| Date | Title | Description |
| 14.01.2025 | The Pulse of Progress: FDA's New Guidelines and the Future of Diabetes Treatment | In the world of healthcare, precision is paramount. The recent moves by the FDA signal a pivotal shift in how medical devices are tested and approved, particularly for marginalized communities. Pulse oximeters, once considered a standard to... |
| 14.01.2025 | Health | Up to 4 in 10 people could develop dementia after 55. What you can do to lower your risk | Alzheimer’s is the most common form, and silent brain changes that eventually lead to it can begin two decades before symptoms appear. Other types include vascular dementia, when heart disease or small strokes impair blood flow to the brain... |
| 13.01.2025 | Jeff Bezos’ space company calls off debut launch of massive new rocket in final minutes of countdown | Amazon’s Jeff Bezos founded the company 25 years ago. He took part in Monday’s countdown from Mission Control, located at the rocket factory just outside the gates of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center about 50 miles (80 kilometers) east of Orland... |
| 09.01.2025 | Iodine Deficiency: A Silent Threat Resurfaces in America | Iodine deficiency is creeping back into American diets, like a shadow in the night. Once a relic of the past, it now raises alarms among health experts. Iodine is a trace element, vital for our bodies, especially for the thyroid gland. This... |
| 09.01.2025 | The Silent Threat: Iodine Deficiency Returns Amid Modern Diets | Iodine deficiency is creeping back into American diets, like a shadow in the night. Once a relic of the past, this dietary problem is re-emerging, and health experts are sounding the alarm. The body needs iodine, a trace element, to functio... |
| 09.01.2025 | The Bird Flu Alarm: A Wake-Up Call for America | The recent death of a Louisiana resident from bird flu has sent shockwaves across the United States. This tragic event marks the first human fatality linked to the H5N1 virus in the country. It’s a stark reminder that nature can strike hard... |
| 08.01.2025 | Health | Pulse oximeters may misread oxygen levels in people of color. The FDA wants to change that | The FDA’s draft recommendations, which are not binding, would make several changes to how companies are expected to test their devices, including:
Enrolling at least 150 patients of different skin tones in clinical studies
Including at leas... |
| 08.01.2025 | New research shows a quarter of freshwater animals are threatened with extinction | The tally, published in the journal Nature, is the first that time researchers have analyzed the global risk to freshwater species. Previous studies have focused on land animals including including mammals, birds and reptiles.
Related Artic... |
| 07.01.2025 | Health | Doctors worry that iodine deficiency — a dietary problem from the past — is coming back | “This needs to be on people’s radar,” said Dr. Monica Serrano-Gonzalez, a Brown University doctor who treated the boy in 2021 in Providence, Rhode Island.What is iodine?
Iodine is a trace element found in seawater and in some soils — mostly... |
| 06.01.2025 | Louisiana person is the first US bird flu death, health officials say | A bird flu death was not unexpected, virus experts said. There have been more than 950 confirmed bird flu infections globally since 2003, and more than 460 of those people died, according to the World Health Organization.
The bird flu virus... |
| 06.01.2025 | Health | Fewer than 1 in 1,000 US adolescents receive gender-affirming medications, researchers find | The researchers analyzed a large insurance claims database covering more than 5 million patients ages 8 to 17.
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| 06.01.2025 | Health | How drinking alcohol can affect your health | Thousands of U.S. deaths per year could be prevented if people followed the government’s dietary guidelines, Naimi said.
Those guidelines advise men to limit themselves to two drinks or fewer per day and women to one drink or fewer per day.... |
| 03.01.2025 | Sick season is in full force. What the latest CDC figures show | “Now we’re really starting to roll,” he added. ”Our hospitals are busy.”Where flu illnesses are the highest
One indicator of flu activity is the percentage of doctor’s office visits driven by flu-like symptoms. That level last week was abou... |
| 02.01.2025 | Health | 5 things we know and still don’t know about COVID, 5 years after it appeared | It’s a difficult scientific puzzle to crack in the best of circumstances. The effort has been made even more challenging by political sniping around the virus’ origins and by what international researchers say are moves by China to withhold... |
| 31.12.2024 | How to catch the Quadrantids, the first meteor shower of 2025 | What is a meteor shower?
