House Committee Votes To Continue Ban On Genetically Modified Babies
(By Rob Stein for NPR) A congressional committee voted Tuesday to continue a federal ban on creating genetically modified babies
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Medical Technology
Analysis: Why Alexa’s Bedside Manner Is Bad For Health Care
(By Elisabeth Rosenthal for Kaiser Health News) Amazon has opened a new health care frontier: Now Alexa can be used
Read MoreHe Jiankui tried to protect ‘CRISPR babies’ against HIV. But his attempted fix shortens lives, study shows
(By Sharon Begley for STAT) Last January, the Chinese scientist who created the first “CRISPR babies” — twin girls born from gene-edited
Read MoreWhat’s my real identity?’: As DNA ancestry sites gather more data, the answer for consumers often changes
(By Damian Garde for STAT) NEW YORK — 23andMe caused Leonard Kim not one identity crisis but two. The first
Read MoreScientists Modify Viruses With CRISPR To Create New Weapon Against Superbugs
(By Rob Stein for NPR) Alphonso Evans rolls his wheelchair into a weight machine in the gym at the Charlie
Read MoreHidden Reports Masked The Scope Of Widespread Harm From Faulty Heart Device
(By Christina Jewett for Kaiser Health News) Faced with the possibility that a bout of abnormal heartbeats could end his
Read MoreMustang Bio’s brain cancer-targeting gene therapy granted FDA Orphan Drug designation
(By Andrea Park for Becker’s Hospital Review) A new gene therapy developed for the treatment of malignant glioma, a rare
Read MoreBrain training shows promise as a treatment for veterans’ cognitive problems after TBI
(By Sharon Begley for STAT) It has been 27 years since an attack on a U.S. military convoy in the
Read More3 new AI-enabled FDA ‘Breakthrough Devices’: an Alzheimer’s-detecting retinal scanner, a kidney disease diagnostic & more
(By Andrea Park for Becker’s Hospital Review) Since the beginning of the month, the FDA has granted several artificial intelligence-powered
Read MoreFDA To End Program That Hid Millions Of Reports On Faulty Medical Devices
(By Christina Jewett for Kaiser Health News) The Food and Drug Administration announced it is shutting down its controversial “alternative
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