by Stacey Hawkins | Oct 6, 2016 | Genetic Disease
BREAKING DOWN THE SCIENCE & SCRUTINY “World’s First Three-Parent Baby” made headlines in publications ranging from Nature to CNN last week. This human interest story is of a baby boy born in Mexico with genetic material from three different parents, achieved by a... 
by Stacey Hawkins | Sep 10, 2015 | Genetic Disease
THE ROOT OF DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY World Duchenne Awareness Day called attention to Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) this past Monday. Affecting one in 3,500 newborn baby boys worldwide, this fatal disease is caused by a mutation in the gene that codes for the... by Stacey Hawkins | Oct 16, 2014 | Genetic Disease
With the recent announcement of two new biologics in Phase I studies for Sickle Cell Disease (SCD), WEEKLY takes a closer look at the treatments for this autosomal recessive disease, afflicting approximately 100,000 Americans and 25 million globally. Sickle cell... by Stacey Hawkins | Jun 12, 2014 | Genetic Disease
SCABBING NOW A WALK IN THE PARK FOR HEMOPHILIA A SUFFERERS Imagine tripping over your feet, face-planting on a sidewalk. You are in shorts, your knees scrape, and you are bloody. You clean it off, and soon you are the proud owner of some new scabs. Life goes on. Let’s...
