Gene
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Health
Study Suggests Genetics as a Cause, Not Just a Risk, for Some Alzheimers
People with two copies of the gene variant APOE4 are almost certain to get Alzheimer’s, say researchers, who proposed a framework under which such patients could be diagnosed years before symptoms.
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Health
First Patient Begins Newly Approved Sickle Cell Gene Therapy
A 12-year-old boy in the Washington, D.C., area faces months of procedures to remedy his disease. “I want to be cured,” he said.
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World
Larry Young, Who Studied the Chemistry of Love, Dies at 56
Professor Young’s experiments with prairie voles revealed what poets never could: how the brain processes that fluttering feeling in the heart.
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Arts
If You Read One Romance This Spring, Make It This One
Spring! There’s no better time of year for a baseball romance. We’ll wind up the column with a much-anticipated book by Cat Sebastian, but we lead off with KT Hoffman’s endearing and tender new novel, THE PROSPECTS (Dial, 346 pp., paperback, $18 ...
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World
Generative A.I. Arrives in the Gene Editing World of CRISPR
Generative A.I. technologies can write poetry and computer programs or create images of teddy bears and videos of cartoon characters that look like something from a Hollywood movie. Now, new A.I. technology is generating blueprints for microscopic ...
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Health
Sickle-Cell Treatment Created With Gene Editing Wins U.K. Approval
The first treatment that relies on CRISPR is expected to receive U.S. approval next month. But it may cost millions of dollars per patient.
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Health
New Gene Editing Treatment Cuts Dangerous Cholesterol in Small Study
The trial involved only 10 patients, but it suggests cholesterol can be permanently reduced with a single treatment for patients at risk of heart disease.
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Politics
Scientists Use CRISPR to Make Chickens More Resistant to Bird Flu
A new study highlights both the promise and the limitations of gene editing, as a highly lethal form of avian influenza continues to spread around the world.
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World
Zelensky’s Appeal for More U.S. Support
More from our inbox: Gene Editing Can Save Lives. But Are There Risks?Israel’s Unsettled FutureLooking Beyond Our Carbon Footprint“Your money is not charity,” President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine told Congress on Wednesday, but rather an ...
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World
We Can Cure Disease by Editing a Person’s DNA. Why Aren’t We?
The parents of a 2-year-old girl write that their daughter “could die within the next year” because a genetic mutation is causing her heart to fail. “Time is quickly running out for me,” writes a man in his mid-30s whose DNA harbors a genetic mistake ...