In London to address a gene-editing summit last week, Victoria Gray took a break to visit Sir John Soane’s Museum. In 2019, Gray became the
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Aljamain Sterling ships to Colombia for stem cell treatments in last-ditch effort to avoid biceps surgery
Aljamain Sterling is taking a wellness vacation, according to his hashtags. The reigning UFC bantamweight champion is shipped off to the BioXcellerator facility in Medellin,
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Squid improve their RNA as cell lines move in the cold
Stress – Squid do not have thermostats for ocean temperatures. Instead, cephalopods tweak their RNA to adapt to colder waters, the study suggests. Usually the
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Crowdsourced cell phone data could keep bridges safe and strong
Your cell phone could reveal the health status of the bridges just in your pocket as you go about your daily commute. Accelerometers and GPS
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Need to read the slip? “Song of the Cell” offers stories from biology and history
Cell songSiddhartha MukherjeeScribner, $32.50 In the summer of 1960, doctors gave her twins “purple slime” extracted from the bones of 6-year-old Barbara Lowry. That surgery,
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Immune cell gene mutation put 5 lupus in remission
After an experimental treatment to prevent the body from attacking itself, five people no longer have lupus symptoms. That treatment, called CAR-T cell therapy, appears
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Kwaku Ohene-Frempong, Expert in Sickle Cell Disease, Dies at 76
In his native Ghana, Dr. Ohene-Frempong established a pilot program to provide screening for sickle cell disease among newborns in the southern city of Kumasi.
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