
Megan Molteni
Science Writer at STAT
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1 week ago |
statnews.com | Megan Molteni
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — It began, unlike any other international meeting devoted to discussions of powerful DNA-modifying technologies, with a dance. Four neon leotard-clad bodies whirled and contorted, cleaving and helixing across the stage at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in the kinetically charged choreography of DNA strands and CRISPR enzymes caroming around a human cell.
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2 weeks ago |
statnews.com | Megan Molteni
The National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine is headed for a major reorganization as it tries to reduce its overhead amid big losses in funding from the federal government.
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2 weeks ago |
statnews.com | Anil Oza |Megan Molteni
Since taking office, President Trump has vowed to dismantle what he calls the “deep state” and “fire rogue bureaucrats.” His latest attempt to do so has garnered widespread pushback from scientists over concerns that the move will politicize decisions about federal funding for research on a scale never before seen in the U.S. The object of this anger is an Office of Personnel Management proposal that would reclassify broad swaths of federal bureaucrats as political appointees — making their...
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3 weeks ago |
statnews.com | Megan Molteni
Researchers have taken preliminary steps toward treating a devastating neurodevelopmental disorder, spinal muscular atrophy, with a genetic therapy delivered in the womb, before the worst damage to motor neurons can occur.
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3 weeks ago |
statnews.com | Megan Molteni
Leading trade organizations representing the makers of cell and gene therapies are calling for a 10-year international moratorium on the use of CRISPR and other DNA-editing tools to create genetically modified children, according to a draft of the declaration provided to STAT.
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