by Stacey Hawkins | Jun 1, 2020 | Metabolic & Cardiovascular Disease
Bacon-wrapped meatloaf, chicken and waffles, cronuts! Mmm…but no wonder some of us are getting a little pudgy. According to the Center for Disease Control (Atlanta, GA), 40 percent of adults and nearly 20 percent of children and adolescents in the U.S. are obese.... 
by Stacey Hawkins | May 19, 2020 | Infectious Disease
News of positive data from Moderna’s (Cambridge, MA) Phase I trial of a COVID-19 vaccine has dominated this week’s headlines. Their vaccine is an mRNA-based vaccine—an entirely new approach to not only vaccines but also to therapeutics. mRNA-based drugs... 
by Stacey Hawkins | May 12, 2020 | Infectious Disease
Last week, the FDA granted emergency-use approval for Sherlock Bioscience’s (Cambridge, MA) new coronavirus diagnostic. The test uses CRISPR genome editing to detect the presence of Sars-Cov-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. With the ability to return results... 
by Stacey Hawkins | May 5, 2020 | Oncology
Despite restricted access to parks and beaches due to the COVID-19 pandemic, people everywhere continue to seek solace in outdoor activities, enjoying a walk through the neighborhood or a cold drink on a hot afternoon in a sunny backyard. Fresh air and sunlight are... 
by Stacey Hawkins | Apr 27, 2020 | Metabolic & Cardiovascular Disease
Osteoporosis is the loss of bone density which causes bones to become weak, brittle, and easily broken. In healthy people, bone is constantly being broken down and replaced. When bone is broken down more quickly than it is replaced, osteoporosis occurs. As the disease... 
by Stacey Hawkins | Apr 21, 2020 | Oncology
Solid tumors are generally considered more difficult to treat than blood cancers. For example, chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapy has been amazingly effective against blood cancers that failed to respond to other types of treatment, while inroads against...
