Washington Post |
Seeing hope: FDA panel considers gene therapy for blindness
Washington Post A girl saw her mother's face for the first time. A boy tore through the aisles of Target, marveling at toys he never knew existed. A teen walked onto a stage and watched the stunned expressions of celebrity judges as he wowed “America's Got Talent ... |
U.S. News & World Report |
Seeing Hope: FDA Panel Considers Gene Therapy for Blindness
U.S. News & World Report Advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will meet Thursday to consider whether to recommend approval of a gene therapy aimed at improving vision for some people with hereditary blindness. Oct. 9, 2017, at 12:54 p.m.. Seeing Hope: FDA Panel ... |
Seeing hope: FDA panel considers gene therapy for blindness
ABC News In this Monday, Oct. 2, 2017, photo, Beth Guardino, left, and her son, Christian, talk about the 17-year-old's life before and after gene therapy treatment for his hereditary blindness during an interview at their home in Patchogue, N.Y. Christian was ... |
CNN |
Men's and women's brains react differently when helping others, study says
CNN (CNN) There is pleasure in both giving and receiving. Does gender influence which of these pleasures we prefer? In women, part of the brain showed a greater response when sharing money, while in men, the same structure showed more activity when they ... Women's brains respond more than men's to generous behaviour Stereotype that women are kinder and less selfish is true, claim neuroscientists The female brain reacts more strongly to prosocial behavior than the male brain |
New York Times |
San Diego's hepatitis A outbreak is among nation's worst in decades
Medical Xpress Experts say San Diego took all the right steps in addressing what is now one of the largest hepatitis A outbreaks the country has had in decades, but variables unique to the city's situation contributed to the outbreak. What will it take for homeless people to get a toilet in Sacramento? Oh, just a deadly virus San Diego hepatitis outbreak continues to grow: 481 cases San Diego Hepatitis A Outbreak is Worst in Decades |