As the Earth orbits the sun, several times a year it passes through debris left by passing comets — and sometimes asteroids. The source of the Quadrantids is debris from the asteroid 2003 EH1.
When these fast-moving... |
| 31.12.2024 | Health | Making any New Year’s resolutions? Here are some tips to help make them stick | “It’s quite daunting to say that you want to lose 50 pounds and thus, will never eat dessert again,” she said. “It might be more helpful to say, you’re only going to have dessert on the weekends and for special occasions.”
Behavioral health... |
| 30.12.2024 | Northern lights could be visible in upper fringes of the US this New Year’s Eve | To spy the spectacle, wait for clear skies to get dark and then go outside, ideally away from bright city lights. Taking a picture with a smartphone camera may also reveal hints of the aurora that aren’t visible to the naked eye.
The sun is... |
| 27.12.2024 | Bird flu virus likely mutated within a Louisiana patient, CDC says | The Louisiana patient was hospitalized in critical condition with severe respiratory symptoms from bird flu after coming in contact with sick and dead birds in a backyard flock. The person, who has not been identified, is older than 65 and ... |
| 27.12.2024 | NASA’s Parker Solar Probe survives close brush with the sun’s scorching surface | The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science and Educational Media Group. The AP is solely responsible for all content.
Originally Published: December 27, 2024 at 8:3... |
| 24.12.2024 | Health | For some FSA dollars, it’s use it or lose it at year’s end | Figuring out the right amount to set aside can be tricky because it involves forecasting how much care you might need. And you have to use the money by a certain point or you lose it.What are the deadlines?
They can vary by employer or plan... |
| 21.12.2024 | The Rise of AI: Emmet Shear's New Venture and the Future of Food Labels | In the world of technology, change is the only constant. Emmet Shear, the former CEO of Twitch, is riding this wave with his new startup, Stem AI. This venture aims to harness the power of artificial intelligence to understand human behavio... |
| 21.12.2024 | The Rising Tide of E-Cigarettes: A Call for Action | E-cigarettes are the new wolves in sheep's clothing. Marketed as safer alternatives to traditional cigarettes, they lure in users with promises of a smoke-free experience. But beneath the glossy surface lies a world of hidden dangers. The h... |
| 21.12.2024 | The Rising Tide of Bird Flu: A Crisis in the Egg Industry and Beyond | The bird flu is back, and it’s hitting hard. The egg industry, a staple of American breakfast tables, is facing a crisis. Post Holdings, a giant in consumer foods, recently reported that an outbreak at one of its subsidiaries has decimated ... |
| 20.12.2024 | Health | Flu season is underway, as cases surge in some areas and vaccinations lag | Louisiana is another early hot spot.
“Just this week is really that turning point where people are out because of the flu,” said Dr. Catherine O’Neal, an infectious diseases doctor at the largest private hospital in the state, Our Lady of t... |
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| 19.12.2024 | Health | California declared an emergency over bird flu. How serious is the situation? | Why did California declare a state of emergency?
Gov. Gavin Newsom said he declared the state of emergency to better position state staff and supplies to respond to the outbreak.Related Articles
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| 19.12.2024 | Science | The last meteor shower of the year peaks a few days before Christmas | Most meteor showers originate from the debris of comets and there’s no special equipment needed to view them. The Ursids come from the comet 8P/Tuttle.
