A family’s medical mystery sheds light on the surprising ways disease-causing genes can be inherited
(By Andrew Joseph for ST A T) To her family, Tatiana Legkiy looked completely healthy when she was born. But
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New Markers For Alzheimer’s Disease Could Aid Diagnosis And Speed Up Drug Development
(By Jon Hamilton for NPR) Alzheimer’s disease begins altering the brain long before it affects memory and thinking. So scientists
Read MoreScientists Make Model Embryos From Stem Cells To Study Key Steps In Human Development
(By Rob Stein for NPR) Scientists have created living entities that resemble very primitive human embryos, the most advanced example
Read MoreConsumer genetic testing companies team up to lobby on privacy policy
(By Andrew Joseph for ST A T) A nticipating more federal scrutiny of genetic privacy policies 4 , three leading
Read MorePatients with feared superbug shed large amounts of it from their skin, study says
(By Helen Branswell for ST A T) N ew research on a frightening new superbug confirms what scientists have both
Read MoreStem Cell Company Persuades Employers To Steer Workers Toward Controversial Therapy
(By Liz Szabo for Kaiser Health News) A Midwestern grocery chain, Hy-Vee, is taking an unusual — and highly controversial
Read More‘Alexa, are you listening?’ An experimental tool warns of cardiac arrest by monitoring breathing
(By Diana Cai for ST A T) W hen someone’s heart stops beating, there is little time to waste. Half
Read MoreMiracle Machine Makes Heroic Rescues — And Leaves Patients In Limbo
(By Melissa Bailey for Kaiser Health News) The latest miracle machine in modern medicine — whose use has skyrocketed in
Read MoreGSK partners with CRISPR pioneer Doudna to search for new drugs
(By Matthew Herper for ST A T) S AN FRANCISCO — The drug maker GlaxoSmithKline announced Thursday that it would
Read MoreNIH has referred 16 allegations of foreign influence on U.S. research to investigators
(By Andrew Joseph for ST A T) T he National Institutes of Health has referred 16 allegations related to foreign
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