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Reviews | We can cure disease by modifying a person's DNA. Why aren't we?

Reviews | We can cure disease by modifying a person’s DNA. Why aren’t we?

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Across the sector of for-profit companies that manufacture gene therapy drugs, a sobering process is taking place. Even when they create a treatment that works, companies price it exorbitantly (about $2-3 million per patient), arguing that a one-time treatment saves the healthcare system years of supportive care. expensive. For diseases with less than 100 patients, …

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Reviews | Want to save the planet? Focus on feral cats.

Reviews | Want to save the planet? Focus on feral cats.

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Comment this story Comment John Goodrich is the chief scientist of Panthera, the global wildcat conservation organization. Global biodiversity is declining at an unprecedented rate, with more than one million species threatened with extinction. This week, the governments of most nations around the world will meet at COP15 – the UN Biodiversity Conference in Montreal …

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Reviews | If you want to give something back to nature, give your body

Reviews | If you want to give something back to nature, give your body

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By Caitlin Doughty Graphics by Taylor Maggiacomo Caitlin Doughty is an undertaker and author of three books on death and the funeral industry. She founded The Order of the Good Death, a non-profit organization that promotes end-of-life alternatives. Eight years ago, panting heavily in the humid summer air, I hauled a pair of orange work …

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