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'Pregnancy robot from China' is fake, but is the technology behind it possible?

A story circulating on social media this week featured a seemingly made-up scientist who is developing an equally imaginary "pregnancy robot." Virality ensued.

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Doctors Rewrite Baby's DNA in World-First Breakthrough to Cure Deadly Genetic Disease

Doctors successfully rewrite a British toddler's DNA using CRISPR in a world-first treatment for a rare, life-threatening genetic liver disorder.

International Business Times UK

Audrey Evans Cofounded Ronald McDonald House With A Dream Of Hope

Dr. Audrey Evans was double lucky when she grew up.

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Insurrection, Rebellion, and January 6: Rejoinder to Steve Calabresi [updated with brief further rejoinder]

"Insurrection" and "rebellion" should not be conflated. But the events of January 6 readily meet the criteria for both.

Reason

Will New Tech End the Need for Human Pregnancy?

We are five to ten years from a partial artificial womb for humans, according to estimates

The Walrus

Artificial Wombs Might Finally Reach Human Trials — Here’s What The Technology Can Actually Do

Federal advisers met this week to discuss potential first-in-human clinical trials of artificial womb technology for preterm infants.

Inverse

Flu and cold season looks different because of the pandemic. Here are some tips to protect kids from viruses this winter

PHILADELPHIA -- Pandemic prevention practices such as masking and social distancing have upended expectations for the arrival of “sick season,” the traditional wave of colds, flu, and other respiratory illnesses that rise as temperatures fall, doctors at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia said Wednesday.

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Paintings made during a lengthy hospitalization bring a boy with autism new audience

PHILADELPHIA -- A year ago, painting watercolors was just another way to give a Bucks County, Pennsylvania, boy with autism periods of peace during a long, difficult hospitalization.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

A medical mystery: Why two Philly-area cousins, just miles apart, got rare brain cancers

PHILADELPHIA -- Lily Walker, 17, was in eighth grade when she suddenly lost weight and suffered headaches so severe she’d throw up. Her mom thought it was stress, or maybe a virus. After the double vision set in, a doctor told the family to head to an emergency room.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

For kids with kidney disease, pediatric expertise is key — but not always close by

Jaxon Green, 6, was diagnosed with kidney disease the day he was born. His illness meant that for years his life would depend on daily dialysis. And because his family lives in Tamaqua, a rural Pennsylvania town, his diagnosis also meant taking frequent two-hour trips to Philadelphia to see the…

Tribune News Service

The struggle for kid-ney care

Pediatric nephrology is a niche field — and specialists are not spread out evenly across the country

Salon

His daughter with a dangerous heart condition, a top Afghan official fled the Taliban and bombs one year ago. They live in Philadelphia and a hospital is ready to operate

PHILADELPHIA — One year ago, Haseeb Payab was in his family’s sprawling, garden-lined home in Kabul that overlooks mountains on all sides, but he was growing ever anxious despite the peaceful setting.

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