Marilynn Marchione
Science not yet ready for CRISPR gene-edited babies, US-UK commission concludes
[T]he science [behind gene edited babies] isn't advanced enough to ensure safety, says an international panel of experts who also ...
‘Desperation is not a strategy’: Slew of low quality studies clouds picture of how to confront COVID-19
Desperate to solve the deadly conundrum of COVID-19, the world is clamoring for fast answers and solutions from a research ...
COVID-19 infection undercount: CDC says actual victims likely closer to 20 million Americans and many more deaths
[A new] estimate [suggests that 20 million Americans have been infected with COVID-19,] roughly 10 times as many infections as ...
Blood type and COVID-19 severity: Type O may help; Type A may hurt, study says
Scientists who compared the genes of thousands of patients in Europe found that those who had Type A blood were ...
Hydroxychloroquine found ‘no better than placebo pills’ in preventing COVID-19 in high risk people, New England Journal of Medicine study finds
A malaria drug President Donald Trump took to try to prevent COVID-19 proved ineffective for that in the first large, ...
There’s still a lot we don’t know about China’s controversial CRISPR babies, including their health status
Chinese scientist He Jiankui shocked the world by claiming he had helped make the first gene-edited babies. One year later, ...
First attempt at using CRISPR to edit genes inside the body targets inherited form of blindness
Patients are about to be enrolled in the first study to test a gene-editing technique known as CRISPR inside the ...
Genetic variants may explain why women are more prone to Alzheimer’s
New research gives some biological clues to why women may be more likely than men to develop Alzheimer’s disease and ...
We may soon have a routine blood test for Alzheimer’s risk
Scientists are closing in on a long-sought goal — a blood test to screen people for possible signs of Alzheimer’s ...
New diagnostic weapon: Genetic tests can also detect infectious disease
Doctors routinely use genetic tests to spot inherited diseases and guide cancer treatment. But using them to detect infectious diseases ...
CRISPR uproar: Chinese researcher claims first gene-edited babies
A Chinese researcher claims that he helped make the world’s first genetically edited babies — twin girls born this month ...
Mainstream medicine? US health officials want to ease restrictions on gene therapy experiments
U.S. health officials are eliminating special regulations for gene therapy experiments, saying that what was once exotic science is quickly ...
Second patient added to human gene-editing study, with no side effects so far
A second patient has been treated in a historic gene editing study in California, and no major side effects or ...
A gene-editing first: Scientists try to edit a living human’s DNA
Scientists for the first time have tried editing a gene inside the body in a bold attempt to permanently change ...
One third of lymphoma patients cancer free after 6 months in CAR-T gene therapy study
An experimental gene therapy that turns a patient's own blood cells into cancer killers worked in a major study, with ...
This report may address your concerns about the health of ‘3-parent’ DNA babies
More than 15 years ago, 17 babies were born after an experimental infertility treatment that gave them DNA from three ...
Interpretations of disease risk from genetic tests inconsistent, study shows
The first report from a big public-private project to improve genetic testing reveals it is not as rock solid as ...
New Ebola outbreak from novel strain
The Ebola virus that has killed scores of people in Guinea this year is a new strain — evidence that ...
Gene therapy scores big wins against blood cancers
In one of the biggest advances against leukemia and other blood cancers in many years, doctors are reporting unprecedented success ...
Gene scans solve mystery diseases in kids, adults
They were mystery diseases that had stumped doctors for years — adults with strange symptoms and children with neurological problems, ...
Study: ‘Smart bomb’ drug attacks breast cancer
A new kind of medicine to fight breast cancer is emerging: a drug combination designed to act like a smart ...
Test-tube’ babies have more birth defects?
Test-tube babies have higher rates of birth defects, and doctors have long wondered: Is it because of certain fertility treatments ...
