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What good are whizzy new drugs if the world can’t afford them?
The Economist· 21 minutes agoIN RECENT YEARS biotechnology and pharmaceutical science have produced quantum leaps that both offer great opportunity and pose great risk. Gene therapies for rare conditions ...
Biomedicine Breakthrough: Complete Gene Insertion Now Possible in Human Cells
SciTechDaily· 9 hours agoThis method has the potential to lead to universal gene therapies that are effective for conditions like cystic fibrosis. Researchers at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard ...
UCLA chooses new chancellor amid campus turmoil over pro-Palestinian protests
The Hill· 19 hours agoFrenk, formerly the president of the University of Miami, will succeed Gene Block, who is retiring...
African ancestry genes may be linked to Black Americans' risk for some brain disorders
WUNC Chapel Hill· 2 days agoBlack Americans are known to be at higher risk of some neurological disorders, and the reasons for...
Health Care Roundup: Market Talk
The Wall Street Journal· 18 hours agoNEWSPLUS The latest Market Talks covering the Health Care sector. Published exclusively on Dow Jones Newswires at 4:20 ET, 12:20 ET and 16:50 ET. 0748 ET...
UCLA has a new chancellor: Julio Frenk, University of Miami president, global health expert
LA Times via AOL· 2 days agoUniversity of Miami President Julio Frenk, a Mexico-born global health expert, will be the first...
UCLA names Mexican health researcher Julio Frenk as its first Latino chancellor
USA Today· 1 day agoJulio Frenk, a leading global health researcher, was appointed by the University of California Board...
Woman Thought Baby's Facial Feature Was Trait from Dad, Then Realizes It's Symptom of Childhood...
People via Yahoo News· 17 hours agoThere is currently no cure and treatment options are limited, but include clinical trials for enzyme...
Parade and Cleveland Clinic's Brain Health Survey Finds That Awareness Around Brain Health Is...
Parade via Yahoo News· 2 days agoAnd unfortunately, only 15% of women talk to their doctors about ways to optimize their brain health...
Is Illiteracy Black America's Public Health Enemy #1? - The Baltimore Times
Baltimore Times· 6 hours agoIlliteracy is a silent, but pressing issue in the United States, particularly within the Black...