Rob Stein
Stories
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Health
'All of Us' research project diversifies the storehouse of genetic knowledge
The National Institutes of Health initiative that aims to make human genome research more inclusive reports its first results. Some 275 million new genetic variations have been identified.
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Massive project aimed at diversifying genetic data reports first results
Researchers have found more than 275 million previously unreported genetic variants from data shared by nearly 250,000 volunteers. Half of the data are from participants of non-European ancestry.
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Scientists take a step closer to resurrecting the woolly mammoth
Scientists at a biotech company say they have created a key stem cell for Asian elephants that could help save the endangered species and become a steppingstone for bringing back the woolly mammoth.
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Debate simmers over when doctors should declare brain death
Bioethicists, doctors and lawyers are weighing whether to redefine how someone should be declared dead. A change in criteria for brain death could have wide-ranging implications for patients' care.
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Gene therapy shows promise for an inherited form of deafness
Scientists report that gene therapy restored at least some hearing and speech for five out of six children with a rare form of genetic deafness.
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Infertile people, gay and trans couples yearn for progress on lab-made eggs and sperm
An experimental technology that might someday allow infertile couples, as well as gay and trans couples, to have genetically related children stirs hope. So far, the technique has worked in mice.
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FDA approves first gene-editing treatment for human illness
The Food and Drug Administration approved two genetic treatments for sickle cell disease, including one that uses gene-editing. The approvals offer hope for patients and signal a new medical era.
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For the first time, gene-editing provides hints for lowering cholesterol
Researchers report the first results from a study testing the revolutionary gene-editing technique known as CRISPR for cutting high cholesterol.
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The FDA is closer to approving a gene-editing treatment for sickle cell disease
The Food and Drug Administration took a crucial step toward approving the first treatment using the revolutionary gene-editing technique known as CRISPR to treat sickle cell disease.
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Nobel Prize goes to scientists who made mRNA Covid vaccines possible
Hungarian-born biochemist Katalin Karikó and American immunologist Drew Weissman found that a chemical change to genetic code called mRNA eliminated a problematic side effect when used in vaccines.