Enlarge this image Genetics researcher He Jiankui said his lab considered ethical issues before deciding to proceed with DNA editing of human…

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Probiotics Found To Be Ineffective For Easing Symptoms Of Kids’ Stomach Bugs
by Rob Stein November 21, 2018Enlarge this image One researcher said parents would be better off spending their money on good food for their kids instead of…
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Enlarge this image FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said he wants to ban menthol cigarettes because teenagers often become addicted to nicotine by…
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Cases Of Mysterious Paralyzing Condition Continue To Increase, CDC Says
by Rob Stein November 13, 2018Enlarge this image Chase Kulakowski, 3, contracted the polio-like condition known as acute flaccid myelitis in 2016. Two years later, his mother…
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Doctors Test Bacterial Smear After Cesarean Sections To Bolster Babies’ Microbiomes
by Rob Stein October 30, 2018Enlarge this image Evelyn Marie Vukadinovich is swabbed with a gauze pad immediately after being born by cesarean section at Inova Women’s…
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Easy DNA Identifications With Genealogy Databases Raise Privacy Concerns
by Rob Stein October 11, 2018Enlarge this image DNA sleuthing helped identify Joseph James DeAngelo, the suspected East Area Rapist, who was arraigned in a Sacramento, Calif.,…
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Wider Use Of Osteoporosis Drug Could Prevent Bone Fractures In More Elderly Women
by Rob Stein October 1, 2018Enlarge this image Osteoporosis specialists are considering wider use of a drug to strengthen bones in elderly women. BSIP/BSIP/UIG/Getty Images hide caption…
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Enlarge this image Immature human eggs (pink) were created by Japanese researchers using stem cells that were derived from blood cells. Courtesy…