EXECUTIVE SUMMARY On December 08, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Casgevy and Lyfgenia, the first CRISPR-based treatment for sickle cell disease. Gene editing marks a major milestone in the potential to cure genetic disorders but, the process has raised many ethical concerns. As gene editing is a relatively recent advancement, there … Continue reading
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Securing Critical Supply Chains: How New Regulations Are Shaping the Future
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The semiconductor industry, projected by the World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (WSTS) to reach approximately $611 billion in value by 2024, is considered the backbone of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, serving as an essential element in modern technology and innovation. Demand disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 caused the overall projected revenue … Continue reading
Bracing for Impact: FEMA’s Strategy for Natural Disasters and Economic Fallout
Executive Summary The 2023: A historic year of U.S. billion-dollar weather and climate disasters | NOAA Climate.gov indicates the increasingly detrimental costs of the growing occurrence of natural disasters as the total cost of U.S. billion-dollar disasters over the last 5 years (2019-2023) is $603.1 billion, with a 5-year annual cost average of $120.6 billion, … Continue reading
Beyond the Headlines: How School Shootings Shape the Educational Environment
Executive Summary: According to the CNN school shootings database, there have been at least 50 school shootings so far in the United States in 2024. The incidents left 24 people dead and at least 66 other victims injured, according to CNN’s analysis of events reported by the Gun Violence Archive, Education Week, and Everytown for … Continue reading
