Medical Research

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Tech

A Harvard University researcher was just charged with smuggling frog embryos into the country. Her colleagues say she’s doing critical work on cancer cures

By Kathy McCormack and The Associated Press
May 28, 2025
Harvard says it will put $250 million into funding ‘critical research’ as Trump administration grants slash reaches $2.6 billion
Politics

Harvard says it will put $250 million into funding ‘critical research’ as Trump administration grants slash reaches $2.6 billion

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May 15, 2025
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Success

Medical researchers baffled by Trump administration’s stop work order for clinical trial system: ‘A giant step backwards’

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May 5, 2025
European Union launches $566 million drive to attract researchers scared off by Trump moves on science and universities
Politics

European Union launches $566 million drive to attract researchers scared off by Trump moves on science and universities

By Catherine Gaschka, Lorne Cook and The Associated Press
May 5, 2025
Nate Brough, with a mohawk and sunglasses, speaks outside with a blue sky behind him.
Politics

Fired NIH workers fear bleak job prospects in the private sector because their research is too specific to be retrofitted: ‘No VC is going to fund that’

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March 11, 2025
A man in a beanbag chair sits with his hands clasped over his mouth, with his laptop on his lap.
Tech

ChatGPT gets ‘anxiety’ from violent user inputs, so researchers are teaching the chatbot mindfulness techniques to ‘soothe’ it

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March 9, 2025
A young woman undergoes a brain scan.
Aging Well

Meet the 24-year-old helping Lilly test a preventive Alzheimer’s drug

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February 6, 2025
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Mind

The truth about cannabis: Researchers from largest study on its effects on the brain have a warning for young adults

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January 28, 2025
From left to right, portraits of former presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama; President Joe Biden; and President-elect Donald Trump.
Aging Well

Chronic, work-related stress can accelerate your biological age—especially if your job is U.S. president

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January 18, 2025
As part of its quest to “discover the science of humanity,” the Truveta Genome Project will gather the de-identified genetic data of tens of millions of consented volunteers, health data startup Truveta announced Jan. 13, 2025.
Health

Pharma giant Regeneron is spending $119.5M on the world’s largest, most diverse genetic database using DNA from patient volunteers

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January 16, 2025
Lynparza (olaparib), a product of Fortune 500 pharmaceutical firm Merck and Fortune 500 Europe company AstraZeneca, showed meaningful improvements in overall survival in people with germline BRCA-mutated (gBRCAm), HER2-negative high-risk early breast cancer, 2024 clinical trial data suggest.
Health

Merck-AstraZeneca breast cancer drug reduces risk of death by 28% in patients diagnosed early, clinical trial shows

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December 20, 2024
Drinking enough water daily can help you lose weight and prevent kidney stones, according to a systematic review led by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, and published in the journal JAMA Network Open on Nov. 25, 2024.
Health

The incredible health benefits of drinking enough water: New study highlights role in weight loss, migraines, and more

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December 7, 2024
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Conferences

The dream of mentally responding to text messages and emails without a device faces one very practical hurdle — ‘People like their skulls,’ a neurologist says

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November 14, 2024
Compared to other exercise patterns studied, peak physical activity in both the morning and evening was associated with an 11% lower risk of colorectal cancer, according to research published in September 2024 in the journal BMC Medicine.
Health

Working out at these times of day could reduce your risk of colorectal cancer by 11%, new study says

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November 11, 2024
More than half the medical research monkeys who escaped breeding facility have been caught because they stayed around to interact with friends inside
Health

More than half the medical research monkeys who escaped breeding facility have been caught because they stayed around to interact with friends inside

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November 11, 2024

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