Carolyn Johnson
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No HIV vaccine yet but decades of false starts provide guidance to coronavirus researchers
Thirty-six years [after the virus's discovery], there still is no HIV vaccine. But instead of being a cautionary tale of ...
Wanted: Volunteers willing to risk getting sick from the coronavirus for the greater good
The Covid-19 Prevention Network, which knits together the existing federal clinical trial infrastructure developed largely to test HIV vaccines and ...
Big risk, big rewards: Betting on RNA to make cheaper, faster coronavirus vaccines
[A] promising — but unproven — new generation of vaccine technologies is based on deploying a tiny snip of genetic ...
Even with a vaccine, COVID-19 might be here to stay. Here’s what that means for society
It is a daunting proposition — a coronavirus-tinged world without a foreseeable end. But experts in epidemiology, disaster planning and ...
Quest for coronavirus vaccine is the new ‘space race’. Will bragging rights go to China or the US?
The same day in mid-March that the United States launched human testing of its first experimental coronavirus vaccine, scientists in ...
Older vaccines for polio and tuberculosis could ‘rev up’ the body’s immune system to counter COVID-19
Two tried-and-true vaccines — a century-old inoculation against tuberculosis and a decades-old polio vaccine once given as a sugar cube ...
Moderna announces July clinical trials after experimental coronavirus vaccine shows promising early results
Moderna, the Massachusetts biotechnology company behind a leading effort to create a coronavirus vaccine, announced promising early results from its ...
‘It’s a cacophony’: Quest for coronavirus treatments undermined by ‘disorganized and scattershot’ US approach
In a desperate bid to find treatments for people sickened by the coronavirus, doctors and drug companies have launched more ...
Bringing ‘medical lore’ to life: Century-old practice of plasma infusions could be used against coronavirus
An old idea for fighting infections — an approach most physicians know about only from medical lore — is being ...
3 scientists win Nobel Prize in medicine for work on cell’s ability to ‘sense and adapt to oxygen availability’
The Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine was awarded Monday to three physician-scientists from the U.S. and Britain — William ...
Second person cured of HIV? Stem cell transplant sends ‘London patient’ into long-term remission
A man has been in remission from HIV for a year and a half, without drugs, after receiving a stem ...
Esketamine nasal spray, touted as biggest advance in years for treating depression, gets FDA approval
The Food and Drug Administration approved a novel antidepressant late Tuesday [March 5] for people with depression that does not ...
Genes or environment? Twins study offers ‘unsatisfying answer’ when it comes to disease
It’s the next chapter in the nature-nurture debate: To keep people healthy, is it better to focus on people’s Zip ...
Animal gene editing could ‘transform’ our food supply, but will ‘questionable regulations’ block innovation?
As scientists in labs across the world create virus-resistant pigs, heat-tolerant cattle and fatter, more muscular lambs, a big question looms: Will regulation, safety ...
Can gene therapy offer a cure for sickle-cell disease?
[I]n November, six months after [21-year-old Manny] Johnson became the first patient to receive an experimental therapy aimed at curing ...
Calls for a halt to heart stem cell trial based on controversial research
Days after Harvard Medical School said it found extensive falsified or fabricated data from the laboratory of a prominent heart researcher, ...
‘Hugely influential’ papers on cardiac stem cells declared ‘fraudulent’ by Harvard
An internal investigation by Harvard Medical School has determined that 31 scientific publications from the laboratory of a high-profile cardiologist ...
Can’t remember what happened last night? How alcohol creates blackouts
The allegations of sexual assault against Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh have a common element of binge drinking, and highlight the ...
Fighting the next pandemic with injection-free ‘vaccine patches’
When the next deadly pandemic flu hits, the first challenge will be to develop a vaccine. But looming behind that obstacle is ...
Human eggs from blood cells? New technique could ‘transform reproduction’
Scientists in Japan made progress recently in the quest to combat infertility, creating the precursor to a human egg cell in a ...
Robot peer pressure and why we may need to fear ‘artificial stupidity’
When the robot revolution arrives, we all know the plot: Smarter machines will supersede human intelligence and outwit us, enslave ...
Tamed foxes could help unravel complex genetics behind social behavior
[D]omestication, based purely on behavioral traits, can result in other changes — like curlier tails and changes to fur color ...
Should we sequence DNA of healthy newborn babies?
Genome sequencing is supposed to be the future of medicine — a revolution that will bring about a new age ...
Evolutionary origins of genitalia unveiled
When the first animals scrambled out of the water to live on land, they needed limbs and lungs. And something ...
Harvard scientists call for debate on new gene-manipulation technique
A powerful new technology could be used to manipulate nature by “editing” the genes of organisms in the wild, enabling ...
Laser treatments trigger dental stem cells to regrow teeth
With a simple, low-power laser, Harvard University scientists have triggered naturally occurring dental stem cells to regrow teeth in rats ...
Ancient, inert parts of our genomes may be protective
At hundreds of spots in our DNA, there are ancient swaths that have remained puzzlingly unchanged over hundreds of millions ...
Do patents hinder research?
The following is an excerpt. It is an argument frequently made by businesses: Intellectual property protection is essential to spur ...
