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"content": "\u003cp>When you hear \"gene editing,\" do you think cancer cures? Designer babies? What about new fuel sources or drought-tolerant crops? Gene editing with a technique known as CRISPR/Cas9, hailed as a scientific \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/CRISPR%3A-What-You-Need-to-Know-About-the-Medical-Science-%27Breakthrough-of-the-Year%27\" target=\"_blank\">breakthrough\u003c/a>, could mean all those things.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There's a possibility, of course, that CRISPR/Cas9 may not live up to expectations. That's happened before. Twenty-five years ago, recombinant DNA was supposed to transform society in a way that, well, didn't happen. But any past biotech disappointments are not stopping a slew of Bay Area CRISPR startups from taking the leap into the new world of DNA tinkering and synthetic biology. 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If all goes well, it will add a section of the donated DNA containing the desired gene or genes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"So you kind of trick the cell into using your new piece of DNA instead of some other piece of DNA it finds, or the original piece of DNA,\" says Zayner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_115245\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1280px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2016/02/CRISPR-is-Here.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-115245 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2016/02/CRISPR-is-Here.jpg\" alt=\"CRISPR is Here\" width=\"1280\" height=\"850\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2016/02/CRISPR-is-Here.jpg 1280w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2016/02/CRISPR-is-Here-400x266.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2016/02/CRISPR-is-Here-800x531.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2016/02/CRISPR-is-Here-768x510.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2016/02/CRISPR-is-Here-1180x784.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2016/02/CRISPR-is-Here-960x638.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>Click on the image for a larger version\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>To see the process in action, we insert a yeast mutation that will change its color from milky white to rusty red. We mix a chemical solution called a buffer (which helps the cell accept the DNA into its wall), the Cas9 protein, the guide RNA and the donor DNA together in a small plastic test tube.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"So we're going to try to get this inside the yeast cells,\" Zayner says, holding up the clear fluid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zayner has some yeast growing on an agar-filled culture plate in his fridge. We transfer the yeast with a thin plastic loop. We heat up the cells by putting the test tube in a warm bowl of water, then let them cool again and rest before spreading them on a plate to let them grow. The yeast only needs to grow a day or two to see if the experiment was successful. A few days later, Zayner says it was.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'Why should we limit ourselves to what evolution has told us we should have based on natural selection?'\u003ccite>Josiah Zayner, The ODIN\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>This is fairly simple stuff. Zayner's editing kits are more about fostering an interest in science than creating a new breed of super-humans -- not that he necessarily would have a problem with that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Gene editing is the next step for humanity,\" Zayner says. \"Why should we limit ourselves to what evolution has told us we should have based on natural selection? When we can decide what works best for humanity?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gene editing technology has made great strides in the three years since CRISPR/Cas9 burst onto the scientific scene. Despite the rapid pace of advances, many scientists are urging caution as the technology becomes easier to use and the experiments become more ambitious.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We haven't really had the conversation about humans and what's ethically appropriate or inappropriate,\" says \u003ca href=\"https://med.stanford.edu/profiles/mildred-cho\" target=\"_blank\">Mildred Cho, \u003c/a>a bioethicist at Stanford University. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You can learn about cutting-edge science by actually doing it,\" Zayner says. \"When I started experimenting with CRISPR I thought, 'That's pretty crazy!' I would definitely want that opportunity.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Zayner's kitchen I get a crash course in how this new kind of gene editing works. Zayner's kits have three major parts: the Cas9 protein (other forms can use other proteins), the \"guide\" RNA and the donor DNA. The Cas9 protein makes precise cuts in the sections of the DNA to which it's led by the guide RNA. Sensing the cut, the cell's own repair mechanisms will try to repair it, by inserting a new piece of DNA. 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We mix a chemical solution called a buffer (which helps the cell accept the DNA into its wall), the Cas9 protein, the guide RNA and the donor DNA together in a small plastic test tube.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"So we're going to try to get this inside the yeast cells,\" Zayner says, holding up the clear fluid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zayner has some yeast growing on an agar-filled culture plate in his fridge. We transfer the yeast with a thin plastic loop. We heat up the cells by putting the test tube in a warm bowl of water, then let them cool again and rest before spreading them on a plate to let them grow. The yeast only needs to grow a day or two to see if the experiment was successful. A few days later, Zayner says it was.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'Why should we limit ourselves to what evolution has told us we should have based on natural selection?'