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AI Is Learning What It Means to Be Alive
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In 1889, a French doctor named Francois-Gilbert Viault climbed down from a mountain in the Andes, drew blood from his arm and ...
Donating blood is good for your health. Here’s why.
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Amanda Fouch has been donating blood since she was a teenager. “There was a blood drive at my high school, and I ...
Researchers figure out what makes urine yellow
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Ur-ine luck if you’ve always wondered why pee is yellow. Researchers identified the enzyme responsible for urine’s color, unraveling a mystery that’s ...
US approves two gene therapies for sickle cell disease
Science
By Leroy Leo (Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday approved a pair of gene therapies for sickle cell ...
UK becomes 1st country to approve gene therapy treatment for sickle cell, thalassemia
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LONDON (AP) — Britain’s medicines regulator has authorized the world’s first gene therapy treatment for sickle cell disease, in a move that ...
A new cure for sickle cell disease may be coming. Health advisers will review it next week
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The only cure for painful sickle cell disease today is a bone marrow transplant. But soon there may be a new cure ...
