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A group of Mark Zuckerberg-funded researchers is testing implantable brain devices as part of a $5 billion quest to end disease

A less publicized component of the $5 billion program includes work on brain-machine interfaces, de…

Erin Brodwin   


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An Israeli startup with ties to America's most popular hummus brand says it made the world's first lab-grown steak - a holy grail for the industry

Shulamit Levenberg, the dean of the Technion Israel Institute of Technology's biomedical engineerin…

Erin Brodwin   


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This 13-year-old scientist invented a safer way to treat pancreatic cancer, and he hasn't even started high school yet

This right here is a real patient's CT scan, and as you can see throughout its transforming, it's v…

David Anderson,Jessica Orwig   


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Michael Bloomberg just made a huge investment in the kind of treatments credited with making Jimmy Carter cancer-free

Immunotherapy seeks to redirect patients' individual immune systems to target and destroy cancer ce…

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The company behind America's favorite hummus has funded an under-the-radar effort to make lab-grown steak

If true, that would be a big deal for the clean meat business. While many companies in the space ha…

Erin Brodwin   


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We have all benefitted from human fetal tissue research, including President Trump. Here's how.

The Trump administration has ended new human fetal tissue research. It could be used to hunt for go…

Hilary Brueck   


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Why you should never eat light ice cream

In the 1990s, a spate of scientific studies began to paint fat as the enemy when it came to weight …

Erin Brodwin   


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The University of Texas system is teaming up with Salesforce to make college courses more like Netflix

Personalization could also apply to administrative features such as course registration. The system…

Carl Straumsheim   


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Researchers are calling Trump 'the first anti-science president'

Trump hasn't exactly been a conventional candidate since his campaign began, so it's hard to predic…

Lindsay Dodgson   


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A male birth control pill that dramatically lowers testosterone levels is moving forward into a 3-month trial

The men's pill also needs to clear another major hurdle: a pharmaceutical company has to pay to mak…

Hilary Brueck   


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BioNTech scientist Katalin Karikó risked her career to develop mRNA vaccines. Americans will start getting her coronavirus shot on Monday.

For more than a decade, Katalin Karikó struggled to convince colleagues that mRNA vaccine technolog…

Aria Bendix   


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We got a dozen top biotech executives to spill about their biggest obsessions in healthcare

Paul Biondi, the head of business development at Bristol-Myers Squibb, has been pondering ways to g…

Lydia Ramsey   


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Hedge fund managers unload on Malcolm Gladwell after he trashes John Paulson

"I think that guy, Malcolm Gladwell, actually has an argument from a social standpoint," acknowledg…

Julia La Roche   


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Read the essay that got a high-school senior into 7 Ivy League schools

"The soft thumping of my dad's heart provided a small degree of solace as I cried with my head on h…

Abby Jackson   


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The 10 Best Cities For New College Grads

With more than 600 companies and two internationally renowned universities based here, Cambridge is…

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Michael Bloomberg Becomes The First Person To Donate $1 Billion To A Single School

MICHAEL R. BLOOMBERG COMMITS $350 MILLION TO JOHNS HOPKINS FOR TRANSFORMATIONAL ACADEMIC INITIAT…

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A man who's been paralyzed since 2010 told us what it was like to take steps again thanks to a revolutionary device

Pollock trained for five days in the suit with the aid of electrical stimulation, and was able to t…

Tanya Lewis   


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Anyone could theoretically set up a lab able to genetically modify human embryos for less than $2,000

The Sun Yat-sen University group tried to edit the DNA of 86 embryos (all nonviable). Of the 71 tha…

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What to keep in mind about your privacy when taking a DNA test

"DNA is so unique, and there are so many data sources out there, that it is incredibly hard to full…

Lydia Ramsey