\u003ccite>Josiah Zayner, The ODIN\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>This is fairly simple stuff. Zayner's editing kits are more about fostering an interest in science than creating a new breed of super-humans -- not that he necessarily would have a problem with that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Gene editing is the next step for humanity,\" Zayner says. \"Why should we limit ourselves to what evolution has told us we should have based on natural selection? When we can decide what works best for humanity?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gene editing technology has made great strides in the three years since CRISPR/Cas9 burst onto the scientific scene. Despite the rapid pace of advances, many scientists are urging caution as the technology becomes easier to use and the experiments become more ambitious.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We haven't really had the conversation about humans and what's ethically appropriate or inappropriate,\" says \u003ca href=\"https://med.stanford.edu/profiles/mildred-cho\" target=\"_blank\">Mildred Cho, \u003c/a>a bioethicist at Stanford University. She sees a huge potential for breakthroughs in gene editing, but also the possibility of misuse. \"And we haven't really had the conversation about widespread release of organisms that we won't be able to get back once they're released into the environment.\" Cho, however, says it's not up to scientists to decide such things. \"So far, those discussions have not been very widespread outside of the expert communities.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_114670\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 240px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-114670\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2016/02/RS18524_IMG_8357-sfi.jpg\" alt=\"Emily Leproust, co-founder of Twist Bioscience, holds one of the company's 10,000-well plates in her left hand. \" width=\"240\" height=\"360\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emily Leproust, co-founder of Twist Bioscience, holds one of the company's 10,000-well plates in her left hand. \u003ccite>(Danielle Venton/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Yet Silicon Valley and the local biotech community are forging ahead. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zeitzer and his team exposed study participants to flashing light while they were asleep, using a xenon flash bulb in a Ganzfeld dome. Zeitzer says to think of the dome as \"a giant ping pong ball that you put your head into. Wherever you look inside this 'ping pong ball,' the light is the same in terms of intensity.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_110854\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 620px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-110854\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2016/02/Zeitzer.jpg\" alt=\"Stanford University assistant professor Jamie Zeitzer sets up a flashing light in his lab. His research shows that exposure to short flashes of light during sleep can help prevent jet lag. \" width=\"620\" height=\"443\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2016/02/Zeitzer.jpg 620w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2016/02/Zeitzer-400x286.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stanford University assistant professor Jamie Zeitzer sets up a flashing light in his lab. His research shows that exposure to short flashes of light during sleep can help prevent jet lag. \u003ccite>(Norbert von der Groeben)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Even though their eyes were closed, participants still had light pass through their eyelids, which interacted with the brain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The brain perceives the light, which essentially \"tricks the brain into thinking the sun is still up,\" Zeitzer says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The light is administered at night because the body's circadian clock is the most sensitive at night during sleep. Zeitzer says the timing of the treatment is important.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the light starts flashing right after you go to bed, the body thinks the day is longer than it is. Those flashing lights are perceived as daylight and thus the body perceives an extended day. Which is what you want if you're traveling from, say, New York to California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you're traveling back to New York, you'd want to administer the light during the last few hours you're sleeping so the brain perceives an early sunrise.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because sticking your head inside a high-tech 'ping pong ball' isn't practical for most of us, some of Zeitzer's students have started a company to bring light therapy to consumers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_110816\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1232px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-110816\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2016/02/lumostech_jpeg.jpg\" alt=\"More than 100 people have beta tested LumosTech's flashing light mask and CEO Vanessa Burns says it'll be commercially available late this summer.\" width=\"1232\" height=\"622\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2016/02/lumostech_jpeg.jpg 1232w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2016/02/lumostech_jpeg-400x202.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2016/02/lumostech_jpeg-800x404.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2016/02/lumostech_jpeg-768x388.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2016/02/lumostech_jpeg-1180x596.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2016/02/lumostech_jpeg-960x485.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1232px) 100vw, 1232px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Palo Alto's LumosTech says more than 100 people have beta-tested its flashing light mask and CEO Vanessa Burns says it'll be commercially available late this summer. \u003ccite>(LumosTech)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Palo Alto-based \u003ca href=\"http://lumostech.co/\">LumosTech\u003c/a> has created an eye mask that has flashing internal lights and is controlled by data entered into a smartphone app.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the app, you enter your gender, age, bedtime and whether you're a night owl or an early bird. 