Anne Nesathurai

Jan 21, 2024 | geneticliteracyproject.org | Anne Nesathurai |Ricki Lewis

Several recent reports are filling in the gaps of what we know about the earliest days and weeks of human prenatal development. Rather than attempting to image human embryos, researchers are tracking gene expression – that is, which genes a particular cell turns on or off at a particular time, providing a view of overall function.

Jan 19, 2024 | geneticliteracyproject.org | James Pooley |Anne Nesathurai

With support from the U.S, the World Trade Organization in 2022 waived global intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines — a measure originally proposed by India and South Africa. The WTO has since debated expanding the waiver to COVID-19 therapeutics and diagnostics, but no final decision has been made. It’s time for the Biden administration to nix this misguided IP waiver once and for all.

Jan 15, 2024 | geneticliteracyproject.org | Anne Nesathurai |Henry Miller |Kathleen Hefferon

Avian influenza is surging again, but with an even deadlier twist: the scourge that has led to hundreds of millions of bird deaths since it was first documented in the 19th century may soon pose a COVID-like threat to humans. The current iteration of bird flu, known as H5N1, has been escalating since the 1990s as the world poultry population surged exponentially to meet escalating food demand.

Jan 12, 2024 | geneticliteracyproject.org | David Zaruk |Anne Nesathurai |Kathleen Hefferon

The Heartland Health Research Alliance (HHRA) [an ideologically-focused research groups funded by ‘dark money’ support from the organic industry and tort lawyers cashing on on suits against agro-chemical companies] has pushed aggressively to [influence] the media and the scientific community for the stakeholders funding them.

Aug 3, 2023 | geneticliteracyproject.org | Anne Nesathurai |Jessica Hamzelou

From the tiniest protocells to modern humans, our species has undergone a remarkable journey of adaptation, innovation, and survival. In ...