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Anchor lead: How often are women with breast cancer offered genetic testing? Elizabeth Tracey reports Only about a third of women with breast cancer were offered genetic screening, a recent study found, but such testing is cost effective. William Nelson, …
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Anchor lead: Your DNA is a lot more random than you might think, Elizabeth Tracey reports DNA is neatly packaged and essentially the same all over your body, right? Wrong, increasing evidence shows. Cristian Tomasetti, a cancer researcher at Johns …
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Anchor lead: People with diabetes visit the emergency department a lot, Elizabeth Tracey reports Diabetes tops the list for medical conditions among older frequent users of emergency departments, a recent national study revealed. Rita Kalyani, a diabetes expert at Johns …
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Anchor lead: How should the recently reported CRISPR twins be followed? Elizabeth Tracey reports Imagine being one of the CRISPR twins, the two babies reportedly born recently with modifications to their DNA made using CRISPR technology. The whole world is …
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Anchor lead: Is the current state of mitochondrial replacement therapy a model for where CRISPR may go? Elizabeth Tracey reports Editing embryos using the technique known as CRISPR has reportedly resulted in the birth of twins, with changes in their …
