PALO ALTO, Calif. — “Success!” read the subject line of the email. The text, in imperfect English, began: “Good News! The women is pregnant, the genome editing success!” The sender was He Jiankui, an ambitious, young Chinese scientist. The recipient was his former academic adviser, Stephen Quake, a star Stanford bioengineer and inventor. “Wow, that’s…
DetailsA drug that scientists originally developed to treat depression may have promise for the treatment of opioid withdrawal, researchers say. A new experimental drug may help reduce opioid withdrawal symptoms. Opioid withdrawal is a challenging experience, and although there are medications already on the market that can help curb the symptoms of withdrawal, these drugs…
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Amy Raffaella Shugar and Seth Benjamin Weinberg were married April 13 at the Skylark, an events space in New York. Cantor Bruce L. Ruben officiated. The couple work at Columbia Law School — she as an associate director of major gifts, he as an adjunct professor teaching food law and policy. Mrs. Weinberg, 43, graduated…
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Jorge García de la Cámara and José Álvarez Pérez are to be married April 14 at the Plenary Meeting Room of Valdes Town Hall in Luarca, Asturias, in Spain. Mayor Simón Guardado Pérez is to perform the ceremony. Mr. de la Cámara, 47, is the open program manager in Barcelona, Spain, at the Barcelona School…
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Michelle Cynthia Trone and Thomas Edward Clinch Jr. were married April 13 at Union Station in Washington. Rabbi Baht Weiss officiated. The bride, 30, is a management consultant at the Boston Consulting Group in Washington. She graduated from Emory University and received an M.B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania. She also holds a master’s degree…
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Lauren Sara Wiley and Nathan Mark Terrazas were married April 13 at the South Congress Hotel in Austin, Tex. Rabbi Monty Eliasov officiated, with the Rev. Rob Hall, an auxiliary bishop of the Old Catholic Diocese of Uniformed Services, taking part. Mrs. Terrazas, 27, is a speech language pathologist at a private practice in Austin.…
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Emily Kathleen Ely and Rubin Jesse Miller were married April 13 at Early Mountain Vineyards in Madison, Va. Stephanie McNerney, a friend of the couple who was sworn in by a judge as a one-time officiant in a nonreligious ceremony in the state of Virginia, officiated. Ms. Ely, 35, is an assistant professor of reading…
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Elizabeth Connelly McKnight and David Benjamin Quinn were married April 13 at Indian Creek Country Club in Miami Beach. The Rev. Robert W. Asinger, a minister of the United Church of Christ, officiated, with the Rev. Dr. Barbara A. Asinger taking part. The couple met at Boston College, from which they graduated. Ms. McKnight, 30,…
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Cristine Katherine Mayer and Keith Berk Timko were married April 13 at Brazos Hall, an events space in Austin, Tex. The Rev. Trish E. Woodruff, a United Methodist minister who is a friend of the bride’s family, officiated. Mrs. Timko, 31, is an associate director in content partnerships at iHeartMedia in Manhattan. She graduated from…
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Erin Elizabeth Pearson and Brendan Michael Rivage-Seul were married April 13 at the office of Peter Atanasson, a registered officiant with the Superior Court of the District of Columbia who is a member of the staff of DC Elopements, which helps couples obtain marriage licenses by proxy. On May 4, the couple will take part…
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