Base Editing Breakthrough: Next-Gen CRISPR Saves a Child with Drug-Resistant Leukemia
Introduction Traditional treatments for drug-resistant leukemia—particularly in children—can exhaust standard chemotherapy options or even advanced CAR T-cell therapies. Now, a new variant of CRISPR gene editing called base editing has yielded a striking success story: a child with otherwise incurable...
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Placebo Effect Power: New Study Shows Placebo Pills Work Even When You Know
Introduction The placebo effect is often described as improvements in a patient’s condition due to their belief in a treatment’s efficacy—despite the treatment containing no active drug. Traditionally, doctors and researchers assumed that concealing the pill’s inert nature was critical...
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