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These Sisters With Sickle Cell Had Devastating, and Preventable, Strokes

Kyra, left, and Kami Crawford, of San Antonio, are both living with sickle cell, a common complication of which is stroke. These Sisters With Sickle Cell Had Devastating, and Preventable, Strokes Kyra and Kami never got a simple test that could have protected them. Their story exemplifies the failure to care for people with the… Read More »

‘Devastating’: Lin-Manuel Miranda & Other Stars React To Death Of Nick Cordero From Covid-19

TOPLINE Broadway and Hollywood stars are reacting with grief and warnings of caution Monday morning after Nick Cordero, the Broadway actor known for roles in Waitress, Rock of Ages and more, died of complications from Covid-19 Sunday. Nick Cordero is survived by his wife Amanda Kloots and one-year-old Elvis Cordero. Noam Galai/Getty Images for Beyond… Read More »

Measles has a devastating and long-term effect on your immune system

By Debora MacKenzie The MMR vaccine protects against measlesJIM WEST/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Measles is known to make children vulnerable to other infections. Now two major studies of Dutch Orthodox Protestants, who reject vaccination, have discovered why: it massively damages the immune system, making measles even more lethal than we realised. That is bad news, as… Read More »

Could an extremophile hold the secret to treatment of devastating injuries?

Biologists have been aware of the existence of disordered proteins for decades but long dismissed them as inconsequential. IDPs are so poorly understood that there is still no clear consensus on what constitutes one. In fact, for the most part, their functions remain unknown. What scientists do know is that not all disordered proteins are… Read More »