March 28, 2023
(Nature) – The picture that emerged was complex and surprising. Over the past few decades, a growing body of evidence has indicated that the very machinery that processes pain can help to sustain the sensation or make it worse. Some … Read More
March 23, 2023
(CNN) – Essentially, people who are physically frail have less physiological strength and a reduced biological ability to bounce back from illness or injury. Those who are socially frail similarly have fewer resources to draw upon, but for different reasons … Read More
March 17, 2023
(Wired) – After several days of experts chewing on the scientific, ethical, and governance issues associated with human genome editing, the summit’s organizing committee put out its closing statement. Heritable human genome editing—editing embryos that are then implanted to establish a … Read More
March 15, 2023
(New Scientist) – IT SOUNDS too good to be true: a medical test that can detect diseases you may develop decades from now. Suitably forewarned, you can take immediate steps to reduce your risk. This is the promise of polygenic … Read More
March 15, 2023
(Associated Press) – More than a year later, their daughter, now 2, remains in foster care. The Hackneys, who have developmental disabilities, are struggling to understand how taking their daughter to the hospital when she refused to eat could be … Read More
March 15, 2023
(Tech Crunch) – OpenAI has introduced the world to its latest powerful AI model, GPT-4, and refreshingly the first thing they partnered up on with its new capabilities is helping people with visual impairments. Be My Eyes, which lets blind … Read More
March 14, 2023
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 388, no. 1, 2023) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “The Fresh Assault on Insurance Coverage Mandates” by M.M. Mello and A.J. O’Connell “Death by Ableism” by M.A. Morris “Lecanemab in … Read More
March 9, 2023
(The Atlantic) – Mitch had Alzheimer’s. I met Elizabeth in 2016, when I was a volunteer at an Alzheimer’s organization in New York City. I’ve remained in touch with her since, even after Mitch’s eventual death from the disease, in … Read More
March 9, 2023
(STAT News) – With the tailored approach, Acosta is trying to reflect a truth obesity researchers and clinicians have known for years but rarely tackle in the clinic: obesity is not one thing, it’s many. “Obesity is a complex and … Read More
March 9, 2023
(NPR) – It’s still far too premature to try to use powerful new technologies to edit genes that can be passed down from generation to generation, according to the organizers of the Third International Summit on Human Genome Editing that … Read More
