Health

Click here to read the full article.Sheltered-at-home, weary people, most of us, are told that life will return to normal once we have a vaccine that protects people from catching the coronavirus. Once so fortified, we shall again be able to join with thousands of others to cheer our football team, invite as many people…

In this dry stretch of northwestern Arizona, Trump campaign signs dot the desert landscape, and Trump flags fly from the backs of dusty pickup trucks. Last fall, an event called “Trumpstock” outside the town of Kingman featured a Trump impersonator, a pro-Trump rapper and a menu of “M.A.G.A. Subs.” Last month, thousands of people blasted…

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…

A novel gene-editing experiment seems to have permanently reduced LDL and triglyceride levels in monkeys.A colored scanning electron micrograph of cholesterol.Credit...CMEABG-UCBL-Chapon/Science SourceJune 27, 2020, 5:45 p.m. ETWhat if a single injection could lower blood levels of cholesterol and triglycerides — for a lifetime?In the first gene-editing experiment of its kind, scientists have disabled two genes…