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"content": "\u003cp>To find a society where a student is forced to leave school because of his genes, you might think you’d need to watch \"\u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gattaca\">Gattaca\u003c/a>\" or pick up a dystopian novel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As it turns out, you wouldn't need to immerse yourself in fiction. This exact scenario occurred at a middle school in Palo Alto, California.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">Unless something is done to strengthen legal protections, anyone who is genetically tested could be discriminated against.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>And unless something is done to strengthen our legal protections, it could be just the tip of the iceberg. Any of us who learns about our DNA through direct-to-consumer tests like 23andMe, newborn genetic testing or gene sequencing at the doctor’s office could be genetically discriminated against too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>School Boots Out Sixth Grader Over Predisposition to Disease\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2012, Jordan Middle School tried to force 11-year-old Colman Chadam to transfer to another school, not because he did something wrong or had a contagious disease, but because of his DNA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"RWAfIZvPfGk0QXWSsjL020T1kdGZFuZd\"]Colman had been born with a heart condition. To try to figure out what was wrong, the doctors had performed a lot of genetic tests, one of which found an increased risk for cystic fibrosis, a very severe genetic condition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Twelve years later, Colman's parents, as a simple precaution, filled out a medical form telling the school about his genetic results even though he had none of the symptoms of CF. He did not have the disease.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the student population at Jordan Middle School included two siblings who had CF. Because there is a high risk for people with the disease to give each other lung infections, it is important to always keep them at least 6 feet away from each other.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After teachers at the school told the parents of these students about Colman's genetics, the district ordered Colman's transfer, despite the fact that he did not have the disease.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His parents took the district to court. After Colman missed 11 days of school, a settlement was reached to \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/6th-grader-back-in-school-despite-genes-4010983.php\" target=\"_blank\">let him return\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the Chadams filed a suit in federal court, alleging unlawful disclosure of Colman's private medical information. The case was dismissed, but last month the Chadams filed an \u003ca href=\"https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/2701506/Opening-Brief.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">appeal to the Ninth Circuit Court\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of this brouhaha occurred even though Colman did not have CF and posed no risk to anyone. The specific genetic differences he had are in a gray area of genetics known as \u003ca href=\"http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/glossary=penetrance\">variable penetrance\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some people with his DNA end up with CF and some don't. Up to that time, Colman had not developed any symptoms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perhaps it's not surprising that well-meaning people at Jordan Middle School did not understand these subtleties and misinterpreted Colman's results. What is surprising is that there is so little legal protection against this sort of misunderstanding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_108371\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-108371\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2016/02/BushSignsGINA2008-800x510.jpg\" alt=\"In 2008 President Bush signed the Genetics Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) . It did not protect a middle school student from being asked to transfer to a new school because of his DNA. \" width=\"800\" height=\"510\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2016/02/BushSignsGINA2008-800x510.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2016/02/BushSignsGINA2008-400x255.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2016/02/BushSignsGINA2008-768x489.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2016/02/BushSignsGINA2008-1180x752.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2016/02/BushSignsGINA2008-960x612.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2016/02/BushSignsGINA2008.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">In 2008 President Bush signed the Genetics Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) . It did not protect a middle school student from being asked to transfer to a new school because of his DNA. \u003ccite>(NHGRI)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Surprisingly Weak Protections\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back in 2008 President Bush signed the \u003ca href=\"http://ginahelp.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Genetics Information Nondiscrimination Act\u003c/a> (GINA). Unfortunately for the Chadams, it only covers employment and health insurance discrimination.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This oversight needs to be addressed sooner rather than later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every day more and more people learn about potential disease risks from their DNA. Many people will have results similar to Colman's that could be used against them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Perils of Testing\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DNA is more complicated than a lot of people think. For example, scientists have found over 2000 DNA variants or differences in CFTR, the key gene involved in cystic fibrosis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without additional protections in place, CF screening programs like the one described \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/2016/02/01/stanford-develops-fast-affordable-genetic-test-for-newborns/\">here\u003c/a> could place many more people in Colman Chadam's situation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Multiply these risks by 10, 100, 1000 or even 10,000 for some of the proposed screens where \u003ca href=\"http://genomemag.com/a-newborn-challenge/#.Vrj3vfkrKM8\">every gene of a newborn might be looked at\u003c/a> (exome sequencing), and you begin to see what we're up against. People will be flooded with a lot of hard-to-understand information that is easy to misinterpret.