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What it’s like to wait for the call from the Nobel Prize committee
Ahead of this year's Nobel Prize announcements, STAT chatted with Mary-Claire King, who discovered the BRCA cancer mutat…
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Access to addiction meds for young people has improved — but retention hasn’t
Only a small fraction of young people with opioid use disorder receive addiction medications, and few stay on them for l…
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An Ebola treatment center was burned down as the death toll in Congo passes 4,000
Congo's Ebola outbreak has killed more than 4,000 people, authorities said, as they struggle to contain what has become …
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The exit math forcing an M&A decade
Zsolt Farkas of Evolut on why today’s longevity valuations only work if the winners spend the next decade buying e…
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Insilico picks AI-designed GIPR blocker for next obesity drug
The AI drug developer nominated ISM1354 for obesity, and says early lab and animal data point to better exposure and a w…
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STAT+: Lilly bypasses Australian pharmacies with DTC model
Eli Lilly is launching LillyDirect to deliver Mounjaro straight to Australian patients’ doors — and local doctors and ph…
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FDA Leaders Name Longevity a Priority at ARDD
At a panel in Boston, senior officials announced plans to include aging in the agency’s regulatory science agenda and di…
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STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about the 340B drug pilot program, an obesity drug disappointment, and more
The U.S. approved 10 drugmakers to participate in a 340B pilot program that will allow them to offer rebates, instead of…
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Most health institutions failed to address acetaminophen-autism misinformation on Instagram, audit finds
Most public health institutions failed to respond promptly to misinformation on social media that falsely claimed acetam…
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TikTok misinformation content on acetaminophen and autism surged after a presidential announcement
Misinformation linking acetaminophen use during pregnancy to autism in children rose on TikTok after an announcement fro…
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How big is Pennsylvania’s measles outbreak?
News of a fifth measles death in Pennsylvania underscores a longstanding issue about the disease. The full scope of the …
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Where Next For Present Stem Cell Therapies?
First generation stem cell therapies have become widespread; they are readily accessed in medical tourism clinics, and a…
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Polyamines from the Gut Microbiome Affect Life Span in Flies
The commensal microbes of the gut microbiome generate a range of metabolites that are beneficial or necessary to cell fu…
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ARDD 2026: Can Aging Become Treatable? FDA and Researchers Start Building the Evidence - geneonline.com
ARDD 2026: Can Aging Become Treatable? FDA and Researchers Start Building the Evidence geneonline.com…
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STAT+: NIH awarded all its grant funding, but delayed and opaque decisions stymied researchers
The NIH continued reducing grants involving health disparities, race, and ethnicity but made little progress toward othe…
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Opinion: The law has to catch up on orphan-designated drugs with multiple uses
The law has to catch up on the 340B drug discount program, writes a pharmacist.…
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Multimodal Ageing Biomarkers and Plasma Proteomic Signatures Associated With All‐Cause Mortality
Aging Cell, Volume 25, Issue 10, October 2026.…
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β‐Catenin‐Deficient Intervertebral Disc Cells Reduce Chemotactic Transcription and Myeloid Cell Recruitment to Injured Discs of Mice
Aging Cell, Volume 25, Issue 10, October 2026.…
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STAT+: Medicare Advantage plans shift more costs onto seniors in 2027
Premiums are stable, but Medicare Advantage plans are making big changes that could make care more expensive for patient…
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Advancing aging biomarkers and intervention discovery at the TimePie Longevity Forum - Nature
Advancing aging biomarkers and intervention discovery at the TimePie Longevity Forum Nature…
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Alzheimer's disease and aging reshape brain communication in different ways
Both normal aging and Alzheimer's change how different brain regions communicate with each other. But a new study from L…
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Global Leaders in Geroscience Convene for Biomarkers of Aging
The Biomarkers of Aging Consortium will host its fourth annual Biomarkers of Aging Conference on October 5 and 6, 2026, …
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Rejuvenation Roundup September 2026
Which generation will be considered “the last to die” of age-related diseases is ultimately a question of te…
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Healthspan May Not Be a Usefully Robust Metric for Progress in Rejuvenation Biotechnology
The effects of calorie restriction and even larger effects of growth hormone receptor knockout on the lifespan of mice h…