Andrew Joseph
Report: Price for blindness gene therapy Luxturna is ‘four times too high’ at $850,000
The $850,000 list price for a new medicine that treats a genetic form of childhood blindness is about four times too high ...
CRISPR setback? Our immune system may attack the treatment used with the popular gene editor
A new paper points to a previously unknown hurdle for scientists racing to develop therapies using the revolutionary genome-editing tool ...
IVF ethics: What if your only viable embryo has a genetic disease?
[A]n emerging ethical morass in the field of reproductive medicine: what to do when patients seeking to get pregnant select ...
Smarter children tend to live longer: Is there a genetic connection?
Across a sweeping range of causes of death — from injuries to dementia to heart disease — being smarter as ...
Tom Brady, ‘super human’? How genetics may contribute to his success
[NFL quarterback Tom Brady's] age-39 season was statistically among the best of his 17-year career with the New England Patriots...What’s ...
Who needs a dentist? Our teeth could repair themselves through stem cell stimulation
The stem cells in our teeth can be energized to fill in chips, cracks, and cavities, researchers say, and the ...
Field trial of Zika-fighting, GMO mosquito approved in Florida Keys, but new location to be selected
A proposal to release genetically engineered mosquitoes for the first time in the United States cleared an important threshold Saturday, with ...
Could outreach by scientists to religious communities relieve tensions over human genome editing?
Is the human genome sacred? Does editing it violate the idea that we’re made in God’s image or, perhaps worse, ...
Loosening regulations on stem cell therapies could hurt and help patients
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. On both coasts, campaigns ...
Boston hospitals test stem-cell-based therapies for the first time
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In a step that ...
CRISPR may revolutionize disease diagnostics
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. For what scientists say ...
Late bloomer? Genes can predict when you lost your virginity, new study finds
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. As many a pining ...
DNA from cancer patients could help treat future cases
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Cancer patients’ DNA holds ...