Is it time to retire cholesterol tests?
In this illustration of a low-density lipoprotein particle, apolipoprotein B (blue) is surrounded by various forms of cholesterol (orange and yellow) and other lipids. The next time you go in for a medical checkup, your doctor will probably make a mistake that could endanger your life, contends cardiologist Allan Sniderman of McGill University in Montreal, […]
Can a multibillion-dollar biotech prove its RNA drugs are safe for a rare disease?
Moderna Therapeutics is betting that messenger RNA can turn cells into factories for missing proteins. Earlier this year, Paolo Martini, who heads rare disease research at the closely scrutinized biotech company Moderna Therapeutics in Cambridge, Massachusetts, visited the Middle East. He met with doctors who treat children with a rare metabolic disorder known as methylmalonic […]
