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Personalized Medicine
Medicine is getting to grips with individuality Their genes, environments and activities all make people different The Human Genome Project
Genomics took a long time to fulfill its promise Getting really cheap helped Genes and Treatment
Pharmacogenomics can show what your body makes of a drug That provides safer, more effective prescriptions Congenital Disease
Congenital diseases reveal a lot about human biology And some can be treated—even if there is only one patient The Pharmaceutical Industry
New drugs are costly and unmet need is growing The pharmaceutical industry needs new ways of doing things The Sum of All Lives
The way people live their lives can be mined, too But there will be setbacks and privacy problems along the way |
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Annals of Nature
The Past and the Future of the Earth’s Oldest Trees Bristlecone pines have survived various catastrophes over the millennia, and they may survive humanity. By Alex Ross Copyright © 2020 The New Yorker Produced by Audm at NewYorker |
Dept. of Science
A World Without Pain Does hurting make us human? By Ariel Levy Copyright © 2020 The New Yorker Produced by Audm at NewYorker |
The Control of Nature
Direct Eye Contact The most sophisticated, most urban, most reproductively fruitful of bears. By John McPhee Copyright © 2018 The New Yorker Produced by Audm at NewYorker.com |
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Annals of Science
Can Carbon-Dioxide Removal Save the World? CO2 could soon reach levels that, it’s widely agreed, will lead to catastrophe. By Elizabeth Kolbert Copyright © 2017 The New Yorker Produced by Audm at NewYorker.com |