Dr. Barry Dworkin

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  • B.C. man cured of rare disease in world-first for new gene-editing technology

    February 27, 2026

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 27, 2026 Source:B.C. man cured of rare disease in world-first for new gene-editing technology Reference:Prime Editing for p47phox-Deficient Chronic Granulomatous Disease

  • Epigenetic Switch to Turn Memories On and Off Created in Mice.

    November 14, 2025

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for November 14, 2025 Source:Epigenetic Switch to Turn Memories On and Off Created Reference:Cell-type and locus-specific epigenetic editing of memory expression

  • Huntington’s disease: Neurological illness treated in ‘one shot,’ researcher says. Slows progression up to 75% in phase I/II trial

    September 29, 2025

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for September 29, 2025 Source:Huntington’s disease: Neurological illness treated in ‘one shot,’ researcher says

  • Pig kidney transplants take a step forward with approval of human trials

    September 12, 2025

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for September 12, 2025 Source:Pig kidney transplants take a step forward with approval of human trials

  • Pioneering gene therapy restores UK girl’s hearing. A truly wonderful outcome.

    May 23, 2024

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 23, 2024 Source:Pioneering gene therapy restores UK girl’s hearing

  • Gene therapies that let deaf children hear bring hope—and many questions

    February 1, 2024

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 1, 2024 Source:Gene therapies that let deaf children hear bring hope—and many questions

  • The First Crispr Medicine Is Now Approved in the US to Treat Sickle Cell Anemia

    December 11, 2023

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for December 11, 2023 Source:The First Crispr Medicine Is Now Approved in the US

  • Pancreatic Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise in Small Trial

    May 11, 2023

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 11, 2023 Source:Pancreatic Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise in Small Trial Reference:Personalized RNA neoantigen vaccines stimulate T cells in pancreatic cancer

  • Epigenetic processes seem to be intimately involved in the cellular aging process. Research uncovering the mechanisms of these processes may help reverse the harm from degenerative disease among other conditions.

    February 10, 2023

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 10, 2023 Source:Researchers May Have Found a Way to Slow Human Aging Reference:Loss of epigenetic information as a cause of mammalian agingReprogramming to recover youthful epigenetic information and restore vision

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