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Gene therapy offers long-term treatment for mice with diabetes

The newly resurgent field of gene therapy, which recently produced treatments for blood cancers and blindness, has taken a step toward fighting a scourge that is on the rise worldwide: diabetes.

 

The 10 most dangerous drugs

While not inherently dangerous, failure to read and comply with information on the label can lead to dangerous side effects.

 

Bannon apologizes over damning portrait in book as White House presses defense of Trump

WASHINGTON (TNS) — With President Donald Trump cheering from the sidelines, the White House Sunday pressed its defense of the president’s fitness to govern, as fired former aide Steve Bannon reversed course and apologized for his role in a new…

 

Republicans to Elizabeth Warren: Please run for president

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Progressive activists adore her, her campaign cash is piling up, and she is celebrated by liberals as a key leader of the “resistance” to Donald Trump.

 

In a turf battle for organs, a policy review rattles the national transplant system

Tethered to a breathing machine at a Manhattan hospital, 21-year-old Miriam Holman would die without a lung transplant. But her odds of finding a suitable organ were especially low in New York, where waiting times are among the longest in…

 

How green is your state?

In order to showcase the states doing right by Mother Earth, WalletHub’s analysts compared the 50 states in terms of 20 key metrics that speak to the current health of the environment and the environmental impact of residents’ daily habits.…

 

Control of Congress, more than two-thirds of gubernatorial seats at stake in 2018

It’s a new year — happy! happy! — and being even-numbered that means elections across the country.

 

Trump: ‘Deep State’ DOJ ‘must finally act’ against Abedin, Comey

WASHINGTON (TNS) — The Justice Department “must finally act” against a longtime senior aide to Hillary Clinton and former FBI Director James Comey, President Donald Trump tweeted, his latest fiery social media post to kick off 2018.

 

A ‘monumental moment’ for fully legal marijuana in California

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (TNS) -- Will Senn has been waiting his whole life for this. Californians can now go to the store and buy marijuana, and his shop opened New Year’s Day.

 

Wire the wilderness? As cell service expands, national parks become the latest digital battlegrounds

WASHINGTON (TNS) — When John Muir helped establish the National Park Service, he argued that such parks were vital to help people unplug from the world. “Break clear away, once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a…

 

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