First successes in the development of a gene therapy for incurable LAMA2-related muscular dystrophy

Researchers at the University of Basel have developed a gene therapy that could potentially treat a rare and currently fatal ...
The New York Times

A Cancer Surgery and the Pain I Didn’t Want to Face

A shocking diagnosis led a writer to focus on the dispassionate medical details, until his body jolted him into confronting what he hadn’t. By Ethan Hauser Ethan Hauser is an editor on the Culture ...
The Hill

Plastic surgeons organization recommends delaying gender-affirming surgery until 19; Trump admin applauds position

The American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) on Tuesday published a position statement recommending that surgeons delay “gender-related breast/chest, genital, and facial surgery” until a patient is ...
The New York Times

Woman Wins Malpractice Suit Over Gender Surgery as a Minor

In a legal first, a jury in New York awarded $2 million to a patient who said that doctors had deviated from accepted medical standards. By Andrew Jacobs In the first malpractice verdict against ...
Arizona Daily Star

Gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy provides hope, raises concerns

PHOENIX — Jace Taylor is a rambunctious 4-year-old boy. He runs, jumps and plays with his friends. He isn’t aware that genetically, he’s different from other children. “I think he’s too young to ...
The Washington Post

First major medical group opposes gender transition surgeries for youth

The American Society of Plastic Surgeons has issued a broad recommendation against gender transition surgeries for youths, becoming the first major medical association in the United States to narrow ...