While the world worries about novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, other viruses continue to be used for the good – as vectors that ferry…
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post Viruses for the Good: Gene Therapy for Sickle Cell DiseaseRead more
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post Rare Disease in TV Series: Stranger Things, House, Call the MidwifeRead more
In honor of Rare Disease Day 2020 (February 29), I took a look at the portrayal of people with rare diseases on a…
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post COVID-19 Vaccine Will Close in on the SpikesRead more
As epidemiologists try to stay ahead of the spread of new coronavirus COVID-19, vaccine developers, like Sanofi and Johnson & Johnson, are focusing…
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post A Fruit Fly Love Story: The Making of a Mutant 2020Read more
For Valentine’s Day, I offer a fly’s eye view of my PhD research on the mutation Antennapedia, which replaces fruit flies’ antennae…
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post The Giant Squid Genome Holds SurprisesRead more
I’ve been thinking about invertebrates often lately, and so was delighted to learn that the genome of the giant squid has been…
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post New View of the Brink of Cancer May Validate Preventive MastectomyRead more
Women who have prophylactic mastectomies to stay ahead of a BRCA2 mutation may have made a wise choice, according to findings of…
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post The Wuhan Coronavirus Inspires a Look Back at the Discovery of VirusesRead more
I’m astonished at the speed with which geneticists and epidemiologists are zeroing in on the Wuhan coronavirus. Nomenclature is still up in…
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post How Breast Cancer Reunited Six High School FriendsRead more
Four of the six of us from my high school inner circle have had breast cancer over the past two years. And…
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post Will New Knowledge of Gender Identity Genomics Counter Discrimination?Read more
If legislation being developed by State Rep. Ginny Ehrhart, (R-Powder Springs, Georgia) goes forward, a physician who provides surgery or hormones to…
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post FDA Approvals in 2019 Reflect Eclectic Ways to Treat Genetic DiseaseRead more
It was a good year for new treatments for genetic diseases! Of the 44 FDA approvals of new drugs, 8 were for 6…
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post 5,700-Year-Old Lola, Her Genome Sequenced from Gum, Joins Other Named ForebearsRead more
About 5,700 years ago in southern Denmark, a woman enjoyed a meal of hazelnuts and duck, then chewed gum made from the…
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post Family with Two Rare Syndromes Reveals Immunity GlitchRead more
Members of a three-generation family in France who suffer from widespread infections and fragile skin, joints, bones, and blood vessels share an…