Marie McCullough
One-and-done intravenous gene editing infusion might eventually be able to cure HIV
In 2014, Temple University researchers proved they could use state-of-the-art molecular scissors to cut out dormant HIV hiding in human ...
We’ve made remarkable progress developing vaccines but treatments for COVID victims remain elusive
The only fully approved COVID-19 drug, the antiviral remdesivir, has shown modest benefit, at best, in hospitalized patients. Two “monoclonal ...
Myocarditis and potential heart damage caused by COVID may be biggest challenge to resuscitating college sports
A small but growing body of evidence shows that COVID-19 can damage the heart, sometimes fatally, even in a previously ...
Oral cancer epidemic in men caused by HPV, immune system gone ‘awry’
[S]cientists have made headway in figuring out why HPV, the human papillomavirus, has this glaring gender bias. Men are four ...
Leukemia T-cell gene therapy shows progress, but not as effective as hoped
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Four years ago, University ...
Seeing a fetus’ future ills
Philadelphia InquirerSeeing a fetus' future illsPhiladelphia InquirerConsider that the Human Genome Project, completed in 2003, took 13 years and cost ...
Researchers report a gene-therapy success
For a quarter of a century, gene therapy has been stymied, largely because the patient's immune system attacks the treatment ...