A summary of discussions about the risks of gene editing embryos from the Third International Summit on Human Genome Editing, Shoukhrat Mitalipov, Ph.D., said his research team found large DNA deletions at the editing site in human embryos, and that these deletions might not be detected using standard tests.

In a first-person story about seasonal allergies, Shyam Joshi, M.D., says: “Environmental allergies are very common, with up to 40% of U.S. adults suffering from this chronic condition."

Stories explaining recent social media hype about the herbal supplement ashwagandha quote Amala Soumyanath, B.Pharm., Ph.D., who says: “While more confirmatory studies are needed, research in humans and preclinical models suggest that ashwagandha can improve sleep and reduce, stress, anxiety and depression.”

Lisa Egan, M.D., discusses cancer’s effect on sexual health and recommends all women have a “home base,” whether it’s a dedicated sexual health provider or primary care clinician, where they are able to openly discuss their needs and concerns.

A story about supply issues for the prostate cancer drug Pluvicto causing three-month or longer treatment delays for new patients quotes a tweet by Nadine Mallak, M.D. Their tweet reads in part: “We had four treatments cancelled just this last Friday. Very frustrating."

An OHSU employee is suing a former OHSU employee and OHSU, alleging sexual harassment.

Timothy Smith, M.D., says about 20% of people whose sense of smell is lost or altered after getting COVID-19 will experience this for more than two months, and that the most common distortion his patients experience involves smelling smoke, adding: “Imagine smelling a grapefruit, but it smells like smoke. Sometimes, nice-smelling things can smell like rotting trash, and that can be really disruptive to someone’s quality of life."

In a KOIN-TV story, Andrew McHill, Ph.D., speaks from a scientific perspective when he recommends shifting to a permanent standard time –- and not Daylight Saving Time –- “because that will give us more light in the morning which will more easily synchronize our clock to match up with the light-dark cycle outside.”

While speaking as the president-elect of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Ben Hoffman, M.D., says older children up to 65 pounds are safer while seated in a safety seat when there’s turbulence while flying.

A commonly used scientific method to analyze a tiny amount of DNA in early human embryos fails to accurately reflect gene edits, according to new research from OHSU presented this week at the Third International Summit on Human Genome Editing in London. Shoukhrat Mitalipov, Ph.D., says, “Gene repair has great potential, but these new results show that we have a lot of work to do”