The CRISPR genome editing technique promises to be a “transformative leap” in genetic engineering and therapy, affecting almost every area of medicine. That includes plastic surgery, with potential advances ranging from prevention of craniofacial malformations, to therapeutic skin grafts, to new types of rejection-free transplants, according to a paper in the November issue of Plastic…
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After Psychiatric Hospital Discharge, Many Patients are Still Taking Multiple Antipsychotic Drugs
In recent years, measures have been introduced to reduce the rate of “antipsychotic polypharmacy” — taking more than one antipsychotic drug — among patients with schizophrenia and other serious mental illnesses. But at least 12 percent of patients are still prescribed multiple antipsychotics after an inpatient stay at a state psychiatric hospital, according to an…