Feel Good Friday
“In the near future, researchers believe, shots that deliver temporary instructions into cells could lead to vaccines against herpes and malaria, better flu vaccines, and, if the covid-19 germ keeps mutating, updated coronavirus vaccinations, too. But researchers also see a future well beyond vaccines. They think the technology will permit cheap gene fixes for cancer, sickle-cell disease, and maybe even HIV.” The next act for messenger RNA could be bigger than covid vaccines.
+ New Israeli drug cured 29 of 30 moderate/serious COVID cases in days.
+ Australian Open set to bring a slice of normalcy to the sports world. (Pun headlines folks. We’re having an impact!)
+ WaPo: How this 98-year-old woman has become the ‘Oprah’ of a Jewish community center in Florida.
+ Pet-loving sleuths hailed after tracking down stolen van with 12 dogs inside.
+ Steph and Ayesha Curry Have Quietly Served Up 15 Million Meals During the Pandemic.
+ How an Apple Watch May Have Helped Save This Guy’s Life.
+ Kenyan woman finds a way to recycle plastic waste into bricks that are stronger than concrete.
+ San Diego man reunited with wallet lost in Antarctica 53 years ago. (As a bonus, it spent all those years mining bitcoin.)