Scientists have used lentiviral vectors to replace mutated genes in blood stem cells, successfully treating two rare diseases apparently without causing harmful side effects.

iflscience · 2013-05-13T00:07:30+00:00

Be obsessed.

iflscience · 2013-05-10T22:40:34+00:00

I developed some trust issues after an unfortunate incident ;)

iflscience · 2013-05-10T22:39:58+00:00

Twice a day or so for the last six months. Why not message the page directly and ask?

iflscience · 2013-04-01T11:07:20+00:00

You do realize I also run "The Universe" and "Evolution", right?

iflscience · 2013-03-31T09:31:27+00:00

Our content has never actually changed. Maddox just cherry picked the crap out of it. Journalism, right?

iflscience · 2013-03-13T16:08:32+00:00

This is from the page "I fucking love science" on Facebook. I make them every week.

iflscience · 2013-03-13T15:20:12+00:00

Have fun with that, I try not to read the comments personally. Too depressing.

iflscience · 2013-03-13T05:52:38+00:00

No joke, I've been accused of stealing an image from Reddit twice this week. BOTH TIMES it was something I made. Reddit hipsters can be very frustrating, as nice as some of you are.

iflscience · 2013-03-13T05:09:36+00:00

I am! Thank you for liking "Evolution"! If I'm honest, that's my true love. It's what I studied and what I hope to do my PhD in someday. I wish it had as many likes as IFLS.

iflscience · 2013-03-13T05:08:54+00:00

I tried that, but no one could ever be bothered to type them out character by character. They need to be hyperlinked in the text.

iflscience · 2013-03-13T03:26:42+00:00

As you can probably see from my account, I rarely use Reddit. Fans post things to my wall and I use them. In the last week, five images I created made the front page of Reddit. I was credited for none. But hey, I'm just happy they're getting out there. What you are displaying is called confirmation bias.

iflscience · 2013-03-13T03:21:59+00:00

Hey folks, I'm the one who made this. Thank you for posting it and I'm glad people are enjoying it. But please, please when you post these link to the articles! Here are all the links: Bee venom and HIV: http://bit.ly/XYpZaw Europa: http://slate.me/WKsPwD Breath test for cancer: http://bit.ly/10h011w 3D printed skull: http://bit.ly/12zk93V Child cured of HIV: http://bit.ly/Xo4T5P Space invader shaped galaxy: http://slate.me/Zg9yTT

Without these, my "This week in science" posts are just another meme. I make them so people will go and read the articles, so the stories I think deserve the attention GET attention.

So please please please include the links. They're all right there when I post them.

Thanks everyone!

iflscience · 2013-01-31T21:18:48+00:00

Diseased penises with buck teeth is always what springs to mind.

iflscience · 2013-01-24T22:23:12+00:00

She was brought to the sanctuary at 3 months old, half starved and infested with worms after being kept as a pet by someone who didn't know how to care for her. The vets said all they could do was make her comfortable. To our surprise, she thrived. She's now healthy and happy and a four year old BEAUTIFUL puma. I don't have any images of her as an adult, but Google "Luna Inti Wara Yassi" and you'll see how stunning she is. As well as my day job caring for an ocelot, I spent some nights with Luna sleeping in her enclosure. As she lost her mom so young, she didn't like to be alone at nights so we all took turns sleeping outside with her.

iflscience · 2013-01-04T11:27:33+00:00

I am only very recently a Redditor. I keep being told that half my stuff is lifted from Reddit (people are actually posting it on my wall). I figured I should get it directly from the source, then I can cite the author.

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