The work of a research team that claimed to have produced the world’s first gene-edited babies is illegal and has
Category: Health
A new way to see stress — using supercomputers
It’s easy to take a lot for granted. Scientists do this when they study stress, the force per unit area
Towards a treatment for gluten intolerance
Celiac disease is a severe autoimmune disorder of the intestine. It occurs when people develop sensitivity to gluten, a substance
Cost Matters to Those Sizing Up Weight-Loss Surgery
Cost and how much they can lose matter more to folks considering weight-loss surgery than recovery time or the risk
The physics of extracting gas from shale formations
Extracting gas from new sources is vital in order to supplement dwindling conventional supplies. Shale reservoirs host gas trapped in
Middle School Football Players Show Changes in Key Brain Area
There’s more evidence that football may be changing the brains of adolescent players, and not in a good way. In
Meth, Opioid Use in Pregnancy on the Rise
Methamphetamine and opioid use has soared among pregnant American women, putting the health of baby and mother at risk, a
Global trial shows CAR T therapy can lead to durable remissions in non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
In an update to a global clinical trial stretching from Philadelphia to four continents, the chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T
CAR-T cell update: Therapy improves outcomes for patients with B-cell lymphoma
In their phase-2 study of tisagenlecleucel (marketed as KYMRIAH®), to be published on-line Dec. 1, 2018 in the New England
Firdapse Approved for Rare Autoimmune Disorder
Firdapse (amifampridine) tablets have been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for adults with Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS).
