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A comprehensive review found that mRNA vaccines — a popular target of viral vaccine conspiracy theories and medical misinformation in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic — are a resoundingly safe and effective feat of modern medicine.
Wowzer: Blending together dozens of ingredients, researchers have synthesized simple cells that feed, grow, reproduce and compete with one another for food.
If these cells are not yet fully alive, they have most of the hallmarks of life.
I’m so excited to share this update on @Conception –
We’ve generated the first early human eggs derived from stem cells.
This is a big deal -- the potential to redefine fertility is real.
How can a single psilocybin session produce benefits that last a lifetime? Mycologist @PaulStamets makes the case @NextMedHealth:
Unlike most therapeutics that require daily, lifelong dosing, one guided experience can create durable change. "What medicine does that?"
Reposting this. PLEASE HELP
My country was hit by the strongest earthquake in over a century. Two quakes, M7.2 then M7.5. La Guaira — our coast — is a disaster zone. Thousands + dead and climbing.
Most of my family is there. This is the coastline in the video!
Two ways to
Beginning Wednesday, Medicare will cover GLP-1 drugs for weight loss for the first time, with patients responsible for a $50-a-month co-payment that makes it far cheaper than cash prices without insurance.
Federal health officials announced a pilot program Monday to speed up early-stage clinical trials, which they say will reduce development timelines by six to 12 months, in hopes of encouraging U.S.-based trials and combating Chinese dominance in the field.
A Columbia ER doc wrote in @nytimes that she typed her own lab results into ChatGPT and got better care than her own doctor gave her — availability, patience, and truly customized diet and exercise steps (not just a generic handout).
Her doctor's response to the labs was "book
A team of more than 80 researchers working across four continents have identified a set of proteins in the blood that accurately predict lung cancers more than 5 years before diagnosis.
also early evidence that an existing anti-inflammatory drug could significantly reduce lung
Big progress vs cancer, folks.
The kind of event curves from randomized trials that we've not seen before for a couple of the most deadly cancers. Congrats to the oncology research community for getting these trial done. #ASCO26, @ASCO