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| 18.12.2024 | Bird flu: Louisiana patient is first severe case and California declares emergency | The Louisiana illness comes weeks after Canadian officials reported that a teen in British Columbia was hospitalized with a severe case of bird flu. In both instances, the illnesses were caused by a strain of the virus found in wild birds, ... |
| 11.12.2024 | Testing the Waters: The Urgent Need for Bird Flu Surveillance in Dairy Farms | The dairy industry is facing a silent threat. Bird flu, a virus typically associated with poultry, has found its way into the world of dairy. This is not just a problem for farmers; it’s a potential crisis for public health. The USDA has st... |
| 10.12.2024 | Health | Do weighted blankets help you sleep better? Here’s what to know | The blankets’ firm touch may calm the brain’s fight-or-flight response, said Dr. Neal Walia, a sleep medicine expert at UCLA Health.Weighted blankets on display in a Saatva mattress showroom in New York, Dec. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Mary Conlon)... |
| 07.12.2024 | The Intersection of Care and Identity: Transgender Minors and the Supreme Court | In the heart of America, a storm brews over the medical care of transgender minors. The Supreme Court stands as the final arbiter, a gavel poised to strike. This case isn’t just about laws; it’s about lives. It’s about the delicate balance ... |
| 06.12.2024 | USDA orders nationwide testing of milk for bird flu to halt the virus | Veterinarians, farmers, scientists and academics have been calling for nationwide milk testing for months, said Keith Poulsen, director of the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, who led the efforts.
“It’s another step in the right ... |
| 05.12.2024 | NASA’s stuck astronauts hit 6 months in space. Just 2 more to go | “Mindset does go a long way,” Wilmore said in response to a question from Nashville first-graders in October. He’s from Mount Juliet, Tennessee. “I don’t look at these situations in life as being downers.”
Boeing flew its Starliner capsule ... |
| 04.12.2024 | National Politics | Billionaire who performed the first private spacewalk is Trump’s pick to lead NASA | NASA is counting on SpaceX to get astronauts to the lunar surface via Starship, the mega rocket launching out of Texas on test flights.
The space agency already relies on SpaceX to fly astronauts to and from the International Space Station ... |
| 02.12.2024 | What medical care for transgender minors is at stake in Supreme Court case? | Such care begins with an evaluation, which can include a pediatrician and a mental health specialist who assess the degree of distress, if any, the young person is experiencing.
Those who meet defined criteria may be diagnosed with what’s c... |
| 27.11.2024 | Northern lights may be faintly visible across parts of the US this Thanksgiving | The sun is currently at the maximum phase of its 11-year cycle, making solar surges and northern lights more frequent. Earlier this week, the sun shot a pulse of high-energy plasma towards Earth.
The active period is expected to last for at... |
| 26.11.2024 | New rule allows HIV-positive organ transplants | At first, the studies were with deceased donors. Then in 2019, a team at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore performed the world’s first kidney transplant from a living donor with HIV to an HIV-positive recipient.
All told, 500 transplant... |
| 26.11.2024 | National Politics | CDC chief urges focus on health threats as agency confronts political changes | The last eight years have been perhaps the most difficult in the agency’s history. The CDC once enjoyed a sterling international reputation for its expertise on infectious diseases and other causes of illness and death. But trust in the age... |
| 25.11.2024 | The Unfolding Threat of Bird Flu: A Wake-Up Call for Public Health | The recent confirmation of H5N1 bird flu in a California child is a stark reminder of the lurking dangers in our environment. This case marks a significant moment in the ongoing battle against avian influenza, a virus that has been quietly ... |
| 22.11.2024 | Health | California case is the first confirmed bird flu infection in a US child | H5N1 bird flu has been spreading widely in the U.S. among wild birds, poultry and a number of other animals over the last few years.
It began spreading in U.S. dairy cattle in March. California has become the center of that outbreak, with 4... |
| 21.11.2024 | US towns plunge into debates about fluoride in water | Communities in Florida, Texas, Oregon, Utah, Wyoming and elsewhere have debated the idea in recent months — the total number is in the dozens, with several deciding to stop adding it to drinking water, according to Fluoride Action Network, ... |
| 15.11.2024 | The Stars and Struggles: A Tale of Two Worlds | In the vast expanse of the universe, two stories unfold. One is a celestial dance of meteors, a spectacle of nature. The other is a grim reality on Earth, where aid struggles to reach those in desperate need. Both narratives, though worlds ... |
| 15.11.2024 | News | What makes walking so great for your health and what else you need to do | What can walking do for you?
