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Marion and David Weiss with their son Eugene. (Courtesy)
September 19, 2026, 7:50 am
Jewish geneticist finds mutation behind sudden deaths that haunted her family for decades
In ‘The Dressmaker’s Mirror,’ Susan Weiss Liebman recounts how supposed freak accidents hid an inherited heart condition – and the implications for Ashkenazi Jews and genetic testing
By Lianne Kolirin
Illustrative: Research assistant Katie McCullough holds a mouse in a Washington University lab where doctors study a rare form of autism, December 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
April 9, 2026, 7:44 pm
With a switch of a letter in DNA ‘dark matter,’ Israeli scientists change sex of mouse
Bar-Ilan University researchers use CRISPR tool to alter Enh13 switch controlling Sox9 gene, causing XX mice to develop as males; study may help explain other genetic mutations
By Diana Bletter
Merck's new antiviral medication molnupiravir. (Merck & Co. via AP, File)
September 25, 2023, 7:17 pm
New study suggests anti-COVID drug may be causing virus to mutate
Merck’s molnupiravir has been used in Israel and other countries since late 2021 to treat symptomatic patients with risk factors that could lead to hospitalization or death
By Renee Ghert-Zand
A doctor detects lung cancer on a scan (utah778 via iStock by Getty Images)
August 16, 2023, 8:42 pm
Israeli study may open door to preventing relapse of certain types of lung cancer
Researchers at Weizmann Institute studying mice identify genetic mutation as potential biomarker for successful treatment with existing drug
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Illustrative image: a doctor holds up a pink ribbon for breast cancer awareness. (dragana991 via iStock by Getty Images)
April 18, 2023, 7:59 am
Women with breast cancer genetic marker hope osteoporosis drug could halt disease
Shaare Zedek Medical Center participates in international long-term clinical trial of Denosumab, which investigators say may offer medical alternative to preventive mastectomy
By Renee Ghert-Zand
A pharmacist draws saline while preparing a dose of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine in Sacramento, California, January 12, 2021.(AP Photo/Noah Berger, Pool)
January 19, 2021, 8:53 am
A new COVID-19 challenge: Mutations rise along with cases
Each new infection gives the virus a chance to mutate as it makes copies of itself, threatening to undo the progress made so far to control the pandemic
By MARILYNN MARCHIONE
Minks look out from their cage at the farm of Henrik Nordgaard Hansen and Ann-Mona Kulsoe Larsen as they have to kill off their herd, which consists of 3,000 mother mink and their cubs on their farm near Naestved, Denmark, on November 6, 2020. (Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP)
November 19, 2020, 3:07 pm
Denmark says mink coronavirus strain ‘most likely eradicated’
Culling all of its 15-17 million minks, country’s health ministry says no case of mutated strain has been detected since September 15
By AFP and ToI Staff
Illustrative image of a 9-10-week-old human fetus. (Flickr/lunar caustic/CC BY-SA)
February 20, 2019, 7:31 pm
Israeli team develops way to find genetic flaws in fetus at 11 weeks
Researchers at Tel Aviv University say their new noninvasive procedure to find chromosomal abnormalities has a ‘much higher resolution’ than methods used today
By Shoshanna Solomon
Illustrative: Some Ashkenazi Jewish women who carry a particular BRCA-1 genetic mutation have a 65 percent chance of developing breast cancer. (Media for Medical/UIG via Getty Images)
January 14, 2018, 4:28 pm
US okays 1st drug to fight ‘Jewish’ breast cancer gene
Lynparza approved by FDA for patients with the inherited BRCA mutations who have undergone chemotherapy
By AP and ToI Staff
(L to R) Ido Sagi, the PhD student who led the research, and Prof. Nissim Benvenisty, principal co-author of the study and Director of the Azrieli Center for Stem Cells and Genetic Research at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. (Credit: Hebrew University.)
March 16, 2016, 8:09 pm
Half a genome better than a whole in quest to understand mutations
Israeli breakthrough in isolating male and female chromosome sets could help stem cell researchers develop cures for genetic diseases
By David Shamah
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