Human ‘Molecular Map’ Contributes to the Understanding of Disease Mechanisms
On Sep. 10, 2024, researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine in Qatar announced they had created a free-to-access online…
Dyslexia and ADHD share genetic links, study shows
On Sept. 10, 2024, a study, led by the University of Edinburgh, was the first to explore the…
Gene therapy effective in hereditary blindness
On Sep. 10, 2024, researchers at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden announced a study that shows that gene…
Researchers bend DNA strands with light, revealing a new way to study the genome
On Sep. 9, 2024, a Princeton University team announced they had developed a way to probe chromosomes and…
Covid-19 pandemic changed scientific publishing
On Sep. 9, 2024, Santo Fortunato, a professor at Luddy School of Informatics, reported that an international research…
Agriculture | CDC | Influenza | Therapeutics | Vaccine
CDC Confirmed Human H5 Bird Flu Case in Missouri
On Sep. 6, 2024, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed a human case of avian…
University of Copenhagen researchers discovered longevity gene
On Sep. 4, 2024, researchers at the University of Copenhagen announced the discovery of a gene that has…
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WHO Data show marked increase in annual cholera deaths
On Sep. 4, 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) published global cholera statistics for 2023, that showed an…
False-positive mammogram results discourage some women from future screenings
On Sept. 3, 2024, a major study led by the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center (UC DAVIS) has…
Study Showed Over 10% of Medicare Beneficiaries Have Diagnoses Indicating Dementia
On Sept. 3, 2024, researchers at NORC at the University of Chicago and George Washington University’s Milken Institute…
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NCI’s Cancer Trends Progress Report announced 2023 Incidence and Mortality Data
On Sep. 3, 2024, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) announced that the latest Cancer Trends Progress Report included…
CIRM Awarded $67.5 Million to Address Neuropsychiatric Diseases
On Aug. 30, 2024, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) approved $67.5 million to support five projects…
Emergent BioSolutions’ ACAM2000® Received U.S. FDA Approval for Mpox Indication
On Aug. 29, 2024, Emergent BioSolutions announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved the supplemental Biologics…
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Global strategic preparedness and response plan launched by WHO to contain mpox outbreak
On Aug. 26, 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) launched a global Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan to…
first drug approved for early Alzheimer’s disease in the UK
On Aug. 22, 2024, the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) announced it had licensed the immunotherapy…
CPRIT awarded more than $60 million to boost fight against cancer
On Aug. 21, 2024, the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) announced that it had approved…
Multi-year, 1143-patient genetic study identified unique types of multiple myeloma
On Aug. 19, 2024, an international team of scientists led by researchers from the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) announced…
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CDC reported COVID-19 at highest level in two years
On Aug. 16, 2024, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that COVID-19 infections are…
ECDC recommended enhancing preparedness as more imported cases of clade I mpox highly likely
ON Aug. 16, 2024, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) reported that it is highly…
Western university announced newly discovered protein stops dNA damage
On Aug. 15, 2024, researcher from from Western University announced they had discovered a protein that has the…
international team of scientists announced mapping complete genetic makeup of Lyme disease-causing bacteria
On Aug. 14, 2024, an international team of scientists announced they had sequenced the complete genomes of the…
International Study Detected Consciousness in Unresponsive Patients
On Aug. 14, 2024, a study co-led by Mass General Brigham found that one in four patients with…
City birds found to be carriers of antimicrobial resistant bacteria
on Aug. 14, 2024, research led by scientists at the Ineos Oxford Institute for antimicrobial research at Oxford…
Lilly opened state-of-the-art research and development center in the Boston Seaport
On Aug. 13, 2024, Eli Lilly announced the opening of the Lilly Seaport Innovation Center (LSC), a research…
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Biden announced $150 million in research grants as part of his ‘moonshot’ push to fight cancer
On Aug. 13, 2024, President Joe Biden announced $150 million in awards from the Advanced Research Projects Agency…
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HHMI Invested $500 Million in AI-Driven Life Sciences Research
On Aug. 12, 2024, The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) announced AI@HHMI, a $500 million investment over the…
Largest Protein Yet Discovered Builds Algal Toxins
On Aug. 8, 2024, scientists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography announced they had discovered the…
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Amneal Received U.S. FDA Approval for IPX203 for Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease
On Aug. 7, 2024, Amneal Pharmaceuticals announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved CREXONT…
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FDA Approved ‘First Gene Therapy’ to Treat Adults with Metastatic Synovial Sarcoma
On Aug. 2, 2024, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Adaptimmune’s Tecelra (afamitresgene autoleucel), a gene therapy…
the Lancet standing Commission Report: Dementia prevention, intervention, and care released
On Jul. 31, 2024, the Lancet Standing Commission released its 2024 Dementia prevention, intervention, and care report that…