by Jovana Drinjakovic | Apr 4, 2019
As the most common fatal genetic disorder, cystic fibrosis (CF) has been at the forefront of genetic research since the gene responsible for it was discovered 40 years ago. But with more than 300 known disease-causing mutations, or variants of the CF gene, disease...
by Stacey Johnson | Feb 15, 2019
Rare diseases are defined as such because the number of people affected by them is considered very low. Depending on which country you live in, that number will change. There are so many rare diseases in the world that if you add up the number of people living with...
by Stacey Johnson | Dec 28, 2018
I’m on vacation and hope you are too! But catching up on one’s sleep and spending time with family is no excuse for putting learning on hold. If you like “sciart,” then these award-winning images should enhance your festive mood. Catarina Moura, University of...
by Stacey Johnson | Dec 21, 2018
Ain’t science grand? It gave us antibiotics and penicillin, the law of universal gravitation, the theory of special relativity and the Big Bang, and it even explains why east coast NFL teams do poorly in night games (hint: it’s due to circadian rhythms). Just in time...
by Samantha Yammine | Nov 16, 2018
This year, the annual Till & McCulloch Meetings ended with a plenary session on the “next generation of regenerative medicine” to keep attendees thinking forward as they headed back home. While all of them were incredibly exciting, I was particularly struck by the...
by Stacey Johnson | Oct 26, 2018
It’s heartbreaking to watch this February 2018 video of Jonathan Pitre, the Canadian teen with epidermolysis bullosa (EB), who advocated for patients and fought so hard to be rid of his disease, and sadly died two months after the video below was published. He was the...
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