By compensating for a missing copy of SCN2A, one of the genes most strongly linked to autism, a variant of the gene-editing technology CRISPR can reduce susceptibility to seizures, according to a new study in mice. SCN2A haploinsufficiency—in which gene variants cause someone to have just one functional copy of SCN2A instead of the usual […]
It’s that time of year again. We run around like crazy preparing for the holidays: cooking, cleaning, shopping, going to parties and then boom! In the middle of it all we get sick. Stress can actually be a helpful survival response, but only for a specific, short-lived situation. Unfortunately, we all tend to live in […]
