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Cancer patient Alison Cairnes poses for a portrait at the University of California San Diego in San Diego, Calif., on Aug. 15, 2017. Doctors were just guessing a decade ago when they gave Cairnes' husband a new drug they hoped would shrink his lung tumors. Now she takes it too, but the choice was no guesswork. Sophisticated gene tests suggested it would fight her gastric cancer, and they were right. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Ultra-personal therapy: Gene tumor boards guide cancer care

By MARILYNN MARCHIONE - Associated Press

In this image taken from the official Kensington Palace Twitter feed, Monday Sept. 4, 2017, showing the announcement from Kensington Palace saying Prince William and his wife, the Duchess of Cambridge, are expecting their third child. The announcement released in a statement by Kensington Palace says the Duchess has cancelled a planned engagement Monday and that the queen is delighted by the news. (Kensington Palace Twitter via AP)

Science Says: Kate’s morning sickness brutal, not dangerous

By MARIA CHENG - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, March 9, 2016 file photo, people wearing protective glasses look up at the sun to watch a solar eclipse in Jakarta, Indonesia. Doctors say not to look at the sun without eclipse glasses or other certified filters except during the two minutes or so when the moon completely blots out the sun, called totality. That’s the only time it’s safe to view the eclipse without protection. When totality is ending, then it’s time to put them back on. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

Science Says: Solar specs needed for safe viewing of eclipse

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

Science Says: Gene editing widely used in range of research

By LAURAN NEERGAARD - Associated Press

In this photo provided by Oregon Health &amp; Science University, taken July 31, 2017, Shoukhrat Mitalipov, left, talks with research assistant Hayley Darby in the Mitalipov Lab at OHSU in Portland, Ore. Mitalipov led a research team that, for the first time, used gene editing to repair a disease-causing mutation in human embryos, laboratory experiments that might one day help prevent inherited diseases from being passed to future generations. (Kristyna Wentz-Graff/Oregon Health &amp; Science University via AP)

First embryo gene-repair holds promise for inherited disease

By LAURAN NEERGAARD - Associated Press

FILE - This Monday, March 18, 2002 file photo of a female deer tick seen under a microscope at the entomology lab of the University of Rhode Island in South Kingstown, R.I. Also called deer ticks, they were once found mainly in New England and pockets of the Midwest, but have been seen in a widening geographic range. (AP Photo/Victoria Arocho, File)

Science Says: Too early for forecast on Lyme disease ticks

By MIKE STOBBE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 28, 2016 file photo, Jose Wesley Campos, who was born with microcephaly, cries during a physical therapy session at the AACD rehabilitation center in Recife, Brazil. The Zika virus may not seem as big a threat as last summer but don't let your guard down, especially if you're pregnant. While cases of the birth defect-causing virus have dropped sharply from last year's peak in parts of South America and the Caribbean, Zika hasn't disappeared and remains a threat for U.S. travelers. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)

Science Says: Pregnant or trying? Don’t let Zika guard down

By LAURAN NEERGAARD - Associated Press

In this April 11, 2017, photo, host Jimmy Kimmel appears during a taping of &quot;Jimmy Kimmel Live,&quot; in Los Angeles. Kimmel says his newborn son is home and doing great after open-heart surgery. A tearful Kimmel turned his show's monologue Monday, May 1, into an emotional recounting of the crisis with what Kimmel called a &quot;happy ending.&quot; (Randy Holmes/ABC via AP)

Science Says: Kimmel baby’s heart defect is common, fixable

By MARILYNN MARCHIONE - Associated Press

Science Says: Why are opioids so addictive?

By The Associated Press - Associated Press