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A Cure for Jet Lag
by Andr KarwathAndré KarwathGroggy fruit flies could lead to the perfect sleeping pill for time-zone hoppers Geneticist Amita Sehgal of the University of Pennsylvania was recently studying fruit flies...
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5 Things You Should Know About The Baby Cured Of HIV
HIVCDCEarly treatment answers some questions, raises others 1. The baby girl was cured with standard anti-retroviral drugs. When the baby was born in a Mississippi hospital in 2010, pediatric...
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A Cure for Jet Lag
by Andr Karwath André Karwath Geneticist Amita Sehgal of the University of Pennsylvania was recently studying fruit flies in her lab when she noticed something peculiar. The insects slept normally...
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5 Things You Should Know About The Baby Cured Of HIV
HIV CDC 1. The baby girl was cured with standard anti-retroviral drugs. When the baby was born in a Mississippi hospital in 2010, pediatric specialist Hannah Gay began treating her with three...
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Geneticist Amita Sehgal of the University of Pennsylvania was recently studying fruit flies in her lab when she noticed something peculiar. The insects slept normally when…
View ArticleStem Cells Can be Engineered into Genetic Vaccines Against HIV and More
While some viruses attack the lungs, and others the blood, HIV attacks the only system that could put up a fight: the immune system itself. The immune system mounts some…
View ArticleScientists May Have Discovered a Cure for the Common Cold (and Lots of Other...
Any immunology textbook will tell you that once a virus enters a cell, the only way to knock that virus out is to kill the entire cell. But a new study from the Laboratory of…
View Article5 Things You Should Know About The Baby Cured Of HIV
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View ArticleFDA Takes Action Against Companies Selling Fraudulent 'Ebola Cures'
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View ArticleThree British Men Diagnosed With Rare Genetic Diseases
Three men from the town of Newcastle in northeast England were diagnosed this week with rare disorders based on their genetic information. They had volunteered to…
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"Genetic Scissors" Can Completely Eliminate HIV From Cells
Health A snipping enzyme edits DNA with no mistakes A team of researchers has found an enzyme that can “cut” the HIV DNA out of a cell’s genetic code, which could eradicate the virus from a patient’s...
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Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Commits $3 Billion To Cure All Diseases
Science I guess no one ever thought to fund them all? New program from Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan plans to cure all diseases without their childrens' lifetimes.
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Zuckerberg’s $3 Billion Isn’t Actually That Impressive
Health The new Chan Zuckerberg Initiative's proposal to 'cure all disease' in the next 100 years is very optimistic, if laudable We spend a massive amount of money just on basic research.
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We Are Closer To Curing All Diseases Than We Think
Health For cancer care, access to treatment may be the biggest obstacle Last week, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan announced an ambitious project—to “invest in basic science...
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Why It's Too Soon To Say HIV Has Been Cured
Health News of a "breakthrough" treatment may be over-hyped News outlets announced that researchers have reached an “HIV breakthrough” this week. But it's actually very difficult to determine if HIV...
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Stem Cells Can be Engineered into Genetic Vaccines Against HIV and More
Science While some viruses attack the lungs, and others the blood, HIV attacks the only system that could put up a fight: the immune system itself. The immune system mounts some… While some viruses...
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Scientists May Have Discovered a Cure for the Common Cold (and Lots of Other...
Science A new virus-killing technique could hit the market in just a few years Any immunology textbook will tell you that once a virus enters a cell, the only way to knock that virus out is to kill...
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5 Things You Should Know About The Baby Cured Of HIV
Science Early treatment answers some questions, raises others 1. The baby girl was cured with standard anti-retroviral drugs. When the baby was born in a Mississippi hospital in 2010, pediatric...
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FDA Takes Action Against Companies Selling Fraudulent 'Ebola Cures'
Science Do they also have snake oil for sale? As the Ebola outbreak continues to spread throughout West Africa, one thing is on everyone’s minds: finding a cure. But while many researchers are toiling...
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Three British Men Diagnosed With Rare Genetic Diseases
Health The 100,000 Genomes Project hopes they are the first of many Three men from the town of Newcastle in northeast England were diagnosed this week with rare disorders based on their genetic...
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