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All about cholesterol

Amber Dance — Wed, 14 Feb 2024 00:00:14 GMT

The latest science on how blood levels of HDL, LDL and more relate to cardiovascular health

CRISPR gene editing: Moving closer to home

Amber Dance — Mon, 22 Jan 2024 00:00:22 GMT

With the first medical therapy approved and systems like CRISPR-Cas showing up in complex cells, there’s a lot going on in the genome editing field. Here’s our primer.

The challenges of antiviral treatments

Amber Dance — Tue, 09 Feb 2021 00:00:09 GMT

Antibiotics abound, but virus-fighting drugs are harder to come by, and Covid-19 amply shows how much we need them. Fortunately, scientists are getting better at making and finding them.

Covid-19 antibody testing: Tougher than true/false

Amber Dance — Fri, 01 May 2020 00:00:01 GMT

Antibodies should indicate if someone has had an infection in the past. But the promise of “immunity testing” is plagued by uncertainty about how the immune system responds to the coronavirus, as well as concerns about the tests’ accuracy.

What is a cytokine storm?

Amber Dance — Fri, 10 Apr 2020 00:00:10 GMT

An immune reaction gone wild seems to be linked with the most severe cases of pandemic Covid-19. Here’s what happens.