Usha McFarling
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What the porn industry can teach us about how to live safely with coronavirus
Since the late 1990s, when an outbreak of HIV infections threatened to shutter the multibillion-dollar industry, the mainstream porn community ...
The promise of genetic engineering in medicine could be threatened by ‘bad press’
Because the disorder is caused by a single mutation in a single gene, sickle cell disease has long been seen ...
‘Futuristic star’: The scientist growing transplantable human organs in pigs
Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte had spent years probing the inner workings of embryos, ferreting out the genes that give a ...
Male test for infertility detects epigenetic changes linked to smoking, obesity
Traditional sperm tests don’t reveal much. They can assess how many sperm a man produces, whether sperm are misshapen, and how ...
FDA may shut down stem cell clinics just when research starting to show promise
Scientists on [Sept. 12] will urge the Food and Drug Administration to crack down on rogue clinics across the country ...
FDA issues warning to clinics that offer unproven stem cell therapies
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Federal regulators are preparing to crack ...
