Diverse Research Now Looks to Bring Racial Equity to Medical Trials
In the early 1950s, a doctor at Johns Hopkins Hospital sampled cells from Henrietta Lacks, a young Black woman dying of cervical cancer. Those samples became the basis for the polio vaccine, in vitro fertilization, gene mapping, and other breakthroughs in biomedical research—but the cells were taken
UCSD Studying The Links Between Global Warming & Pollutants in Fish
The world’s oceans are in trouble—this we know. What we’re less sure about are the best ways to protect our waters and the delicious fish that call them home.But San Diego is on the case.This April, UC San Diego was awarded a $7.35 million multidisciplinary grant from the National Science Foundation
Can You Predict the Future Health of Your Child? These Scientists Say Yes
If you were given the chance to see into the future, would you take it? For new parents Mandy and Morgan Moseley, the answer was yes. When their baby was just two months old, the couple turned to Fore Genomics for a glimpse of what might be on the horizon. “I have a lot of health issues in my family
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