’s about an insane…
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post Diets That Treat Genetic Disease – Three Classic CasesRead more
The greatest challenge of majoring in biology in college was mastering the chemical steps that build up and break down the 20…
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post Did Mexicans Inherit Diabetes Risk from Neanderthals?Read more
These days Neanderthals seem to pop up where you least expect them. When Medscape asked me a few days ago to write…
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post Autism, Seizures, and the AmishRead more
On December 4, I visited the Clinic for Special Children in the heart of Pennsylvania Dutch country, where a tiny staff cares for…
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post An Advocate for the Amish at a Very Special ClinicRead more
Last Wednesday, I finally met Dr. D. Holmes Morton, a pediatrician who is quietly conquering genetic disease among the Amish and Mennonites…
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post A Brother’s Love Fights Genetic DiseaseRead more
Gene therapy has been in the news recently, for awards. The same day that publisher Mary Ann Liebert Inc. honored 12 “pioneers…
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post Why 23andMe is Not for Me — YetRead more
A year ago I posted Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing: A New View, describing the unveiling of dtc testing at the American Society of…
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post Another Blind Boy Sees the Light, Thanks to Gene TherapyRead more
A funny thing happened on the way to this week’s blog post. I’d planned a guest post from a father who very…
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post NextCODE Health Mines deCODE’s Data, and More, to Catalyze Clinical DiagnosisRead more
Like the mythical Phoenix bird reborn from its own ashes, deCODE Genetics, or at least its data, resurfaced in October in the…