Diverse perspectives on science and medicine
It’s impossible to keep up with entries at ClinicalTrials.gov that include the search term “COVID-19.” Last week when I posted Can Existing Drugs Treat COVID-19? From Viagra to Thalidomide to Cough Syrup here at DNA Science, the number
As the number of cases of COVID-19 continues to mount, so do entries at clinicaltrials.gov for potential treatments, reaching into the existing pharmacopeia for repurposing candidates. Clinical trials for COVID-19 treatments range from 10 people
While the world worries about novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, other viruses continue to be used for the good – as vectors that ferry in healing genes for gene therapy and editing. Charles Hough calls himself “reborn”
In honor of Rare Disease Day 2020 (February 29), I took a look at the portrayal of people with rare diseases on a trio of my favorite TV shows. Rare diseases aren’t all that rare, outnumbering
As epidemiologists try to stay ahead of the spread of new coronavirus COVID-19, vaccine developers, like Sanofi and Johnson & Johnson, are focusing on the “spike” proteins that festoon viral surfaces. Following clues in genomes is
For Valentine’s Day, I offer a fly’s eye view of my PhD research on the mutation Antennapedia, which replaces fruit flies’ antennae with legs. “The Making of a Mutant” initially appeared in this millennium at
I’ve been thinking about invertebrates often lately, and so was delighted to learn that the genome of the giant squid has been sequenced. I’ll never tire of reading new genome papers. One of the largest
Women who have prophylactic mastectomies to stay ahead of a BRCA2 mutation may have made a wise choice, according to findings of a study just published in Science Advances. I’m amazed at the bravery of
I’m astonished at the speed with which geneticists and epidemiologists are zeroing in on the Wuhan coronavirus. Nomenclature is still up in the air. The first name, “2019-nCoV” for “novel coronavirus first seen in 2019,”
Four of the six of us from my high school inner circle have had breast cancer over the past two years. And that has me wondering. Did a shared environmental exposure, stamped onto our shared