Crispr Gene Editing Can Cause Unwanted Changes in Human Embryos, Study Finds
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In 2017, a team of researchers led by Shoukhrat Mitalipov, a geneticist at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, reported that human embryos...
The Stressful Conclusion of a Clinical Trial
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“What does the drug actually cost?” I finally asked him.“More than $15,000 a month.”“You’re kidding,” I said, wondering how long Medicare and I could...
How to Do School When Motivation Has Gone Missing
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Should adults be cheerleaders for our teenagers? Opinion is split. Some researchers contend that praise helps to cultivate intrinsic motivation, while others say that...
Are There Any Mothers Out There Like Me?
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A week later, I was in the office of my OB-GYN, telling her about my plans for artificial insemination.“Congratulations,” she said, the first I’d...
Have a Creepy, Crawly Halloween
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“Insects in the home produced more disgust in the brain than insects in the wild, especially cockroaches,” said Dr. Eric Schumacher, director of Georgia...
What Losing My Father Taught Me About Parenting, Planets and Pain
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When we said goodbye, last New Year’s Eve, my father had already become hard of hearing. The end was very near. In our final...
Ancient Dog DNA Shows Early Spread Around the Globe
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Among the other findings, Dr. Larson said he found it particularly intriguing that once dogs had become domesticated, and even while they were sometimes...
Chris Pendergast, Who Fought A.L.S. Mile After Mile, Dies at 71
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In addition to his wife, Christine (Martin) Pendergast, a past president of the Port Jefferson Station Teachers Association on Long Island, he is survived...
How to Run a Race in a Time of Surging Coronavirus
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At the Grand Canyon Trail Half Marathon on Nov. 7, one of the few longer events scheduled to take place this fall in-person, participants...
A Lullaby by Any Other Name Would Sound as Sweet
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Babies love lullabies, and a new study suggests they don’t much care what culture the songs come from, what language they are sung in,...