Walking can help meet the U.S. surgeon general’s recommendation that adults get at least 2 1/2 hours of moderate-intensity physical activity every week. This helps lower the risk of heart disease, high blood pre... |
| 14.11.2024 | The Leonid meteor shower peaks as the supermoon wanes | Here’s what to know about the Leonids and other meteor showers.What is a meteor shower?
Multiple meteor showers occur annually and you don’t need special equipment to see them.
Most meteor showers originate from the debris of comets. The so... |
| 06.11.2024 | Health | What ‘training to failure’ means and how to incorporate it into your workout | He also said “failure training” often comes at a cost, since people working to that standard might be so tired and sore that they skip their next gym session or two.
In extremely rare instances, overdoing it can be harmful, leading to a pot... |
| 05.11.2024 | The Healing Sound: Ultrasound's New Frontier in Medicine | In the realm of medical technology, ultrasound has long been a trusted companion. Traditionally, it served as a window into the body, revealing the hidden mysteries of organs and tissues. But now, a new chapter unfolds. Victor Frenkel, a se... |
| 04.11.2024 | От основ нейросетей до дизайнерских белков: ИИ в Нобелевских премиях 2024 года | В 2024 году сразу две Нобелевские премии получили группы ученых, которые разрабатывали ИИ-модели. Эти награды очень разные — но обе признают фундаментальный вклад, который ИИ приносит в науку. При этом они очень четко обозначают место нейро... |
| 31.10.2024 | Health | Winter depression is real and there are many ways to fight back | In 1984, a team led by Dr. Norman Rosenthal, then a researcher at the National Institutes of Health, first described SAD and coined the term. “I believe that because it is easy to remember, the acronym has stuck,” he said.What causes season... |
| 30.10.2024 | US health officials identify more E. coli cases linked to McDonald’s and inspect an onion grower in Washington | McDonald’s said last week that onions from the Colorado Springs facility were distributed to approximately 900 of its restaurants, including some in transportation hubs like airports. The restaurant chain announced that it would resume serv... |
| 28.10.2024 | Daylight saving time ends next weekend. This is how to prepare for the potential health effects | Most countries do not observe daylight saving time. For those that do — mostly in Europe and North America — the date that clocks are changed varies.
Two states — Arizona and Hawaii — don’t change and stay on standard time.
Here’s what to k... |
| 17.10.2024 | The Cosmic Dance: Supermoons and the Future of Space Stations | The night sky is a canvas. Each month, it paints a new masterpiece. October's supermoon is the latest brushstroke, a celestial event that draws eyes upward. This supermoon is special. It pairs with Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas, creating a rare s... |
| 16.10.2024 | October’s supermoon pairs with a comet for a special nighttime spectacle | Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas makes an appearance in the western night sky as amateur photographers Nolan Letellier, left, and Link Jackson observe on a ridge near the Dry Creek Trailhead in Boise, Idaho. Monday, Oct. 14, 2024 (AP Photo/Kyle Gree... |
| 16.10.2024 | Health | Expect employers to get more picky about who you see for care | A: They’re going to be focused on the quality of services provided to their workforce. You might hear of high-performance networks or centers of excellence. Those are efforts where employers are looking for the highest quality providers and... |
| 15.10.2024 | Missed out on the northern lights? Scientists expect more solar storms to produce auroras | Such storms can also temporarily disrupt power and communications. Ahead of a solar outburst, NOAA would alert operators of power plants and spacecraft in orbit.
In May, NOAA issued a rare severe geomagnetic storm warning. The storm that sl... |
| 09.10.2024 | Basecamp Research raises $60M Series B to fuel AI advancements in life sciences | Basecamp Research, an AI company dedicated to solving the most pressing challenges in the life sciences today announced it has completed a $60 million Series B financing led by Singular, bringing its funding to date to to $85 million.
Basec... |
| 09.10.2024 | Health | Don’t expect human life expectancy to grow much more, researcher says | What is life expectancy?
