Turning Food into Medicine
A group of researchers in Japan are moving toward human testing of a genetically modified rice crop designed to treat allergies to cedar pollen. According to the New Scientist, the rice has been modified to include seven proteins common in cedar pollen.
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Parkinson's Trial Points Toward Treatment Research Innovations
23andMe announced it has enrolled more than 2,000 patients into its Parkinson's Disease "community" since it first started recruiting Parkinson's patients for genetic testing about a month ago. This is a pretty major achievement in terms of patient recruitment--and something 23andMe has achieved by partnering with the Michael J. Fox Foundation and the Parkinson's Institute whose "networks of patients have responded overwhelmingly."
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