Andrew Ladenheim

1 day ago | geneticliteracyproject.org | Andrew Ladenheim

GLP Policy & Performance Review, 2024 The GLP is committed to full transparency. Download the report.

1 day ago | geneticliteracyproject.org | Andrew Ladenheim

GLP Policy & Performance Review, 2024 The GLP is committed to full transparency. Download the report.

2 days ago | geneticliteracyproject.org | Andrew Ladenheim

When Senator John McCain was diagnosed with glioblastoma in 2017, it brought sudden national attention to a cancer few had heard of, but many in the medical world fear. The same disease took the lives of Beau Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, and Dana Reeve, the widow of legendary “Superman” actor Christopher Reeve. Despite the best medical care available, none of them lived more than two years after diagnosis.

2 days ago | geneticliteracyproject.org | Andrew Ladenheim

GLP Policy & Performance Review, 2024 The GLP is committed to full transparency. Download the report.

2 days ago | geneticliteracyproject.org | Andrew Ladenheim

Most pigs in the US are confined to factory farms where they can be afflicted by a nasty respiratory virus that kills piglets. The illness is called porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome, or PRRS. A few years ago, a British company called Genus set out to design pigs immune to this germ using CRISPR gene editing. Not only did they succeed, but its pigs are now poised to enter the food chain following approval of the animals [last] week by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.