Life expectancy is an estimate of the average number of years a baby born in a given year might expect to live, assuming death rates at that time hold constant. It is one of the world’s most important health measure... |
| 09.10.2024 | City Therapeutics: $135 Million (Series A) Raised For RNAi-Based Medicine | City Therapeutics announced its launch with a vision to lead the future of RNA interference (RNAi)-based medicine. And City Therapeutics aims to utilize next-generation engineering of small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) – which is the “trigger”... |
| 19.09.2024 | Clarivate Reveals Citation Laureates 2024 | Annual recognition highlights researchers with extraordinary citation records and societal impact, poised for Nobel recognition
LONDON, Sept. 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Clarivate Plc (NYSE:CLVT), a leading global provider of transformative in... |
| 12.09.2024 | 2024 Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists Announced | A molecular biologist from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, a chemical engineer from US Berkeley, and an earth scientist from Cornell University are this year's Laureates.
NEW YORK, Sept. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- For the second time, the Blava... |
| 29.08.2024 | A baby in Gaza has a strain of polio linked to mistakes in eradication campaign, experts say | “It was a really horrible strategy,” said Columbia University virologist Vincent Racaniello, who was not involved with the report or the WHO. “The decision to switch vaccines was based on an incorrect assumption, and the result is now we ha... |
| 16.08.2024 | A New Dawn in Cancer Research: AI and Funding Unite for Hope | In the battle against cancer, innovation is the sword and funding is the shield. Two recent developments highlight this truth: a groundbreaking collaboration between Absci Corporation and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), and a ... |
| 15.08.2024 | The Lustgarten Foundation Announces Landmark Year of Fueling Cutting-Edge Pancreatic Cancer Research | The Lustgarten Foundation is the largest private funder of pancreatic cancer research in the world, fueling preeminent researchers and driving bold, innovative science toward better treatments.
The Lustgarten Foundation, the nation's larges... |
| 28.07.2024 | The Dance of Redemption: American 3×3 Basketball at the Olympics | The stage is set. Paris, the City of Light, buzzes with anticipation. The 2024 Summer Olympics are upon us, and the spotlight shines brightly on 3×3 basketball. This fast-paced, street-style game is a world away from traditional basketball.... |
| 27.07.2024 | Эффект плацебо и чувство боли. Как мозг перепрошивает себя | Ранее уже был опубликован материал на тему того, что плацебо работает. Но, одно дело когда мы говорим про силу лекарств и субъективное «я так чувствую». И совсем другое, когда человек испытывает боль. Может ли плацебо сработать на таких пов... |
| 30.04.2024 | Lung Cancer Research Foundation Welcomes New Scientific Advisory Board Members | Foundation Expands its Research Reviewing Body to Meet Strategic Research Investment Objective
NEW YORK, April 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Lung Cancer Research Foundation (LCRF) has expanded its Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) by five new ... |
| 08.04.2024 | Total solar eclipse races across North America | VIDEO BY ASSOCIATED PRESS
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The moon covers the sun during a total solar eclipse in Mazatlan, Mexico, today.
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People watch the solar eclipse from Halona Point in East Oahu today.
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| 25.03.2024 | Health | Mifepristone access is coming before the US Supreme Court. How safe is this abortion pill? | By LAURA UNGAR and MATTHEW PERRONE (Associated Press)
The U.S. Supreme Court will take up a case Tuesday that could impact how women get access to mifepristone, one of the two pills used in the most common type of abortion in the nation.
