Terrence McCoy, The Washington Post Published 5:04 am PDT, Monday, March 11, 2019 Crystal (Haag) Saunders stands at the west Baltimore site where she was last seen on April 26, 1997, before she was reported missing at 14, on Jan. 23, 2019. After 21 years, she returned to Baltimore in 2018. Crystal (Haag) Saunders stands at the west Baltimore site where she was last seen on April 26, 1997, before she was reported missing at 14, on Jan. 23, 2019. After 21 years, she returned to Baltimore in 2018. Photo: Washington Post Photo By Terrence McCoy Photo: Washington Post Photo By Terrence McCoy Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Image 1 of 1 Crystal (Haag) Saunders stands at the west Baltimore site where she was last seen on April 26, 1997, before she was reported missing at 14, on Jan. 23, … [Read more...] about Two decades after vanishing, her daughter suddenly showed up with children, a new identity
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Evolution: Crime Fighting Machine
I know I give physicians crap sometimes on my blag, but I really do appreciate what they--along with nurses, physical and respiratory therapists, and other health professionals-- do. They interact with people when they are at their 'worst'-- a normally cheerful, charming person is sick, scared, in pain, frustrated, worried, hurt, angry, drugged up when they are at the hospital. They are not themselves. And when patients are in this 'altered' state, they are helpless, relying on these professionals for help. I dont just mean 'helpless' in the sense most of us have no idea how to remove a lung tumor-- I mean literally completely helpless-- Sometimes patients are naked, unconscious, and relying on medical professionals to keep them alive. I have no doubt that medical professionals are even more repulsed by stories like this than I am: ‘Serial infector’ hospital worker charged in NH hepatitis C outbreak that sickened at least 30 N.H. Hepatitis C Outbreak: … [Read more...] about Evolution: Crime Fighting Machine
More younger women using prenatal tests to detect genetic abnormalities
During Carrie Wells’ first doctor’s visit after learning she was pregnant, she was surprised when her doctor suggested a blood test that could detect the risk of Down syndrome and other chromosomal abnormalities as early as 10 weeks. At 30, she hadn’t been worried about conceiving a child with a genetic disorder. The test, called a “cell-free DNA” screen, analyzes the fetal genetic information that travels from the mother’s placenta and poses no risk to the baby. The doctor had been routinely prescribing it for her patients who were older and higher risk, and was now prescribing it to younger women, as well. The doctor’s reasoning: women younger than 35 had more babies overall and account for 80 percent of country’s 6,000 annual Down births, said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. She said the test was more accurate than the current standard of care. Plus, the parents could learn the gender during the first trimester if they … [Read more...] about More younger women using prenatal tests to detect genetic abnormalities
The scientist, the twins and the experiment that geneticists say went too far
Hong Kong (CNN)Humanity was reluctantly dragged into a new era this week. In a video posted on YouTube, Chinese scientist He Jiankui announced to the world that he successfully used the gene-editing tool CRISPR-Cas9 to modify the DNA of two embryos before birth, essentially creating the world's first genetically modified humans. The news, delivered on the eve of a high-profile scientific meeting in Hong Kong on human gene editing, left the science community in shock. "I see it as one of those moments that happens once every few decades," said William Hurlbut, Senior Research Scholar at Stanford University Medical Center's Department of Neurobiology. "Where someone does something that so dramatically changes the landscape that the world will never be the same again." But the scientist who accomplished this history-altering feat was not celebrated nor lavished with praise. In fact, his whereabouts are currently unknown. He skipped out early of the very event where he presented his … [Read more...] about The scientist, the twins and the experiment that geneticists say went too far
Chinese Scientist Who Says He Edited Babies’ Genes Defends His Work
Sections SEARCH Skip to content Skip to site index Asia Pacific Subscribe Log In Log In Today’s Paper Asia Pacific | Chinese Scientist Who Says He Edited Babies’ Genes Defends His Work Supported by ByPam Belluck Nov. 28, 2018 阅读简体中文版 閱讀繁體中文版 A Chinese scientist who claims to have created the world’s first genetically edited babies said at a conference on Wednesday that his actions were safe and ethical, and he asserted that he was proud of what he had done. But many other scientists seemed highly skeptical, with a conference organizer calling his actions irresponsible. “For this specific case, I feel proud, actually,” the scientist, He Jiankui, said at an international conference on genome editing in Hong Kong. Indeed, the only thing Dr. He apologized for was that news had “leaked … [Read more...] about Chinese Scientist Who Says He Edited Babies’ Genes Defends His Work