Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Blessed by Science: How Genetic Medicine Changed a Strictly Religious Community


Blessed by Science: How Genetic Medicine Changed a Strictly Religious Community
In 1983, Yosef Eckstein an ultra-orthodox rabbi in Brooklyn, New York, had reason to be happy: His wife had just given birth to their fifth child. But the couple’s happiness was short-lived: The child was soon diagnosed with Tay–Sachs disease, a genetic disorder that affects the nervous system. Here's what Eckstein did next.

April 21, 2015 at 10:45AM
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