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Google’s parent company, Alphabet, is now pouring funds into a start-up wants to gene-edit heart disease out of existence using a one-time injection. Verve Therapeutics hopes to leverage its CEO’s discovery of a gene he believes is linked to lower heart disease risks to ‘fix’ the DNA of people at high risk of heart disease. … Read more
Pioneering ‘Holy Grail’ therapy could repair deadly heart attack damage by injecting a gene to restart growth which stops when we’re babies Scientists at King’s College London said their research is ‘exciting’ progress Millions of people worldwide have heart failure caused by damaged tissue Experts were able to restore pigs’ hearts to work properly again … Read more
A high school teacher who was billed $109,000 after suffering a heart attack spoke at the White House, calling on Congress to end surprise medical bills. Drew Calver, 44, who teaches history in Austin, Texas, was invited by President Donald Trump to his announcement in the Roosevelt Room on Thursday. Trump called for legislation that … Read more
Margaux is explaining how babies drink champagne before they drink milk. ‘Really,’ she assures me, ‘it’s a tradition that goes back generations. A family member puts a drop or two on to the baby’s lips after it is born.’ Margaux, 25, was born and grew up in Reims, in the heart of the French Champagne region. … Read more
Sipping champagne, I gazed out of the window at South Africa’s wide open farmlands, rugged mountains, arid desert and pink flamingoes. Feeling peckish, I picked up the telephone and dialled my personal butler. ‘Hello Mxolisi. May I have a plate of sandwiches, please?’ Within minutes he arrived, in his livery and pristine white gloves, bearing … Read more
It goes without saying that the supermodel’s new baby Matilda and partner Steph are his first loves. But it was adopting rescue pup Dora that made him settle down and prepare for first-time fatherhood Sometimes it’s hard to be a professional, especially when you’re a journalist trying to interview a male model and he’s … Read more
For many decades, the message on sun exposure has been unequivocal: cover up in the midday sun, wear high-protection factor sunscreen and avoid sunburn at all costs. A slew of public health campaigns warn of the deadly skin-cancer risk linked to the sun’s ultraviolet (UV) rays… not to mention the fact that they give you … Read more