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CLAIM Birthmarks are indicators of the MTHFR gene; When people have MTHFR their chances of vaccine reactions increase because they cannot detox the toxins from the vaccines DETAILS Incorrect: Birthmarks are not indicators of mutations in a gene that codes for an enzyme called methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR gene) or any other genetic condition. Mutations in this gene, involved in vitamin B9 production, are also not associated with a higher risk of adverse effects of vaccines. Some rare mutations in the MTHFR gene lead to a metabolic disorder, but most of the common MTHFR mutations have little or no impact on human health.Misrepresents source: The claim misrepresents findings from a single study to incorrectly associate mutations in the MTHFR gene with adverse effects from vaccination

A California woman may be the first person to be cured of HIV without a bone marrow transplant, according to a recent report in Nature. More than 60 other so-called elite controllers, who have unusually potent immune responses to HIV, were found to have their virus sequestered in parts of their genome where it is unable to replicate. The unusual case involves Loreen Willenberg, who acquired HIV in 1992

Novel antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) introduce promising options for the management of patients with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-positive breast cancer; however, management of drug-related toxicities and optimal sequencing of HER2-targeted therapies remains an ongoing challenge, according to stakeholders who participated in a recent OncLive Scientific Interchange and Workshop. As of 2016, approximately 3.5 million women were living with a breast cancer diagnosis in the United States, and the number of new cases of breast cancer in 2019 represented approximately 15.2% of all new cancer diagnoses. Based on data from 2014 to 2016, approximately 1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime, with the largest proportion of diagnoses occurring in women between the ages of 55 and 64 years.1 HER2-positive breast cancer accounts for approximately 15% of all breast cancers.2 HER2 is a member of the ERBB family, which comprises 4 plasma membrane-bound receptor tyrosine kinases (HER1, HER2, HER3, and HER4).3 Overexpression of HER2 is identified by evaluating samples of either the primary tumor or metastatic tissue with immunohistochemistry (IHC) or fluorescent in situ hybridization (ISH)

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Taysha Gene Therapies, a patient-centric gene therapy company with a mission to eradicate monogenic CNS disease, today announced that it has closed an oversubscribed $95 million Series B financing with a premier syndicate of life science investors, led by Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC. Additional new investors include funds and accounts managed by BlackRock, GV (formerly Google Ventures), Invus, Casdin Capital, Franklin Templeton, Octagon Capital, Perceptive Advisors LLC, Sands Capital, ArrowMark Partners and Venrock Healthcare Capital Partners. Also participating in the round were founding investors PBM Capital and Nolan Capital.

This article was originally published here J Gen Intern Med. 2020 Jul 27

Prior studies suggest that referral to genetic counseling and completion of genetic testing vary by race/ethnicity; however, the data are limited.We sought to evaluate patterns of genetic testing and clinical outcomes across race/ethnicity at a hereditary breast and ovarian cancer center.The medical records for all patients undergoing genetic assessment at a hereditary breast and ovarian cancer center were reviewed and stratified by self-reported race/ethnicity (non-Hispanic White, Hispanic, non-Hispanic Black, and Asian).A total of 1666 patients met inclusion criteria (non-Hispanic Whites, 1367; Hispanics, 85, non-Hispanic Blacks, 101; Asians, 113).Demographics, patient characteristics, and referral patterns for patients who underwent genetic testing were analyzed using Kruskal-Wallis tests, chi-square test, or Fishers exact tests, stratifying by self-reported race/ethnicity. Pathogenic mutations and variants of unknown significance (VUS) were reviewed. Outcomes of patients with genetic mutations and personal history of breast and/or gynecologic malignancies were compared.Non-Hispanic Whites were more likely to be referred due to family cancer history compared to all other ethnicities while Non-Hispanic Blacks, Hispanics, and Asians were more likely to be referred due to personal history of cancer (p

Using a wide range of statistics, the maps show what each state is best at, and worst at, for both the US and the EU. It must be said that some of the best-in-class examples sound like backhanded compliments.

