Scientists announced Thursday that they have built a single-celled organism that has just 473 genes — likely close to the minimum number of genes necessary to sustain its life. George Church (HMS) is quoted.
Cases of measles and whooping cough are on the rise after being virtually eliminated in the U.S.—and a new study finds that anti-vax attitudes are to blame. Martin Hirsch (Mass General) is quoted.
Experimental technologies to clean infected blood are raising hopes for new progress against an old killer: sepsis, a frighteningly common infection that kills more than 250,000 people a year in the U.S. alone. Daniel Kohane (Boston Children’s) is quoted.
DhruvKhullar (Mass General) authored this piece about the causes of churning—cycling through different insurance plans—which leads to health and financial costs for individuals, states and insurance companies.
