IBM to investigate role of microbiome in autoimmune disorders
23 August 2017
A project launched by tech firm IBM plans to analyse millions of bacterial genes, in an effort to understand what causes type 1 diabetes and Crohn's disease
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'Three parent' technique must not be marketed in US, says FDA
9 August 2017
The US Food and Drug Administration has asked John Zhang, who pioneered a technique to prevent mitochondrial disease, to stop performing the procedure
First results from US CRISPR gene editing on human embryos
2 August 2017
The revolutionary CRISPR genome editing technique could be used safely to prevent some genetic diseases, according to the first embryo study conducted in the US
Number of hepatitis C infections in US at 15-year high
17 May 2017
New cases of the deadliest infectious disease in the US have tripled in the past five years – mainly due to increased drug use related to its opioid epidemic
Minnesota measles outbreak follows anti-vaccination campaign
10 May 2017
Anti-vaccination activists have been targeting Minnesota's Somali-American community, among whom the MMR vaccination rate has halved in a decade
