Esther Landhuis is an outside-the-box thinker and award-winning journalist in the San Francisco Bay Area. Published in Scientific American, Nature, Undark, Medscape, JAMA, Quanta and elsewhere, her stories cover all dimensions of biomedicine—from lab discoveries to clinical trials to health policy to the creative minds who shape the practice of science and medicine. Find her @elandhuis on LinkedIn, Bluesky and X.
Esther Landhuis
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Elizabeth Berry-Kravis: Running a marathon for fragile X syndrome
Elizabeth Berry-Kravis has spent decades uncovering molecular clues to fragile X syndrome and crafting trials of treatments. Her efforts are paying off.
Elizabeth Berry-Kravis: Running a marathon for fragile X syndrome
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Esther Landhuis
26 May 2021 | 10 min read
Drug boosts cognition in men with fragile X syndrome
A drug that prevents an enzyme from breaking down a key molecule involved in learning and memory improved cognition and behavior in a small study of men with fragile X syndrome.
Drug boosts cognition in men with fragile X syndrome
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Esther Landhuis
29 April 2021 | 4 min read
Gene-editing tool used to map lineage of cells
Researchers have repurposed CRISPR, the popular gene-editing tool, for tracing cell lineages in whole organisms.
Gene-editing tool used to map lineage of cells
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Esther Landhuis
29 June 2016 | 3 min read
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