Th... |
| 25.10.2023 | After Gaza tweet, firing of life sciences journal editor sparks freedom of speech concerns | Pioneering life sciences journal eLife finds itself at the center of a white-hot furor after its governing board fired editor-in-chief Michael Eisen following his endorsement on social media of a satirical article expressing sympathy for Pa... |
| 07.08.2023 | Авиатор, изобретатель, делец: кем был Говард Хьюз, миллиардер и прообраз Тони Старка | Говард Хьюз — эксцентричный миллиардер, изобретатель, авиатор и кинопродюсер, которого президент США Ричард Никсон однажды назвал самым могущественным человеком своего времени. Хьюз занимался пивоварением и ракетостроением, казино и кинемат... |
| 16.05.2023 | Inaugural Freeman Hrabowski Scholars Poised To Make Great Advances In Science And Equity | The inaugural cohort of Freeman Hrabowski Scholars supported by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.Photo Credit: Howard Hughes Medical Institute |
| 14.01.2023 | Biology Researchers Identify Protein That Counteracts Key Rattlesnake Venom Toxins | A team of University of Maryland biologists investigated the genome of the western diamondback rattlesnake to develop better treatments for snake bites, which cause an estimated 120,000 deaths and 400,000 disabling injuries worldwide each y... |
| 11.11.2021 | I’m almost always the only Hmong American scientist in the room. Yet I was told I come from a group overrepresented in STEM | I grew up in a small, low-income community surrounded by diverse groups of people, including other Hmong like myself, and Lao and Cambodian refugees. My neighbors were my classmates, and I felt like I had community — a place of belonging — ... |
| 04.11.2021 | The Howard Hughes Corporation announces an Equity Buyback for $250 million worth of its shares. | The Howard Hughes Corporation (NYSE:HHC) announces a share repurchase program. Under the program, the company will repurchase up to $250 million of its shares. |
| 18.10.2021 | The Howard Hughes Corporation :® Closes $250 Million Financing for 1201 Lake Robbins Class AAA Office Tower in The Woodlands® | HOUSTON, Oct. 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Howard Hughes Corporation® (NYSE: HHC) announced today the $250 million financing for 1201 Lake Robbins, an approximately 806,000-square-foot Class AAA office tower in The Woodlands®, Texas that is... |
| 14.10.2021 | Howard Hughes Medical Institute : Announces New $2 Billion, 10-Year Investment to Increase Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Diversity in Science | CHEVY CHASE, Md., Oct. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) announced a long-term commitment to advancing racial, ethnic and gender diversity in science that's built on taking concrete steps toward incl... |
| 29.09.2021 | Tech Moves: Cloudentity names new CEO; Leafly appoints CFO; SeekOut adds Tableau vet; Tomo hires ex-Zillow economist | Jason Needham. (Cloudentity Photo)
— Seattle startup Cloudentity appointed CloudCoreo co-founder Jason Needham as its new CEO and a member of the board. Needham was most recently senior director of multi-cloud security at VMware, which acqu... |
| 24.09.2021 | Trevor Bedford, Cigall Kadoch among this year's incoming HHMI investigators | Trevor Bedford
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute — the nonprofit known for doling out generous investigator awards to biopharma’s rising stars — has selected its Class of 2021.
This year’s list of 33 investigators f... |
| 07.09.2021 | Agilent Technologies : Announces Thought Leader Award to David R. Liu at the Broad Institute | Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced Dr. David R. Liu has been selected to receive a prestigious Agilent Thought Leader Award. A prominent researcher in the field of genome editing, Dr. Liu is Professor and Director of the Me... |
| 01.03.2021 | ReturnSafe Licensed to One of Nation’s Largest Philanthropies for Use At Its Research Campus | “ReturnSafe’s mission is to ensure that businesses can keep their workers safe, now and into the future,” said Tarun Nimmagadda, Chief Executive Officer of ReturnSafe.
