I fear that 2025 is ending with a tragic irony: the dismantling of progress in biomedical research, as infectious diseases return and…
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post A Light in the Darkness: CIRM Funds Gene and Cell Therapy ResearchRead more
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post Are Microplastics Fueling the Increase in Cancer Among Under-50s?Read more
Links between environmental exposures and increases in cancer rates take time to emerge. They range from community-wide disasters, like the 25-year dumping…
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post Dodos for Thanksgiving Dinner?Read more
As Thanksgiving approaches, thoughts turn to turkeys. This year, the holiday comes soon after announcement of the first steps in recreating dodo…
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post AI Enhances Human GeneticsRead more
Genetics is a field rich in numbers and patterns, reaching back to Gregor Mendel’s crosses of pea plants with distinguishing characteristics that…
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post An Avalanche of Advances in Human GeneticsRead more
For the first time in 35 years of writing and revising my textbook Human Genetics: Concepts and Applications, I’m happy to report…
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post Cutting NIH Support of FlyBase Threatens Preclinical – and Ultimately Clinical – ResearchRead more
The toppling of health care in the US has begun, and I fear will reverberate for decades to come. It is beginning…
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post Finally, a One-Time Treatment that May Slow the Course of Huntington’s DiseaseRead more
It’s rare that clinical trial findings are as exciting as what biotech company UniQure has just announced. The company is based in…
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post Nixing School Vaccination Requirements May Welcome Back These Infectious DiseasesRead more
Lately I feel like I’m living in an alternate universe that is the polar opposite of the British dystopian anthology Black Mirror…
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post New Memoir Chronicles the Heartbreak of Huntington’s DiseaseRead more
An eloquent, funny, and heartbreaking new memoir tells the story of Charise Pfeffer, who died in 2024 at age 43 from Huntington’s…
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post Cats as a Model for Alzheimer’s DiseaseRead more
Larry and I have had 17 or so felines as members of our household. Babycat was the only one to be diagnosed…
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post A Genetic Basis for StutteringRead more
A new study that identifies genetic links to stuttering may go a long way towards dampening the associated stigma. On March 9…
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post Taming Stem Cell Treatment for Fanconi AnemiaRead more
Fanconi anemia is the most common inherited bone marrow failure. The condition depletes all types of blood cells: the red cells that…
