We would need a trial with a control group to know if it actually works or not. The trial referred to in the article only had two groups that received different versions of the same treatment.

They used an adeno-associated virus (AAV) to introduce the gene. That probably shouldn’t have been abbreviated in the headline though. Anyway, this news makes me really happy!

What methods of persuasion does she use?

Poor cat! I hope you don’t like onions and garlic in your food.

Hasarius adansoni The females have a rufous opisthosoma.

I can’t access the AP News article, but I doubt it ended with “Death to america.”