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ReturnSafe, the holistic software s... |
| 11.02.2021 | Covid-19 Could End Up Like The Flu—Or Worse | Colorized scanning electron micrograph of an apoptotic cell (blue) heavily infected with SARS-CoV-2 ... [+] virus particles (yellow), isolated from a patient sample. Image captured at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Det... |
| 02.02.2021 | The Howard Hughes Corporation® Announces Closing Of Its Offering Of $650,000,000 Senior Notes Due 2029 And $650,000,000 Senior Notes Due 2031 And Early Settlement Of Tender Offer And Consent Solicitat... | |
| 19.01.2021 | The Howard Hughes Corporation® Announces Pricing Of $650,000,000 Senior Notes Due 2029 And $650,000,000 Senior Notes Due 2031 | |
| 10.12.2020 | Aging Mice Have Memory And Cognitive Declines Reversed With An Experimental Drug | A small-molecule drug named ISRIB quickly and safely restores to old mice youthful levels of cognitive function. Alphabet Inc,’s Biotech Firm Calico holds the license to ISRIB. |
| 08.07.2020 | Gene-editing discovery could point the way toward a ‘holy grail’: cures for mitochondrial diseases | Biologist David Liu was in the middle of his morning commute to the Broad Institute two summers ago when he opened the email. We just discovered a new toxin made by bacteria, explained the note from a researcher Liu had never spoken to, and... |
| 04.01.2018 | David Beier Op-Ed: The NIH is in danger of losing its edge in creating biomedical innovations | Article in Stat News
In Ernest Hemingway’s “The Snows of Kilimanjaro,” the protagonist dies from an infection after scratching his leg on a thorn. That was in 1936, before the introduction of penicillin. It’s hard to imagine a world in whi... |
| 03.01.2018 | The NIH is in danger of losing its edge in creating biomedical innovations | In Ernest Hemingway’s “The Snows of Kilimanjaro,” the protagonist dies from an infection after scratching his leg on a thorn. That was in 1936, before the introduction of penicillin. It’s hard to imagine a world in which every cut had the p... |
| 30.06.2015 | Science funding should go to people, not projects | Prominent American biologist Ronald Germain, has recently published a remarkable suggestion about research funding in the top bioscience journal Cell.
He concludes that the historical US project grant funding systems are no longer working. ... |
| 26.11.2014 | Bill Gates Evidently Gets Open Access And Open Data: So What About Open Source? | One of most important ways of helping to promote open access is for major research organizations to make it a condition of their funding. Two of the pioneers in this respect were the Wellcome Foundation and the Howard Hughes Medical Institu... |
| 09.09.2014 | “Deep sequencing” finds hidden causes of brain disorders | New methods can find mutations that strike just 1 in 10 cells in a sample.
By Nancy Fliesler
It’s become clear that our DNA is far from identical from cell to cell and that disease-causing mutations can happen in some of our cells and not o... |
| 23.10.2013 | How do you stop an aggressive breast cancer? Keep it from recycling | A mammography machine.
By Tom Ulrich
When the drug Velcade® came on the market in 2003, it was seen as a godsend for patients with multiple myeloma, an intractable blood cancer that until then was uniformly fatal. Velcade was the first in a... |
| 03.07.2011 | A match made in heaven: The Children’s/MIT Research Enterprise | By Scott Pomeroy
Crossing the river has had benefits that go back
decades (Roger Wollstadt/Flickr, 1975)
It’s inspiring to see what happens when a hospital dedicated to providing the best treatments for children partners with a world-class ... |
| 29.11.2010 | MedGadget’s MedTech Monday: Radiation-blocking underwear keeps you hidden from TSA | Radiation-blocking underwear keeps you hidden from TSA: Those not convinced by the safety of backscattering X-ray machines being rolled out throughout our airports can seek peace of mind from Rocky Flats Gear, a company manufacturing underg... |
| 28.08.2008 | Ultrasound Stethoscopes, Stealthy Software, A New Enzyme Startup, and More from Alexandria Real Estate’s Summer Celebration | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Yesterday afternoon, Luke and I jumped in the Zipcar and headed over to the Lakeside Event Center on the north side of Lake Union in Seattle. It was time for an end-of-summer ... |
| 09.05.2007 | Massachusetts jumps on the stem-cell bandwagon | (UPDATE: Minor editing.)
Massachusetts may soon be the next state to offer direct support for stem-cell research and related biotechnology developments. Gov. Deval Patrick yesterday proposed a $1 billion, 10 year life-sciences initiative th... |
| - | Фонд Ельцина обзаведется особняком в Филях | Благотворительный фонд первого российского президента Бориса Ельцина надеется обзавестись солидной резиденцией в Филевском парке. По сведениям газеты "Ведомости", в парке на территории бывшего военного гаража построят особняк в ру... |
| - | First Needle-Free COVID-19 Vaccines Receive Approval in India, China | WEDNESDAY, Sept. 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- While researchers explore the possibilities of COVID-19 vaccines that do not require an injection, public health officials in India and China have already each approved new needle-free versions f... |
