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Phase I study finds ‘gene editing’ aimed at making patients’ cells resistant to HIV to be safe
For decades, HIV has outpaced the scientists trying to eradicate it, often morphing and hiding deep in patients’ bodies. Researcher ...
11 years ago
ListenMaking percussion instruments out of pill bottles, and other stories of living with cystic fibrosis
Philadelphia musician and recording store owner Brian McTear talks about ‘chasing life expectancy’ with cystic fibrosis. ...
11 years ago
ListenPredicting weather: mostly true with a chance of error
Tom Thunstrom of Phillyweather.net tells us what we can – and can’t – predict when it comes to weather. No ...
11 years ago
ListenKevin McCorry and Holly Otterbein join NewsWorks Tonight Host Dave Heller for a closer look on their big stories this week on Philadelphi ...
11 years ago
ListenChilean ‘chicken butt’ researchers make birds walk like dinosaurs
Guess what? Chicken butt!! Research involving chicken butts recently got the attention of regular Pulse contributor ...
11 years ago
ListenLife after losing, and regaining, a sense of smell
Mount Airy resident Anndee Hochman is smelling the Friday-night challah again after living for years without her sense of smell. B ...
11 years ago
ListenNursery owner readies for a wet spring
Hard as it might be to imagine after a winter that saw record snowfall in the region, there is a thaw coming, and gardeners are already p ...
11 years ago
ListenWinter Writers Weekend gives writers tips on self-publishing
Authors looking to navigate the maze of marketing and publishing challenges can get some help at the Winter Writer’s Weekend this w ...
11 years ago
ListenEmbracing and challenging the true storytellers in adults with autism
We visit a writing workshop in Norristown, Pa., that guides adults with autism through the playwriting process. The lobby of ...
11 years ago
ListenArt of Food — Produced by Monica Rogozinski Avance is French for advance. And advance is what Chef Justin Bogle and ...
11 years ago
Can researchers re-ignite someone’s sense of smell through nasal stem cells?
Researchers at the Monell Chemical Senses Center are searching for new ways to treat smell-loss. Researchers at the Monell C ...
11 years ago
ListenAsking a key question to understand puzzling behaviors
‘Trauma-informed care’ encourages mental health providers to look at behaviors as clues – as connecting dots to a bigge ...
11 years ago
ListenWolf leads the pack among big Pa. campaign donors
Pennsylvania voters will elect a governor this year. A crowded field of Democrats is vying to unseat Republican Governor Tom Corbe ...
11 years ago
ListenSam Adams brewer brings business know-how to area entrepreneurs
The Boston Beer Company, best known for brewing Sam Adams beer, is expanding to bring its American Dream recipe to Philadelphia ...
11 years ago
ListenUnderstanding the ice surrounding us and why, exactly, it makes us slip. In this winter of our discontent, traction has become a f ...
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