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With CRISPR gene editing, unique treatments begin to take off for rare diseases
Researchers and patients with rare diseases are excited about recent advancements, but such experiments have their own sets of risks and challenges
A newborn lost large parts of his brain. Today, he’s an athletic college grad.
“Normally, when a child is missing that much brain, it’s bad,” says the doctor who diagnosed him as having suffered a perinatal stroke. But his brain was able to remap itself.
Boredom’s link to mental illnesses, brain injuries and dysfunctional behaviors
Early research often dismissed the psychological state as temporary and inconsequential. But recent work reveals its troubling connections with various disorders.
