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New N.I.H. Policy Threatens Global Science Collaborations

Restrictions on payments to foreign partners may jeopardize studies of cancer and other conditions that would benefit Americans.

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NHS gave private firms record £216m to examine X-rays in 2024

Failure to recruit NHS radiologists risks creating vicious cycle whereby doctors are drawn to private work, royal college saysThe NHS handed private firms a record £216m last year to examine X-rays a

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Esther Rantzen urges MPs to back ‘strong, safe’ assisted dying bill in vote

Letters sent by broadcaster and MPs with medical backgrounds call for action to change lawEsther Rantzen has urged all MPs to back Kim Leadbeater’s “strong, safe, carefully considered bill” to l

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In a First, CRISPR Used to Treat Infant With Ultra-Rare Disease

(MedPage Today) -- A tailored CRISPR base-editing therapy was given for the first time to an infant who was born with a rare genetic disease, with promising effects, researchers reported.

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Infant with rare, incurable disease is first to successfully receive personalized gene therapy treatment

NIH-supported gene-editing platform lays groundwork to rapidly develop treatments for other rare genetic diseases.

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Missouri Lawmakers Approve Referendum to Repeal Abortion-Rights Amendment

(MedPage Today) -- Six months after Missouri voters approved an abortion-rights amendment, Republican state lawmakers on Wednesday approved a new referendum that would seek the amendment's repeal and

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US doctors rewrite DNA of infant with severe genetic disorder in medical first

Gene-editing breakthrough has potential to treat array of devastating genetic diseases soon after birth, scientists sayDoctors in the US have become the first to treat a baby with a customised gene-ed

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Baby Is Healed With World’s First Personalized Gene-Editing Treatment

The technique used on a 9½-month-old boy with a rare condition has the potential to help people with thousands of other uncommon genetic diseases.

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CRISPR is used in landmark treatment to correct genetic misspelling of a single patient

In a world first, scientists used CRISPR to fix a baby's unique genetic mutation. The report offers hope for personalized treatments of rare diseases.

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Opinion: I was a Theranos whistleblower. Here’s what I think Elizabeth Holmes is up to

Elizabeth Holmes had more resources, talent, and opportunity than most founders will ever see — and she blew it.

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