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The Other Jewish Genetic Diseases

By Talia Bloch

Randall Belinfante was a bit baffled. When he and his wife went to take blood tests in preparation for starting a family in 2003, he discovered that the screening included a panel of tests for Ashkenazic Jewish genetic disorders. But Belinfante is Sephardic.Read More


Israeli Scientist Adapts Antibiotic That May Fight Genetic Disease

By Talia Bloch

A team of researchers in Israel has made a breakthrough in modifying an until-now highly toxic antibiotic so that it might one day be used to repair defective genes that cause diseases such as cystic fibrosis, Usher syndrome, Duchenne muscular dystrophy and even some cancers.Read More


New Program Targets Persian Jewish Disorders

By Talia Bloch

The United States recently got its first genetic screening program targeting a non-Ashkenazic Jewish community.Read More


Methuselah’s Children

By Talia Bloch

‘It’s important to be calm, not to get excited. It’s not good for the heart,” centenarian Fred Feuerberg said. “And I never ate much. I never overate.”Read More


One Big, Happy Family

By Talia Bloch

Historically speaking, Jews have hardly been strangers to the art of drawing sharp distinctions among themselves. But according to a mounting body of scientific evidence, Jews — genetically speaking, at least — may have more in common than anyone previously suspected.Read More



 

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