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This doesn't mean genetic testing, which can have many benefits, shouldn't be done. We just need to ensure it isn't used to discriminate, as we head toward a world where everyone knows their DNA but doesn’t necessarily understand genetics.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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Because there is a high risk for people with the disease to give each other lung infections, it is important to always keep them at least 6 feet away from each other.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After teachers at the school told the parents of these students about Colman's genetics, the district ordered Colman's transfer, despite the fact that he did not have the disease.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His parents took the district to court. After Colman missed 11 days of school, a settlement was reached to \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/6th-grader-back-in-school-despite-genes-4010983.php\" target=\"_blank\">let him return\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the Chadams filed a suit in federal court, alleging unlawful disclosure of Colman's private medical information. The case was dismissed, but last month the Chadams filed an \u003ca href=\"https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/2701506/Opening-Brief.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">appeal to the Ninth Circuit Court\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of this brouhaha occurred even though Colman did not have CF and posed no risk to anyone. The specific genetic differences he had are in a gray area of genetics known as \u003ca href=\"http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/glossary=penetrance\">variable penetrance\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some people with his DNA end up with CF and some don't. Up to that time, Colman had not developed any symptoms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perhaps it's not surprising that well-meaning people at Jordan Middle School did not understand these subtleties and misinterpreted Colman's results. What is surprising is that there is so little legal protection against this sort of misunderstanding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_108371\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-108371\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2016/02/BushSignsGINA2008-800x510.jpg\" alt=\"In 2008 President Bush signed the Genetics Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) . 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We just need to ensure it isn't used to discriminate, as we head toward a world where everyone knows their DNA but doesn’t necessarily understand genetics.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Would it be ethical for scientists to try to create babies that have genetic material from three different people? An influential panel of experts has concluded the answer could be yes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 12-member panel, assembled by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, released a 164-page \u003ca href=\"http://www.nap.edu/catalog/21871/mitochondrial-replacement-techniques-ethical-social-and-policy-considerations\">report\u003c/a> Wednesday outlining a plan for how scientists could ethically pursue the controversial research.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The committee concludes that it is ethically permissible\" to conduct such experiments, the report says, but then goes on to detail a long list of conditions that would have to be met first.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example, scientists would have to perform extensive preliminary research in the laboratory and with animals to try to make sure it is safe. And then researchers should initially try to make only male babies, because they would be incapable of passing their unusual amalgamation of DNA on to future generations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Minimizing risk to future children should be of highest priority,\" the committee writes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report was \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2013/10/09/229167219/proposed-treatment-to-fix-genetic-diseases-raising-ethics-issues\">requested \u003c/a>by the Food and Drug Administration in response to applications by two groups of scientists in New York and Oregon to conduct the experiments. Their goal is to help women have healthy babies even though they come from families plagued by genetic disorders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A statement issued by the FDA immediately after the report's release raised questions about whether the FDA would permit the research to move forward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The FDA email praised the \"thoughtful work\" of the panel and said the agency would be \"reviewing\" the recommendations. But it noted that the latest federal budget \"prevents the FDA from using funds to review applications in which a human embryo is intentionally created or modified to include\" changes that could be passed down to future generations. As a result, the email says, any such research \"cannot be performed in the United States\" at this time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The researchers pursuing these experiments welcomed the panel's conclusions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think it's a great step in the right direction,\" \u003ca href=\"http://www.columbiaobgyn.org/doctor/mark-v-sauer#.VrFk2bIrLIU\">Mark Sauer\u003c/a>, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Columbia University who is a member of one of the teams, said of the National Academies report in an interview before the FDA issued its statement\u003cem>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sauer called the report more of a \"yellow light\" than a \"green light,\" because of the long list of caveats and cautions. 