Gene therapy: what price perfection?

The kid with the weird head   I was born with two holes in my head. A dramatic start to this post, definitely, and probably an indication that this post’s topic is going to be somewhat more personal than the previous one. Let’s backtrack a little bit and expand on that first sentence. I was born […]

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How can we make technology care?

How can we make technology care? Introduction In The Bleeding Edge, a documentary about the medical devices industry on Netflix, the producers examine the conflict between technological innovation and patient safety. The film interviews several women who experienced life-changing complications after receiving permanent birth control implants or vaginal meshes, while conducting a parallel set of […]

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