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This is INCREDIBLE. KJ (now 9.5 months old) had a rare monogenic disorder, a mutation of a single gene. We can now create custom gene-editing therapies tailored to a patient's exact mutation. A lipid bubble delivers instructions and CRISPR, which crawls along the DNA to find and fix the error. KJ’s treatment was personalized so CRISPR could target his specific mutation. The same method could be reused for others, just swap out the guide for the other genes. There are 30 million Americans who have rare diseases. This is potentially one of the most transformational technologies in healthcare. It could also help with more common conditions like sickle cell, cystic fibrosis, Huntington’s, and muscular dystrophy. The doctor said this “is a triumph for the American peoples’ investment in biomedical research" The breakthrough was built on decades of U.S.-funded science, from bacterial immunity to CRISPR, genome sequencing, and rare disease research. “I don’t think this could have happened in any country other than the US" said Dr. Urnov🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

@SailGP Put some stadiums in Halifax!! We will pack them no matter the weather

Is there anything better than this? 😍 #SailGP

UM. @DunkinDonuts just launched a 7 MINUTE MOVIE VERSION of the DunKings x.com/i/status/18887…

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@HRMFireNews Thank you for your service. I’ve relied on you more times than I can count. Your no BS approach coupled with a clear depth of knowledge has been tremendously appreciated.

Good morning all: Effective immediately, I have decided to take a break from the day to day operations of HRMFireNews. For most of a decade now, the operations of this fire news outlet have been an all-consuming every day commitment. One cannot do such things forever. Despite the occasional rant/troll/dust up, this has been a tremendously positive experience. That said, quite frankly, I am tired out. The time required to do this correctly, in the way I want, is substantial. It is an every day thing, and it times, it completely takes over life. To operate that way has been a choice of mine and a fulfilling one, but I’ve also found myself looking ahead and somewhat dreading continuing to be glued to my keyboard. This is new and has caused me to re-evaluate. Half-assing it isn’t an appealing option. I’ve always felt I would only do this as long as I could give 100% commitment. While many things have changed for the better and I feel this project has accomplished lots, I am fatigued. I can’t tackle advocating on certain issues with the same enthusiasm I used to and while keeping the public informed during emergencies is a privilege, like I said, it’s hard to maintain that pace forever as a hobby. I've basically been giving the fire gods a free claim on all my spare time for most of a decade, which is tough to maintain. I will be honest, I do not know if this is a temporary or permanent break. Since starting the page, I have not spent any serious amount of time away from the page, so this will be new. I’m going to simply put things on hold for now and give thought to next steps. To the members who are pushing for positive change: keep pushing. HRFE has an amazing number of incredibly capable, talented, and knowledgeable people who have made things better and will continue to. Much change is needed but the public is in good hands. I need some time to think about what, if anything, I want to do next, and in order to do that, I need to get away from all of this. To head off any questions that may follow, I should note there is nothing personally wrong. Also, nobody has forced or pushed me into doing this in any way, shape, or form. I simply have decided to think about the future. To be honest, I’ve been thinking about doing this for a while but given the Tantallon Fire and the floods that followed last year I felt a responsibility to try to keep people informed through the full unfolding of those events from end to end, including the PIA. I appreciate everybody’s tremendous support, including the public who follow and the many members who provide information/insight etc. Thank you. There are too many people to thank individually, but seriously, thank you. In other news, I'm really, really, really looking forward to going hours or weeks or days or months without addressing "what's going on near so and so" or the latest problem. After today, I will not be posting, responding to DMs, or writing the Sunday update during this hiatus. I will make a further announcement later on once I’ve finished reflecting on the future of the page. Thank you all and enjoy your long weekends.

@HRMFireNews Considering the emergency alert went out yesterday after the gas leak in Dartmouth was under control... I'd say we're no further ahead than when the alert didn't go out during Portapique

If the Tantallon wildfires unfolded again today (heaven forbid), I see no reason to believe that the municipal or provincial communications apparatus would react any faster than they did this time last year. Unacceptable, obviously. If a candidate in the upcoming municipal or provincial elections included greater accountability as a part of their platform, I'd have to look closely at giving them my vote. There are an awful lot of high paid people, particularly within the municipal government, that seem to get away with promising the moon and delivering things late or sometimes not at all.

@ToddBechard @SailGP @SailGPCAN Really hope not!! They are just starting to build momentum

@SailGP Assuming this means that the @SailGPCAN team is the one being dropped for next season??? Very sad

The 2024/2025 Season calendar is HERE 🙌 📆 Read all about it 👉 sailgp.com/news/24/sailgp… #SailGP #PoweredbyNature

@SailGP After a record-breaking event, very disappointed not to see Halifax/Canada on the list. 👎

@HalifaxWater Will you be compensating the businesses who incurred extra costs because of your problem?

UPDATE – Boil Water Advisory There was an internal electrical issue at the Pockwock treatment facility. We are still investigating what happened, but the priority ensuring our customer have clean, safe drinking water Please continue to boil water if you are in the impacted area. For more information: halifaxwater.ca/notice/boil-wa…

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@brightwhite @HalifaxWater Similar to the fire evacuees map…..

Boil Water Advisory in Effect for Beaver Bank, Middle and Lower Sackville, Hammonds Plains, Bedford, Halifax, Timberlea, Spryfield and Herring Cove Halifax Water is advising that there is a possibility of unsafe drinking water for customers in the area(s) described in this notice. halifaxwater.ca/notice/boil-wa…

@philsensfan @HalifaxWater Super helpful. Thank you.

@IndiaAM @HalifaxWater Read the article and it will tell you.

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