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Who Says You Need Permission to Study Yourself?
Sara Riggare can’t finish her PhD because an ethics committee says she needed their approval first.
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Emily Mullin
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PROFILE
Medicine Ignored This Insulin Problem. Hackers Solved It.
“I’m just a girl living with type 1 diabetes who got tired of waiting.”
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Sean Michael Ragan
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Get In On the Sale of Yourself
After watching medical records get traded for billions of dollars, a tech entrepreneur says he can help you grab a share of the bounty.
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Kat McGowan
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The Shocking Thing About the Brain
An electrical-stimulation technology with promising new uses comes from a dark age that still has a lot to teach us.
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Moheb Costandi
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Check Out This Beating Mini-Heart in a Jar
It’s made out of living human cells. Someday they could be yours.
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proto.life
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His Longevity Pill Won’t Work For Her
Research on aging treatments keeps turning up profound variations in how male and female subjects respond.
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Karen Weintraub
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Q&A
New Trick in DNA Editing Could Safely Unlock Thousands of Cures
A CRISPR startup rewrites tiny mutations instead of cutting and pasting entire genes.
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Emily Mullin
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SERIES
The Clock is Ticking Faster for a Patient Turned Medical Disruptor
Investors and families are counting on Onno Faber to galvanize research into neglected conditions—like the one threatening his hearing and sight.
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Grace Rubenstein
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Make the Hospital Come to You
A startup tries to scale up health care that’s cheaper, safer, and much more comfortable.
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Emma Yasinski
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PROFILE
Angela Belcher Commands a Virus to Hunt a Deadly Cancer
An engineer lights up tiny tumors that doctors can’t see.
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Tinker Ready
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