Morning Rounds: Teen pregnancies down, but remain higher in the U.S.
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Is it time to worry about Moderna?
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Morning Rounds: For kids with high BMI, task force not ready to recommend weight loss drugs
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A plot to solve the ‘whack-a-mole’ of drug discovery
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STAT+: Bone marrow transplant advance could widen use of this less buzzy cure for sickle cell disease
SAN DIEGO — The sickle cell community has for the past few days been buzzing…
STAT+: Late-stage trial supports broader use of Darzalex, blockbuster J&J multiple myeloma drug
SAN DIEGO — Johnson & Johnson’s multiple myeloma therapy, Darzalex, is already a blockbuster. Now…
Morning Rounds: Can you take GLP-1 drugs during pregnancy?
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Tome Biosciences goes public today in another biotech megaround
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STAT+: NEJM aims to hold AI to account with new publication
One of the most prestigious names in medical publishing is going all in on artificial…
Morning Rounds: Preterm birth rates vary across the U.S., with the highest in the Southeast
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The biotech news you missed from the weekend
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STAT+: CAR-T, recently used in a lupus patient, helps other autoimmune patients, too, in small study
SAN DIEGO — When the first lupus patient received CAR-T therapy, researchers watched in amazement as…
STAT+: Was CAR-T therapy a bystander or driver of lymphoma? Researchers examine first published case
SAN DIEGO — Researchers on Saturday presented an unusual case of a T cell lymphoma…
Morning Rounds: 3D-printed organs, antimicrobial resistance in Ukraine, and other major health stories of the day
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CRISPR is about to make history. Here’s the 5-minute rundown of what to expect
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STAT+: New proposals for scientific misconduct investigations worry some research universities
Research universities are voicing concerns over some proposed changes to the process for reviewing scientific…
In pigs, researchers show ultrasound could be used for 3D printing inside the body
Imagine getting surgery without ever being cut open. Researchers at Duke University and Harvard Medical…
STAT Health News: Abortion ‘companion networks,’ NEJM’s racist past, and other stories you need to read
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Eli Lilly’s latest $1.4 billion deal might come unglued
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STAT+: Using Pap smears for earlier ovarian cancer detection shows promise in small new study
Ovarian cancer owes its often-dismal prognosis to the late stage at which it’s typically discovered….
STAT+: Using AI, scientists create blood test that measures organ aging and predicts disease risk
In today’s mostly plague- and famine-free world, if you can avoid more modern scourges like…
Morning Rounds: Couples share high blood pressure, and other health stories you should read today
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Why Cerevel Therapeutics has risen 50% in three days without changing anything
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STAT Morning Rounds: The health news you need to read today
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Carmot’s chance of beating the odds in the biotech market just ended
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Is the flu shot market a slam dunk for mRNA vaccines? Experts aren’t so sure
Here are two things that are true. The world needs more effective flu vaccines. And…
STAT Morning Rounds: Six health news stories you need to start your day
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STAT+: How sickle cell became the first disease treated by CRISPR
Nearly a decade ago, consultants delivered to Rodger Novak a kind of Sears catalog of…
Johnson & Johnson bets heavy on AI-driven drug discovery
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Life-extending epilepsy surgery performed less often in Black children, study finds
Children with drug-resistant epilepsy who are Black or insured through Medicaid may be less likely…
With latest tranche, U.K. Biobank has genome sequences from 500,000 people available for research
LONDON — Data from half a million people’s whole genome sequences are now available to…
Flagship Pioneering crosses the pond, opens a European front
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Today’s biotech news roundup, in under 800 words
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A new algorithm unveils CRISPR ‘treasure trove’
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What’s behind the urge to scratch that itch? Harvard researchers have a theory
That itchy feeling isn’t just in your head, in some cases it might actually be…
Medtronic isn’t afraid of Wegovy’s potential to disrupt
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Bayer’s new CEO was dealt a duo of ‘clearing events.’ Tough choices lie ahead
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Invisible in the data: Broad ‘Asian American’ category obscures health disparities
They have roots in 50 countries that cover more than half of the globe’s surface….
Merck cough drug doesn’t pass panel scrutiny
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STAT+: CRISPR’s pioneers reflect on the first gene-editing treatment
The revolution started in silence. Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier, now Nobelists, published their first…
STAT+: Biden appoints Vanderbilt oncologist to head National Cancer Institute
WASHINGTON — President Biden on Friday said he plans to appoint cancer researcher and doctor…
STAT+: Even as Wegovy rides high, interest surges in weight loss drugs that preserve muscle
Have you ever seen a mouse with a set of muscles more appropriate for a…
How do we know Alzheimer’s drugs ‘work’?
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STAT+: House moves to limit so-called gain-of-function research
WASHINGTON — House lawmakers late Tuesday voted to attach a U.S. ban on controversial infectious…
Type 2 diabetes prevention programs can work at large scale, study finds
LONDON — Clinical trials have shown that lifestyle programs — which include diet, exercise, and…
The apparently strong correlation between biotech stocks and the price of eggs, explained
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STAT+: New NIH head says government has fallen behind pharma on clinical trials
WASHINGTON — The new National Institutes of Health director, Monica Bertagnolli, said it’s a “failure”…
Novo Nordisk has its sights on becoming a major player in heart disease
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STAT+: Former MIT biologist, who lost positions after engaging in a prohibited sexual relationship, accepts new science position in Prague
Former MIT and Whitehead Institute star biologist David Sabatini, who lost his positions after he…