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While the FDA statement would cause \"undue delays\" in his research, he added that he hoped it wouldn't permanently \"necessarily halt the efforts.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Critics of the research, meanwhile, say the number of women who could benefit from the experiments is so small that it's not worth crossing a line that's long been considered off-limits — making genetic changes that could be passed down for generations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The possibility of what you could call 'mission creep' is very real,\" says \u003ca href=\"http://www.geneticsandsociety.org/article.php?id=2081\">Marcy Darnovsky\u003c/a>, executive director of the Center for Genetics and Society, a watchdog group based in Berkeley, Calif. \"People are talking about going forward not just with this but with the kind of genetic engineering that will produce outright genetically modified human beings.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once that happens, Darnovsky says, \"I think you get into a situation of where some people are genetically enhanced and other people are the regular old variety of human being. And I don't think that's a world we want to live in.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The goal of the research is to help women carrying diseases known as \u003ca href=\"http://mitochondrialdiseases.org/mitochondrial-disease/\">mitochondrial disorders\u003c/a>, which are only passed down by women through defects in the genetic material in their eggs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Specifically, the defects are in a type of genetic material known as \u003ca href=\"http://www.umdf.org/site/pp.aspx?c=8qKOJ0MvF7LUG&b=7934627\">mitochondrial DNA\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unlike the DNA that most people are familiar with — the 23 pairs of human chromosomes that program most of our body processes and traits — mitochondrial DNA consists of just 37 genes inside mitochondria, which are structures inside cells that provide their energy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mitochondrial disorders range from mild to severe. In many cases there is no treatment, and the affected child dies early in life after suffering progressive, debilitating symptoms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scientists want to create eggs free of mitochondrial defects by removing the defective mitochondrial DNA. It would be replaced with healthy mitochondrial DNA from eggs donated by other women.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The British government recently \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2015/02/03/383578221/u-k-lawmakers-allow-scientists-to-attempt-dna-transplants\">approved\u003c/a> such experiments in that country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But this remains \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2014/11/10/360342623/combining-the-dna-of-three-people-raises-ethical-questions\">controversial\u003c/a>, not only due to the fact that the resulting children would have DNA from three people. Because the transplanted DNA could be passed down for generations, critics fear it could accidentally introduce errors into the human gene pool that could create new diseases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They also worry it would set a precedent that could open the door to creating designer babies, in which parents can pick and chose the traits of their children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because of such concerns, making any change in DNA that could be passed down for generations has long been considered off-limits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The committee report acknowledged that making babies with DNA from three different people could have \"psychological and social effects\" on the offspring, including issues about their \"conception of identity.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition, the committee acknowledged the possibility that it could lead to attempts at genetic \"enhancements.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Such work would raise thorny regulatory issues, the committee noted. 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"content": "\u003cp>A health care startup made a wild pitch to Cara Waller, CEO of the Newport Orthopedic Institute. The company said it could get patients more engaged with their care by automating physician empathy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It \"almost made me nauseous,\" she said. How can you automate something as deeply personal as empathy?\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">A patient might receive this automated email: “How are you? Let me know so I can make sure you’re okay.\"\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>But Waller needed help. Her physicians in Orange County, Calif., perform as many as 500 surgeries a year, manage large numbers of patients at various stages of treatment and recovery. The doctors needed a better way to communicate with patients and track their progress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California startup, HealthLoop, told Waller its messaging technology would improve patient satisfaction and help keep them out of the hospital. 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Similar companies that aim to improve patient engagement include Wellframe, Curaspan, and Infield Health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>HealthLoop's technology is being tested at medical centers that include the Cleveland Clinic, Kaiser Permanente-Southern California and the University of California, San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How does it work? Doctors can send daily emails with information timed to milestones in surgery prep and recovery. The emails can ask patients or caregivers for feedback on specific issues that come up during recovery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The doctors may write their own email scripts, as Newport Orthopedics' physicians did, or use the company's suggestions. An online dashboard helps doctors and administrators keep track of which patients are doing well and who might need more follow-up care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A patient might see this message: \"How are you? Let me know so I can make sure you're OK. 