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August 26, 2015 In Editing Humanity, The Economist highlights the benefits of gene editing by one of the newer technologies called CRISPR-Cas9. The benefits of CRISPR-Cas9 over older technologies are that it is simpler, faster and more precise. It also holds great promise for targeting and eradicating a host of human diseases. However, one of […]
Technology Triple Trivia
3 Questions. 3 Hints. 3 Answers. August 18, 2015 1. Where might we increasingly see “technological unemployment” due to minimum-wage increases? Hint: Answer: a big push to more than double minimum wage may force McDonalds and other restaurants to trade in the human touch for the technological touch, in order to retain profits and customers. […]
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August 5, 2015 Harvard’s Steven Pinker is telling the worrywarts to stop worrying so much and to “get out of the way” of biomedical research and developments that have the ability to benefit quality of life — and life in general. In The moral imperative for bioethics, Pinker writes, “[a] truly ethical bioethics should not […]
Marchant Quoted in CLINICAL OMICs
Gary Marchant, ASU Regents’ Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Law, Science & Innovation‘s GET Program, was recently quoted in a Clinical Omics report on human genome-based medicine. Tremendous strides have been made in the application of genetic information to gain insight into health conditions, medical treatments and drug responses. However, the […]
Technology Triple Trivia
3 Questions. 3 Hints. 3 Answers. July 21, 2015 1. What Rolling Stones hit is getting a lot of air time in the health and wellness industry? Hint: Answer: biotech start-up Arivale is belting out Start Me Up! to the tune of millions of dollars, thanks to the support of seasoned investors, including genome sequencing […]
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July 15, 2015 Liana Meffert, a student at Emory University, is interested in the unique ethical issues that present themselves in connection with genetic testing for neurodegenerative diseases. In a blog post, Meffert notes the lack of substantive data of how knowledge of one’s results, where that information was gained in a non-clinical setting, affects […]
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July 8, 2015 Healthcare experts are pushing for the recognition and treatment of “aging” as a “disease,” for regulatory purposes, in order to save the U.S. healthcare system, says Patrick Cox in an open letter published in Mauldin Economics. Anti-aging treatments have the potential of not only treating and potentially eliminating age-related diseases and other […]
Technology Triple Trivia
3 Questions. 3 Hints. 3 Answers. July 7, 2015 1. What do 1/3 of Americans try to avoid? Hint: Answer: gluten free this, gluten free that. One third of Americans try to dodge the potentially misunderstood protein found in wheat, barley and rye because it has been tied to certain gastro-intestinal diseases and plain old […]
The Cost of Living
As if the average healthy American’s housing, transportation, grocery and tax payments aren’t high enough, the average sick American also has to contend with the escalating cost of prescription cancer medications. A recently published 60 Minutes script highlights that a cancer diagnosis carries with it the fear of not only the disease but also the […]
Technology Triple Trivia
3 Questions. 3 Hints. 3 Answers. 1. What seemingly greedy tactics by some for-profit labs are hurting a valuable scientific undertaking? Hint: Answer: many doctors wouldn’t think twice about participating in a pharmacogenomics study to ensure their patients are taking the right medication, dose or experience fewer side effects. Pharmacogenomics, which involves assessment of an […]