I read about a clinical trial using gene therapy in a group of Alzheimer’s patients. I’ve heard the term a lot, but what, exactly, is gene therapy?
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Bodywork: Can it be too cold to exercise?
I recently returned from Minnesota, where the mercury dipped into the single digits, and winds made it feel even chillier. Can it be too frigid to exercise, or did I just find a convenient excuse?
Groundbreaker
Election to the National Academy of Medicine is but the latest first for Dr. Judith James Dr. Judith James can’t remember not wanting to be a doctor. As a 5-year-old, James, who had severe asthma, shared her career intentions with her pediatrician. “He said if I wanted to become a nurse, he would be happy […]
Nothing But Net
OMRF’s newest fundraiser brings a competitive fire to everything he does. Kevin Henry can’t help himself. Even though he no longer plays basketball, he still gets caught up in the games. This can prove a bit awkward when he’s sitting courtside at the Lloyd Noble Center, where he provides color analysis on the radio broadcasts […]
Voices
OMRF was a fantastic place for me to see people who loved what they were doing and were so committed to helping people. But the more I thought about it, the more I realized how much being a lawyer who did a lot of scientific work was the way I could help the most. Jamaica […]
In Good Company
Growing up, Dr. Judith James’ game of choice was something she called doll hospital. Instead of make-believe tea, she would feed Raggedy Ann and her stuffed animals medicine (actually, crushed vitamins). When her younger sister wanted to play store, she’d agree only if that store was a pharmacy, and the workers could, in Judith’s words, […]