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Now I'm back to walking the dog, surfing, riding a bike.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How to keep patients like Larson from being readmitted to the hospital because of avoidable complications after a hospital stay has long been a vexing and expensive challenge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Almost 1 in 5 Medicare patients discharged from a hospital — approximately 2.6 million seniors a year – must be readmitted within 30 days, at an annual cost of more than $26 billion, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For decades, hospitals had no financial incentive to keep patients out of the hospital after they were discharged. 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And the new technologies don't always address demographic, cultural and language barriers that can prevent patients from communicating with their doctors. For now, HealthLoop is only available in English.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dr. Jordan Shlain, a San Francisco internist, said he founded HealthLoop because he wanted a simple way to keep track of his patients' progress after a hospital visit or procedure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Every human has the same kind of trajectory of concerns and anxieties with regard to medical situations,\" Shlain said. \"You know your doctor can't email you every day; you know your doctor usually will not call you. Now you're in a world where your doctor says I'd like to use this system to stay in touch with you and guide you through your recovery.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dr. Thomas Vail, professor and chairman of the department of orthopedic surgery at the University of California, San Francisco would agree – up to a point.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With his UCSF colleagues, Vail is testing HealthLoop's system with his patients, and the university will be evaluating whether patients who use it experience fewer problems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UCSF helped create some of the language for the automated emails and has a financial relationship with the company, said Dr. Aenor Sawyer, who directs UCSF's Skeletal Health Service and is a leader at the university's Center for Digital Health Innovation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Vail thinks HealthLoop is potentially promising, he's cautious about its role in his practice. \"I don't think it substitutes for face-to-face communication,\" Vail said, \"but it does help us collectively to not overlook something that might be important.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was produced by Kaiser Health News, which publishes California Healthline, a service of the California HealthCare Foundation.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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The goal is to help doctors stay in touch with patients cheaply and with minimal effort.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Automated empathy is a powerful draw for hospitals and other health care providers scrambling to adjust to sweeping changes in how they're paid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whether the emails actually trigger an empathetic connection or not, the idea of tailoring regular electronic communications to patients counts as an innovation in health care — one that has the potential to save money and improve quality.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Companies like HealthLoop are promising that their technologies will help patients stick to treatment and recovery regimens, avoid repeat hospital stays and be more satisfied with their care. Similar companies that aim to improve patient engagement include Wellframe, Curaspan, and Infield Health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>HealthLoop's technology is being tested at medical centers that include the Cleveland Clinic, Kaiser Permanente-Southern California and the University of California, San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How does it work? Doctors can send daily emails with information timed to milestones in surgery prep and recovery. The emails can ask patients or caregivers for feedback on specific issues that come up during recovery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The doctors may write their own email scripts, as Newport Orthopedics' physicians did, or use the company's suggestions. An online dashboard helps doctors and administrators keep track of which patients are doing well and who might need more follow-up care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A patient might see this message: \"How are you? Let me know so I can make sure you're OK. I have four questions for you today.\" The answers to those questions can trigger a call from the doctor's office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of those calls may have been a lifesaver for David Larson, a Huntington Beach retiree. After Larson responded \"yes\" to an email that asked if he had calf pain after knee surgery, he got a call from his doctor's office telling him to come in immediately. An ultrasound confirmed he had a blood clot that could have landed him in the hospital — or worse. With treatment, the blood clot dissolved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There were times when it was like, 'Oh brother, they're contacting me again,' but none of this would have been caught if it wasn't for the email,\" said Larson, 66. \"So it was more than worth it to me. Now I'm back to walking the dog, surfing, riding a bike.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How to keep patients like Larson from being readmitted to the hospital because of avoidable complications after a hospital stay has long been a vexing and expensive challenge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Almost 1 in 5 Medicare patients discharged from a hospital — approximately 2.6 million seniors a year – must be readmitted within 30 days, at an annual cost of more than $26 billion, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For decades, hospitals had no financial incentive to keep patients out of the hospital after they were discharged. 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