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‘That is my dream’: Scientist who uncovered likely leading cause of MS wants to tackle ALS next

16.03.2023

Alberto Ascherio began his career as a young doctor treating tropical diseases in South American rainforests and parts of Africa. Over the next quarter-century, he made his way to what …

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National Academies calls for transforming use of racial and ethnic labels in genetics research

14.03.2023

Saying genetics researchers inconsistently and inappropriately use racial and ethnic labels that fail to capture the complex patterns of human genetic variation, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine …

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Setting aside the thorniest issues around CRISPR babies, scientists say embryo-editing research should proceed

14.03.2023

LONDON — The Francis Crick Institute is a glimmering chameleon of a building, spanning four acres of downtown London, that took 10 years and cost nearly $850 million to build. …

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Study of trans men suggests that androgen hormone therapy can lower breast cancer risk

08.03.2023

When transgender men transition, their risk for breast cancer tends to plummet and look more like the breast cancer risk for cisgender men, excluding those with high-risk mutations like BRCA1 …

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With CRISPR cures on horizon, sickle cell patients ask hard questions about who can access them

07.03.2023

LONDON — Victoria Gray had come to Nashville, Tenn., from her home in Mississippi for what was supposed to be a routine checkup. But when a pain crisis struck — …

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What the dogs of Chernobyl can teach us about life at the edge

03.03.2023

You’d think an irradiated wasteland would be a poor place to make a home, but some animals beg to differ. Since the Chernobyl nuclear meltdown 37 years ago, both wild …

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Hong Kong pulls visa for ‘CRISPR babies’ scientist He Jiankui

21.02.2023

BEIJING — Hong Kong on Tuesday revoked a visa it granted to a Chinese scientist who set off an ethical debate five years ago with claims that he made the …

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Researchers link certain genes to obesity complications in women

16.02.2023

With hundreds of genes thought to be linked to obesity, the challenge is sifting through them all to determine which ones increase the risk of downstream complications like heart disease …

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Scientific institutions must embrace antiracist policies, National Academies report urges

14.02.2023

To become more equitable and inclusive organizations, higher education and scientific institutions must go beyond increasing the number of people from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups in their ranks and …

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