life sciences
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What to Know About Aducanumab, Experimental Alzheimer’s Drug
A sign for biotechnology company, Biogen, Inc. is seen on a building in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on March 18, 2017Photo: Dominick…
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L.A. Records No New Covid Deaths for First Time in Over a Year as Life Gets More Normal
Jennifer Lopez performs onstage during Global Citizen’s ‘VAX LIVE: The Concert to Reunite the World’ in Los Angeles County on…
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Chimeric Human-Monkey Embryos Kept Alive for a Record 19 Days
A chimeric human-monkey blastocyst. Building on previous experiments, an international team of scientists has created chimeric human-monkey embryos, which were…
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Stanford Scientists Post mRNA Sequence for Moderna Vaccine on Github
A doctor preparing a dose of Moderna vaccine in Ostrava, Czech Republic, in January 2021.Photo: Radek Mica/AFP (Getty Images) A…
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Mouse Embryos Grow Successfully in Beakers, a Step Toward an Artificial Womb
Quivering with life, the developing mice moved ever-so-slightly in their vials. Just a few days since they were fertilized, the…
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Republicans’ Rich White Friends Will Outlive Us All
Photo: Joe Raedle (Getty Images) Barring a series of increasingly tragic disasters, we’ll probably be hearing about pandemic-related political favors…
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Promising Gene Therapy Trials Suspended Over Potential Cancer Risk
Photo: Taimy Alvarez (AP) On Tuesday, Biotech company Bluebird suspended its trials of gene therapy as a treatment for blood-related disorders…
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Highest-Resolution Images of DNA Reveal It’s Surprisingly Jiggly
Gif: A. L. B. Payne et al., 2021/Nature Communications Scientists have captured the highest-resolution images ever taken of DNA, revealing…
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Check Out the Glass Version of a Covid-19 Vaccine
Artist Luke Jerram with his glass sculpture of the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, left, alongside his earlier work of the virus…
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