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The US Is Loading Up on Bird Flu Vaccine
Amid a US outbreak of avian influenza in poultry flocks and dairy cattle, the federal government on Friday announced $72…
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23andMe Is Sinking Fast. Can the Company Survive?
23andMe is in trouble. Once a hot Silicon Valley startup, the genetic testing company has been in free fall since…
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An Ultrathin Graphene Brain Implant Was Just Tested in a Person
In 2004, Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov at the University of Manchester in England achieved a breakthrough when they isolated…
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I Tried These Brain-Tracking Headphones That Claim to Improve Focus
Activity trackers have come a long way. No longer mere step-counters, they can monitor your heart rate, blood oxygen level,…
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This Brain Implant Lets People Control Amazon Alexa With Their Minds
Mark, a 64-year-old with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, uses Amazon Alexa all the time using his voice. But now,…
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The Bird Flu Outbreak Takes a Mysterious Turn
This year in the United States, 14 people have tested positive for avian influenza, or bird flu. Nine of those…
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Culture Shock
Crispr-Enhanced Viruses Are Being Deployed Against UTIs
The global rise in antibiotic resistance is making bacterial infections harder to treat and increasing the risk of disease spread,…
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FDA Approves New Covid Vaccines Amid Summer Surge
Amid a summer surge of Covid-19 infections, the US Food and Drug Administration just approved updated mRNA vaccines that more…
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Heal Thyself
The Next Frontier for mRNA Could Be Healing Damaged Organs
On a recent Thursday afternoon, researchers Lanuza Faccioli and Zhiping Hu wheeled an inconspicuous black and white plastic cooler from…
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The Uncertain Path Forward for Psychedelic Medicine
But psychedelic compounds are tricky to test in this way because their psychedelic effects are so recognizable to those who…
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