CIRM awards $4.7 million for vision loss gene therapy
On May 29, 2025, The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), one of the world’s largest institutions dedicated…
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Zika virus uses cells self-care system to turn against host
On May, 27, 2025, an Ohio State University (OSU) study has revealed the biological secret to the Zika…
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3D-printed device advances human tissue modeling
On May 22, 2025, an interdisciplinary group of researchers at UW Medicine and the University of Washington announced…
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From Chaos to Clarity: New Tool Finds Connections in Complex Cell Data
On May 22, 2025, Gladstone scientists unveiled a powerful computation tool that integrates different forms of biological data…
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Genomic data shows widespread mpox transmission in West Africa prior to 2022 global outbreak
On May 19, 2025, Scripps scientists, in collaboration with researchers in Nigeria and Cameroon, announced genomic data has…
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New study aims to uncover the genetics of anorexia and other eating disorders
On May 19, 2025, researchers at the Broad Institute Ben Neale and Mark Daly are co-leading the study,…
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Genetic Factors May Influence Liver Fat Even in Healthy Weight People
On May 15, 2025, researchers at the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), part of City of Hope, announced…
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What’s a healthy amount of sleep? It differs from one country to another
On May 8, 2025, University of British Columbia (UBC) research has found that your optimal amount of sleep…
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Mayo Clinic researchers develop AI tool to detect surgical site infections from patient-submitted photos
On May 7, 2025, a team of Mayo Clinic researchers has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) system that…
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UT Southwestern and Children’s Health receive record-setting gift from Moody Foundation
On May 6, 2025, UT Southwestern Medical Center and Children’s Health℠ announced a historic nine-figure grant from the Moody Foundation…
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Origins of common lung cancer that affects smokers discovered
On May 2, 2025, researchers at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, UCL, and the University of Cambridge announced they…
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NIH to end billions of dollars in foreign research grants
On May 1, 2025, the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), the world’s largest funder of biomedical research,…
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NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones
On May 1, 2025, the staff members at the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) were told to “stop…
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Landmark experiment sheds new light on the origins of consciousness
On Apr. 30, 2025, an experiment seven years in the making has uncovered new insights into the nature…
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Cartoon Illustrating “The NIH and U.S. Healthcare in Crisis” Published
On Apr. 21, 2025, LifeScienceHistory.com published the cartoon: “The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and U.S. Healthcare in…
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Africa’s Plan to Fill Health Funding Gaps Amidst Declining Coffers
On Apr. 11, 2025, Africa’s top public health institution announced it is planning to tap more funds from…
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New CDKL genes linked to neurodevelopmental disorders
On Apr. 3, 2025, a team led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and the Jan and…
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Brain-to-voice neuroprosthesis restores naturalistic speech
On Mar. 31, 2025, a team of researchers from UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco announced they have…
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CIRM Approves New and Updated Funding Programs, Awards $26.5 Million for Clinical Research and Development
On Mar. 27, 2025, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), one of the world’s largest institutions dedicated…
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UK Report highlights Two Dozen pathogens of greatest risk to public health
On Mar. 25. 2025, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) published its view on the pathogen families that…
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FDA approves ENCELTO, a first-of-its-kind eye implant that slows vision loss in rare eye disease
On Mar. 6, 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the approval of ENCELTO (revakinagenetaroretcel-lwey), a…
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CPRIT awards $68 million in research grants to Texas institutions
On Feb. 19, 2025, the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) announced that it had approved…
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CIRM Awards Nearly $100 Million to Boost Discovery, Translational, and Clinical Disease Research
On Jan. 30, 2025, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) announced it has awarded nearly $100 million…
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NASA’s Asteroid Bennu Sample Reveals Mix of Life’s Ingredients
On Jan. 29, 2025, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) reported that studies of rock and dust…
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Defending Science and Reason
Defending Science and Reason requires continually suffering the slings and arrows from the army of doubters who embrace…
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HIV vaccines can lead to Chain Reaction of antibodies against antibodies
On Jan. 17, 2025, scientists from Scripps Research Institute reported finding that some HIV vaccination can lead to…
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Tufts Research suggests Connection Between Concussions, Viruses, and Alzheimer’s
On Jan. 7, 2025, researchers at Tufts University and Oxford University announced they have uncovered mechanisms connecting trauma…
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Scripps Research uses Virtual chemistry to speed up drug discovery
On Jan. 3, 2025, scientists from Scripps Research reported that by using computer modeling to predict chemical reactions,…
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BioNTech enters settlement with U.S. agency, UPenn over COVID vaccine royalties
On Dec. 27, 2024, BioNTech announced it had entered into two separate settlement agreements with the U.S. National…
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Genetic discovery links new gene to autism spectrum disorder
On Dec. 19, 2024, researchers from The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Canada and the Istituto Giannina…
