{"id":13280,"date":"2019-05-22T07:25:56","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T11:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=13280"},"modified":"2019-05-22T07:25:56","modified_gmt":"2019-05-22T11:25:56","slug":"scientists-modify-viruses-with-crispr-to-create-new-weapon-against-superbugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=13280","title":{"rendered":"Scientists Modify Viruses With CRISPR To Create New Weapon Against Superbugs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Rob Stein for NPR)<\/p>\n<p>Alphonso Evans rolls his wheelchair into a weight machine in the gym at the Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center in Augusta, Ga.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m not so much worried about dying from a heart attack or diabetes, because I&#8217;m active. I know what to do to work against it: watch what I eat, exercise,&#8221; Evans says. &#8220;But what do I do about an infection? Or fighting off a bacteria \u2014 something inside me that I don&#8217;t see until it&#8217;s too late?&#8221;\u00a0 Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2019\/05\/22\/723582726\/scientists-modify-viruses-with-crispr-to-create-new-weapon-against-superbugs?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=72927998&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8La73w7QCmI2SD6FZ_rBXDsXX-Bvdu9lq10zcWMH1ZKNDj7e6TinRI01gbpkJL66ZZxmkPYKpfwfDBT__Pm9eXl6g7rw&amp;_hsmi=72927998\">article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3902\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"152\" height=\"55\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png 152w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo-150x55.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 152px) 100vw, 152px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre>Notice: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Rob Stein for NPR) Alphonso Evans rolls his wheelchair into a weight machine in the gym at the Charlie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-general","category-medical-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13280"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13280\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13281,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13280\/revisions\/13281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}