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In this December 15, 2018 photo, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg appears at an event organized by the Museum of the City of New York with WNET-TV held at the New York Academy of Medicine in New York. (AP Photo/Rebecca Gibian)
August 23, 2019, 9:59 pm
Supreme Court: Ruth Bader Ginsburg treated for tumor on pancreas
Officials say judge completed radiation therapy, no evidence of disease remaining in her 4th bout with cancer since she joined the court in 1993
By Jessica Gresko and MARILYNN MARCHIONE
In this Oct. 9, 2018 photo, an embryo receives a small dose of Cas9 protein and PCSK9 sgRNA in a sperm injection microscope in a laboratory in Shenzhen in southern China's Guangdong province. (AP/Mark Schiefelbein)
November 26, 2018, 5:42 am
Chinese scientist claims he created first-ever gene edited babies
Some protest crossing of ethical boundaries after He Jiankui says he used CRISPR technology to make HIV-resistant twin girls, in groundbreaking move that could rewrite biology
By MARILYNN MARCHIONE
Illustrative photo of an obese woman on a scale. (Photo via Shutterstock)
August 20, 2015, 2:41 am
Scientists find how obesity gene works, a clue to treatment
Genetics specialist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center says new experiments reveal a mechanism previously unsuspected
By MARILYNN MARCHIONE
Peanut-based Israeli snack Bamba
February 24, 2015, 1:56 am
Israeli kids help prove early exposure to peanuts prevents allergies
Counter-intuitive, ‘transformative’ research compares Bamba-noshing youngsters with London Jewish children whose parents kept them away from such foods
By MARILYNN MARCHIONE
Working on breast cancer research at the Ben-Porath laboratory, Hadassah Hospital, Jerusalem. (Keren Freeman/Flash90)
August 9, 2014, 2:04 am
Study ties new gene to major breast cancer risk
Presence of PALB2 mutations make deadly disease nine times more likely, researchers find
By MARILYNN MARCHIONE
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