Even before the coronavirus pandemic, there were vast inequalities between men and women in the world of work. Despite chipping away at the glass ceiling over recent decades, in 2020 the gender pay gap still remains stubbornly high, while more men called Steve and Dave run FTSE 100 companies than women. Four months from the launch of lockdown, and as Britain slips into the deepest recession for three centuries, it is increasingly clear the economic fallout from the pandemic is having a disproportionate impact on women

Our bodies keep score. Thats what I had on my mind as I entered into my June 22 conversation about the trauma experienced by Black folks with Akua Boateng, a licensed psychotherapist. In the email exchange we had setting up the conversation, Boateng had brought up this idea of the physical ways our lived experiences manifest, and it stuck with me

Newswise Massachusetts Eye and Ear, a member hospital of Mass General Brigham, is entering into an exclusive licensing agreement with Biogen to develop a potential treatment for inherited retinal degeneration due to mutations in the PRPF31 gene, which are among the most common causes for autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa.

The first big leader to livestream a message to the virtual World Health Assembly on 18 May was supposed to be Cyril Ramaphosa, president of South Africa and chairman of the African Union, but something went wrong with the feed. Xi Jinping went first instead. We saw the president of China seated behind a highly polished table, in front of a mural showing rosy dawn creeping over the Great Wall.

While the attention of the American public has rightfully been focused on the COVID-19 pandemic, its associated racial disparities, and broader issues of structural racism, the US government made a serious public health decision one that could affect our health and our environment for generations to come. Last month, the US Environmental Protection Agency approved the release of genetically modified mosquitoes.

An irresponsible international food industry must shoulder a hefty part of the blame for COVID-19s deadly toll, say the authors of an editorial published yesterday in the BMJ. Moreover, to combat the parallel pandemic of obesity, governments need to step in to force reformulation of processed foods and prohibit the promotion of unhealthy eating that is causing so much morbidity and mortality worldwide, they say. It's like tobacco, said Graham A.

The Netherlands is busy adapting in all kinds of ways in order to deal with the corona pandemic. But are our corona measures effective at all? What are the benefits of testing?

You cant accuse a monitor lizard of being a picky eater.

The novel coronavirus cant be killed or stopped with the current drugs that we have, the WHO said earlier this week. Dr. Anthony Fauci said separately that its virtually impossible to eradicate the virus.

Minneapolis May 1, 2020 (Thomson StreetEvents) -- Edited Transcript of Bio-Techne Corp earnings conference call or presentation Thursday, April 30, 2020 at 1:00:00pm GMT * Charles R.

Director General of Health Ashley Bloomfield has had to walk back comments made by himself and the prime minister yesterday about the country having achieved elimination. New Zealand has been hailed in international media including TheNew YorkTimesand TheDaily Telegraphas having won the battle in eliminatingCovid-19.

Three score and ten is so 1970s.

Theres no doubt that as we get older, our skin's wants and needs begin to change. Whileskincare routines of our late teens andearly twenties might have focused heavily on oil-absorbing products that worked to keepbreakouts in check, as we enter our thirties, its likely that other, more pressingskin issues start cropping up

Liquid-nitrogen-filled human storage unit at Russian cryonics firm KrioRus, 2020.

Some days, the miracles of biotech and gene therapy feel like Brave New World is around the corner, and other days like these very days their promise and power cant come fast enough. The cloud of viral uncertainty were currently in makes Adam Bolts science documentary Human Nature an intriguing, mind-tingling watch as it tells the underreported story of CRISPR, the microorganism molecular system discovered in the 1980s, which revealed to the scientific world that DNA the building blocks of our lives can be targeted, snipped and repaired.

When the World Health Organization (WHO)labeled the new COVID-19a "pandemic", that is, a disease that is occurringall over the world at the same time, there were moments reminiscentof times of war: thedeserted streets, supermarkets overwhelmed by hundreds of people scrambling for goods, and the constant media monitoring of the infection's progress the number of sick and dead increasing daily.Although our health system is not what it was in 1918, when the Spanish Fluwreaked havoc, nor will the coronavirus be as lethal as smallpox the most deadly pandemic some people will still make historical comparisons.To keep you up to date with what's happening now and what's happened in the past, here's tour of the five most devastating pandemics that we've emerged from.

Britain is really good at biology. In physics and chemistry, or painting and music, we have often failed to match the Germans, the French or the Italians.

In the late summer harvest of 2013, olive farmers in the Puglia region of southern Italy noticed that the leaves on several of their trees were turning brown and their shoots withering. The problem spread from one orchard to another, as more olive farmers found their trees were drying out and beginning to die. Genetic testing confirmed them to be infected with Xyella fastidiosa, a bacteria originally found in America