On Sunday, August 19, Taylor King will turn 20. On November 1, Laura King Edwards’s inspiring book “Run To The Light” will be published, by Bedazzled Ink. The memoir is an astonishing tale of
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Is CRISPR Gene Editing Doomed, Even As Gene Therapy Enters the Clinic?
Anyone watching the recent 60 Minutes segment on CRISPR would conclude that the gene editing technology is on the brink of pouring forth a cascade of cures. But a recent study reveals a mess of missing
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: ******* Genomics – Did Donkeys Arise from an Inverted Chromosome?
0000-0002-8715-2896 In the world of genome sequencing, donkeys haven’t received nearly as much attention as horses. But now a report on a new-and-improved genome sequence of *****, a donkey (Equus asinus) jack born at the
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: A Hiccup in Gene Therapy Progress?
0000-0002-8715-2896 Zebrafish, roundworms, fruit flies, mice, rats, rabbits, dogs, cats, pigs, and monkeys provide steppingstones to clinical trials to evaluate new treatments for people. The value of animal studies continues, even after a new drug
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: 20 Gene Variants and Transgender Identity: What Does It Mean?
0000-0002-8715-2896 The week started strangely. On Monday morning, the author of a new book on transgender identity emailed me, asking about my research (I don’t have any). She’d read my comments in The Daily Mail
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: The Biology Behind the Fertility Clinic Meltdown
0000-0002-8715-2896 The spindle apparatus is among the most elegant structures in a cell, quickly self-assembling from microtubules and grabbing and aligning chromosomes so that equal sets separate into the two daughter cells that result from
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Can Liquid Biopsies Compete with Scopes and Scans in Cancer Diagnosis?
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Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Rare Disease Week Through a New Lens: Having a Common Disease, ****** Cancer
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Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Tracking RNA to Pinpoint Time of Death: Better Than Bugs?
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Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: From Blue Lights to Gene Therapy: The Intriguing History of Crigler-Najjar Syndrome
0000-0002-8715-2896 Seeing Crigler-Najjar syndrome among this week’s news releases announcing upcoming gene therapy clinical trials conjured immediate images of an Amish farmhouse with a spooky blue glow emanating from an upstairs bedroom, where a small
