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Book: the Voice of Reason
A useful side-effect of publishing under a copyleft license is that one can be lazy about formally publishing compilatio…
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Polio will come roaring back if the task of eradicating it isn’t finished soon
Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02308-8Eliminating polio is within reach — if countries s…
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STAT+: FDA expert committee reviews Capricor Therapeutics’ Duchenne drug
STAT is live-blogging an FDA meeting on Capricor Therapeutics’ treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, which has been…
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ProMIS Neurosciences reports positive early safety and biomarker results for Alzheimer’s trial
ProMIS Neurosciences reported positive blinded six-month interim safety and biomarker results from PRECISE-AD, the Phase…
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Longevity AI, Clalit collaborate to improve heart disease and diabetes risk predictions
Longevity AI and researchers from Meir Medical Center of the Clalit Health Group announced a joint research collaboratio…
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STAT+: Clinical chatbots are taking medicine by storm. Should doctors trust them?
As LLMs compete for doctors' attention, some developers say the science of benchmarking their AI tools for safety and ac…
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STAT+: In the biotech industry, a most-wanted fugitive was long hiding in plain sight
Ronald Fischer, a most-wanted fugitive, was long hiding in the biotech industry in plain sight, and using an alias more …
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STAT+: American Diabetes Association, facing calls for resignations, asks for patience
An open letter to the board of the American Diabetes Association said the board had badly mishandled an incident at its …
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Six key questions we’re watching at Fauci’s hearing
Sen. Rand Paul is forcing Fauci to appear before his Senate panel.…
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A Novel View of Age-Related Mitochondrial Dysfunction as a Failure of Adaptability
Every cell contains hundreds of mitochondria, the evolved descendants of what were once symbiotic bacteria. Much of the …
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Visa time limits on foreign Ph.D. students and postdocs will harm U.S. science, experts warn
A Trump administration plan to limit visas for graduate student and postdocs to four years is fueling concerns that the …
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STAT+: Bracing for another Fauci hearing
Plus: Democrats take on Trump over IVF, and Trump's White House releases a new science funding blueprint.…
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How our body's natural recycling system could help reduce inflammation
Researchers at VIB and KU Leuven, together with international collaborators, have discovered that blocking autophagy—the…
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I've spent my career studying ageing. Here are the 7 ways I slow my biological clock - BBC Science Focus Magazine
I've spent my career studying ageing. Here are the 7 ways I slow my biological clock BBC Science Focus Magazi…
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Montana’s Right-to-Try Law Enters a New Phase
Montana’s first experimental treatment review board has brought three longevity heavyweights into the state’s effort to …
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STAT+: GSK lays out plans to cut costs, pursue more late-stage drug trials
New GSK CEO Luke Miels outlined his strategy to help the company navigate a patent cliff and get on a path toward long-t…
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STAT+: FDA staff reiterate concerns about Replimune skin cancer treatment
Regulators at the FDA have reiterated concerns that Replimmune does not have adequate data to support an approval of its…
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STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about FDA views on a Duchenne drug, GSK cost savings, and more
The FDA said a Capricor stem cell treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy did not meet a Phase 3 trial's objectives — …
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STAT+: Three questions with Whoop’s new CMO
In this edition of STAT Health Tech: A chat with Whoop's new chief medical officer, an update on CMS health tech initiat…
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Anthony Fauci’s pandemic-era diary entries
New data on American substance use, concerns of a global HIV resurgence, and more health news from Morning Rounds…
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Thymulin Produced by the Thymus Acts to Restrain Inflammation, But Declines with Age
The thymus is primarily noted as being the site of T cell maturation, essential to the supply of new T cells to maintain…
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Loss of Glymphatic Drainage of Cerebrospinal Fluid Correlates with Alzheimer's Disease Progression
A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) approach known as diffusion tensor image analysis along the perivascular space (DTI-A…
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STAT+: Preliminary trial results suggest a path to a safer Alzheimer’s treatment
ProMIS Neurosciences is trying to design a safer amyloid-clearing drug for Alzheimer's. Early results suggest it might b…
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CMS evaluates one year of health tech progress, announces eight new pledge categories
One year after launching the CMS Health Tech Ecosystem, officials convened in D.C. to celebrate the Trump administration…