My husband and I were intrigued to discover that this week’s New England Journal of Medicine has articles on both of our…
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post My Thyroid Cancer
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post Genetic Choreography of the Developing Human Embryo
Years ago, when I was teaching at a state university, I had the privilege to show real human embryos and fetuses to…
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post Eye Melanoma, Media Hype, and Genomic Medicine
Melanoma of the eye presents a case study in the value of diagnosing by phenotype (symptoms and physical presentation) versus assessing risk…
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post A Mom’s Advice: 10 Tips About Kids in Clinical Trials
The morning after I posted last week’s “3 Gene Therapy Trials Report Good News,” I heard from my friend Ilyce Randell, whose son…
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post 3 Gene Therapy Trials Report Good News
Here’s an update on some of the rare disease families DNA Science has covered as they travel the long and winding road…
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post Summer Musings on the Deaf on Martha’s Vineyard and SevenEves
One morning last week, my husband and I hiked down to Great Rock Bight, our favorite beach on Martha’s Vineyard, before anyone…
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post Speedy the Tortoise and Altering the Genetic Code
Last week my sister sent me a great article from Buzzfeed on “a reptile dysfunction”. It’s about stupid people who buy cute little baby…
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post Genetics Gaffes Ruin Wayward Pines Finale
The FOX TV sci-fi dystopian series Wayward Pines had been unspooling a terrific second season, until a common genetics error halfway through the…
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post Hannah Has Her Gene Therapy for GAN: When Science Becomes Medicine
Today, 8 years and $8 million fund-raised dollars after the Sames family of Rexford, NY, began their battle against giant axonal neuropathy…
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post Prostate and Colon Cancer News: The 2-Hit Hypothesis Revisited
A report and a case published in two major medical journals this week suggest that relatives of certain individuals with cancer may…
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post Playing the Woman Card in Cell and Gene Therapy
The juxtaposition of two emails in my inbox last Friday morning was startling. First came an announcement of an eBook series about…
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post African Ancestry and Dangerous Blood Clots
Inappropriate blood clotting can be a killer. Each year in the US, 300,000 to 900,000 people suffer a venous thromboembolism (VTE), which…