A form of CRISPR widely expected to be safer and possibly more effective that the original has aced its first substantive test. When CRISPR “base editing” was used to knock out two cholesterol-associated genes in monkeys, the animals’ blood levels of heart-disease-causing LDL (“bad”) cholesterol and triglycerides plunged as much as 60% and 65%, respectively,…
Shane Newell, Palm Springs Desert Sun Published 2:42 p.m. PT June 27, 2020 CLOSEHunters Palm Springs, a popular nightclub and bar, has closed indefinitely after an employee tested positive for COVID-19, the business said on Saturday.All other employees who were in contact with the infected individual will be tested and quarantined for 14 days."Hunters' owners, management…
U.S.|2 Dead in Shooting at Walmart Distribution Center in California, Official SaysAn employee at the center in Red Bluff, Calif., said he had heard 50 to 60 shots as he and other employees fled the building. A worker at the Walmart distribution center in Red Bluff, Calif., said he had heard dozens of gunshots on…
Cars waiting at a coronavirus testing site in Miami on Friday. | AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee Southern states reported a surge in coronavirus cases Saturday, setting records across the board just days after the U.S. as a whole saw its most cases ever in a 24-hour period. Florida on Saturday reported a record 9,585 new cases.…
Ivy league Princeton University has announced it will remove President Woodrow Wilsons name from the institutions School of Public and International Affairs due to his history of racism. In a statem…