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Inspired by llamas’ unique antibodies, scientists create a potent anti-coronavirus molecule
Inspired by a unique kind of infection-fighting antibody found in llamas, alpacas, and other camelids,…
Opinion: With Covid-19 halting clinical trials, wearables could be key — but data ‘wild west’ gets in the way
The biotech and pharma industries are at a pivotal moment, facing a pandemic that’s caused…
STAT Plus: With Livongo’s arsenal of health devices, Teladoc is poised to move into remote monitoring
As part of its landmark $18.5 billion deal to buy Livongo, telehealth giant Teladoc Health…
STAT Plus: AAMC, the medical school trade association, gave $500,000 to dark-money group in 2018
WASHINGTON — The dark-money group Citizens for Truth in Drug Pricing, which has run several…
Antibody drugs could be one of the best weapons against Covid-19. But will they matter?
From the moment Covid-19 emerged as a threat, one approach to making drugs to treat…
PIH Health Good Samaritan Hospital Offers an Alternative to Long-Term Warfarin Medication for Atrial Fibrillation with Next-Generation Watchman FLX™ Implant – PRNewswire
PIH Health Good Samaritan Hospital Offers an Alternative to Long-Term Warfarin Medication for Atrial Fibrillation…
How boundaries become bridges in evolution
The mechanisms that make organisms locally fit and those responsible for change are distinct and…
Electronic components join forces to take up 10 times less space on computer chips
Electronic filters are essential to the inner workings of our phones and other wireless devices….
Embrace Contact Tracing to Slow COVID Spread
Do you live in Virginia? If so, yours was the first state to use the…
Schooling is critical for cognitive health throughout life
New research suggests that education provides little to no protection against the onset of cognitive…
Non-fasting blood test can help screen youth for prediabetes and diabetes
A simple blood test that does not require overnight fasting has been found to be…
New study confirms the power of Deinosuchus and its ‘teeth the size of bananas’
A new study, revisiting fossil specimens from the enormous crocodylian, Deinosuchus, has confirmed that the…
Explosive nuclear astrophysics
An international team has made a key discovery related to ‘presolar grains’ found in some…
HPV strains may impact cervical cancer prognosis
An analysis of cervical cancers in Ugandan women has uncovered significant genomic differences between tumors…
Biology blurs line between sexes, behaviors
Biological sex is typically understood in binary terms: male and female. However, there are many…
Quality of care at rural hospitals may not differ as much as reported
A research team found that differences in diagnosis coding practices has resulted in artificially inflated…
Landmarks facing climate threats could ‘transform’
Researchers asked whether heritage sites threatened by climate change should be allowed to adapt and…
Breaking molecular traffic jams with finned nanoporous materials
Researchers are reporting the invention of a new class of porous catalysts that will speed…
Detailed molecular workings of a key system in learning and memory formation
Biochemists report how they used advanced sequencing technology to clear up uncertainty and determine all…
Individual differences in the brain
If selection reinforces a behavior, brain activities soon change as well. Read Original Article: Individual…
Globally, only half of women get treatment for preventable killer of newborns
Only half of pregnant women worldwide who need a 50-year-old treatment that prevents an often-fatal…
Previously undescribed lineage of Archaea illuminates microbial evolution
Scientists describe a previously unknown phylum of aquatic Archaea that are likely dependent on partner…
Aquatic robots can remove contaminant particles from water
Scientists have developed a 1cm by 1cm wireless artificial aquatic polyp, which can remove contaminants…
Learning capabilities of drone swarms
Researchers developed a reinforcement learning approach that will allow swarms of unmanned aerial and ground…
Biodiversity may limit invasions: Lessons from lizards on Panama Canal islands
Introduced species can become invasive, damaging ecosystems and disrupting economies through explosive population growth. One…
Nanocatalysts that remotely control chemical reactions inside living cells
The enzymes responsible for catalytic reactions in our body’s biological reactions are difficult to use…
Math shows how brain stays stable amid internal noise and a widely varying world
A new theoretical framework shows that many properties of neural connections help biological circuits produce…
New tools in the fight against lethal citrus disease
Scientists are closer to gaining the upper hand on Huanglongbing, a disease that has wiped…
Restaurant customers frown on automatic gratuities, particularly after good service
Automatic gratuities leave restaurant patrons with a bad taste, even when the meal and the…
How maths modelling helps efforts to eradicate banana bunchy top virus
Modelling the predicted movements of pervasive sap-sucking tiny insects before they infest banana crops has…
Grasshopper jumping on Bloch sphere finds new quantum insights
New research has (pardon the pun) put a new spin on a mathematical analogy involving…
Land-use change disrupts wild plant pollination on a global scale
Human changes to the environment have been linked to widespread pollinator declines. New research shows…
Genomic sequencing to screen apparently healthy newborns raises more false alarms than routine blood tests, study finds
With advanced technology, clinicians can now sequence the genomes of newborn babies, seeking to turn…
COVID Recovery: When Ascending the Steps Seems Like Climbing Mt Everest
The date on the calendar read April 10th, Good Friday. For me, it was Great…
From nanocellulose to gold
When nanocellulose is combined with various types of metal nanoparticles, materials are formed with many…
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Key to harmonious pet relationships: Pheromones
We are all familiar with the old adage ‘fighting like cats and dogs’, but a…
STAT Plus: Seizing on India’s lax standards for Covid-19 drugs, critics push for an overhaul on transparency
As Indian regulators endorse controversial treatments for Covid-19, a group of high-profile physicians and activists…
STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: One in three Americans would refuse a Covid-19 vaccine; pharma donates big-time to Congress
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to another working week. We hope the weekend respite was…
STAT Plus: Seres announces positive late-stage results for its microbe-based drug
Four years after a devastating clinical trial failure, Seres Therapeutics seems to have found success….
Opinion: Collective intelligence and collaboration around 3D printing: rising to the challenge of Covid-19
As Covid-19 raced across the globe, health care systems faced shortages in personal protective equipment….
STAT Plus: FDA’s reopening plan will keep biologics labs shuttered far longer than other government labs
WASHINGTON — The FDA is keeping its biologics labs shuttered far longer than other government…
Winter is coming: Why America’s window of opportunity to beat back Covid-19 is closing
The good news: The United States has a window of opportunity to beat back Covid-19…
Pharma is showering Congress with cash, even as drug makers race to fight the coronavirus
WASHINGTON — The world’s biggest drug makers and their trade groups have cut checks to…
Chemist’s new process fast-tracks drug treatments for viral infections and cancer
Discovering antiviral and anticancer drugs will soon be faster and cheaper thanks to new research….
Deep-sea misconceptions cause underestimation of seabed-mining impacts
A new publication on the impacts of deep-seabed mining by 13 prominent deep-sea biologists seeks…
Curious clues in war between bacteria in cystic fibrosis patients
Several different kinds of bacteria can cause lung infections in people with cystic fibrosis. Pseudomonas…
Predicting drought in the American West just got more difficult
A new study of more than 1,000 years of North American droughts and global conditions…
Decline in plant breeding programs could impact food security
A team of scientists led by a horticulture professor who leads a pome fruit (apples…
Advance in programmable synthetic materials
DNA information is stored in a sequence of chemical building blocks; computers store information as…