"We want – and need – to hear advice like this: * Try to get a few extra months’ worth of prescription meds, if possible. * Think through now how we will take care of sick family members while trying not to get infected. * Cross-train key staff at work so one person’s absence won’t derail our organization’s ability to function.* Practice touching our faces less. So how … Continue reading The P Word: Pandemic
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CRISPR Enzyme Programmed to Kill Viruses in Human Cells
"Many of the world's most common or deadly human pathogens are RNA-based viruses—Ebola, Zika and flu, for example—and most have no FDA-approved treatments. A team led by researchers at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard has now turned a CRISPR RNA-cutting enzyme into an antiviral that can be programmed to detect and destroy RNA-based … Continue reading CRISPR Enzyme Programmed to Kill Viruses in Human Cells
