News Bite - June 2021

Lab Rat Chat

News Bites are monthly episodes where Danielle and Jeff break down important topics surrounding the field of biomedical research (and some unrelated topics).

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In this News Bite edition, Jeff and Danielle discuss:

• The use of gene editing in mice to cure sickle cell disease
• Bird feather crystals and their potential use in making solar cells and fiber optics
• A half-male, half-female bird - one of five to have ever been discovered in the wild
• Mice breathing from their butts - a new potential medical discovery

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Resources & Links:

• Gene editing shows promise as sickle cell therapy – Harvard Gazette
• Discovery in bird feathers has the potential to make fiber optics, solar cells, and fuel cells more efficient | Yale and the World
• Japanese scientists say breathing through rectums 'saved' mice (nypost.com)
• Half-male, half-female songbird discovered in Pennsylvania | Live Science
• Tour a Animal Research Laboratory
• Americans for Medical Progress

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