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CRISPR used to cure HIV in mice. Will it lead to new treatments for humans?
Researchers say they have removed HIV from the DNA of mice, an achievement the scientists say could be an early ...
‘I’m not me’: Rare depersonalization disorder leaves patients feeling disconnected from their bodies
I would stare at my hands and think, “I’m not me.” No matter where I was, in the middle of ...
US Stem Cell Clinic ordered to halt controversial treatment that blinded 4 patients
A federal judge issued an order [June 25] barring a Florida-based stem-cell company from performing an unapproved procedure that blinded ...
Cell phones may be causing horns to grow on our skulls
Mobile technology has transformed the way we live — how we read, work, communicate, shop and date. But we already ...
GPS keeps you from getting lost. It also may be ruining your brain.
When people are told which way to turn, it relieves them of the need to create their own routes and ...
‘Zombie deer disease’ could make leap to humans, researchers say
Jeannine Fleegle [wildlife biologist] reached into a black garbage bag, pulled out a severed deer head, and placed it on ...
Why an FDA legal victory won’t stop controversial stem cell clinics
When the Food and Drug Administration won a landmark lawsuit [June 3] against a stem cell company, health officials hailed ...
Dinosaur hike: How a Montana family found a ‘nearly complete’ T. rex
“It was right over there, just a bit of it sticking from the earth that caught my eye,” [Kathy] Wankel ...
Trump administration halts US funding for fetal tissue research, threatening work on AIDS, cancer and other diseases
The Trump administration on Wednesday [June 5] ended funding of medical research by government scientists using fetal tissue and canceled ...
Cancer patients should get quicker access to unapproved drugs through FDA ‘concierge service’
The Food and Drug Administration plans to provide “concierge service” to doctors seeking access to unapproved drugs for cancer patients ...
A ‘wake-up call for women’: Low-fat diet rich in fruit and vegetables reduces breast cancer risk, study says
Women who followed a lower-fat diet rich in fruits, vegetables and grains had a lower risk of dying of breast ...
Washington Post editorial: We have an ‘urgent need’ for international rules on gene-edited babies
WHEN CHINESE scientist He Jiankui announced last November his experiments making heritable genetic changes in human embryos followed by live ...
Autism war rages: Is it a medical condition or ‘neurodiversity’?
[There is] a deep divide in the autism community: On one side are parents of autistic children with severe traits ...
‘An insurance policy for the future’: Why some healthy young men are freezing their sperm
Gilbert Sanchez froze his sperm in January [2019], shortly before his 25th birthday. He was healthy and at low-risk for ...
Viewpoint: Caster Semenya ruling demonstrates our ‘myopic’ view of athletes and gender
In the intricate and emotional case of Caster Semenya, there is no such thing as fair. Her situation vexes traditional ...
Costly CAR T-cell therapy gets boost with Medicare proposal to increase reimbursements
Medicare officials on [April 23] proposed increasing reimbursements for a groundbreaking but costly cancer therapy used for patients whose blood ...
Can genetic testing pinpoint the right antidepressant, or is it just ‘a shot in the dark’?
For patients who weren’t responding well after trying one or two different antidepressants, [physician Jeremy Bruce] started sending samples of ...
Exercise can fight depression, but it doesn’t work for everyone
Is there evidence to support the idea that exercise can have an effect on depression? And if so, how much ...
Some mammograms harder to read than others. FDA wants breast density data included in reports
The Food and Drug Administration on [March 27] proposed requiring mammogram providers to tell women with dense breast tissue that ...
Is personality influenced by birth order? New studies challenge ‘conventional wisdom’
Birth order, according to conventional wisdom, molds personality: Firstborn children, secure with their place in the family and expected to ...
Second person cured of HIV? Stem cell transplant sends ‘London patient’ into long-term remission
A man has been in remission from HIV for a year and a half, without drugs, after receiving a stem ...
Stem cell therapy ‘sold as a miracle cure’ linked to 17 bacterial hospitalizations
Over the past year, at least 17 people have been hospitalized after being injected with products made from umbilical cord ...
Esketamine nasal spray, touted as biggest advance in years for treating depression, gets FDA approval
The Food and Drug Administration approved a novel antidepressant late Tuesday [March 5] for people with depression that does not ...
Failure of first US uterine transplant blamed on organ donation system
On March 7, 2016, doctors at the Cleveland Clinic introduced the nation to Lindsey McFarland, the first person to undergo a ...
‘Young blood’ plasma treatments unproven, possibly dangerous, says FDA
Federal health regulators on [February 19] warned consumers against controversial “young blood” treatments — plasma infusions from young donors marketed for conditions ...
Do all breast cancer patients need genetic testing?
The nation’s breast surgeons are advising that all patients diagnosed with breast cancer be offered genetic testing to check for ...
Black-white cancer mortality gap has narrowed significantly, ‘but we still have a long way to go’
Longtime cancer disparities between African Americans and whites — with blacks having a sharply higher mortality rate — have narrowed ...
