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Trial Shows In-Body Crispr Therapy Feasibility
Early clinical trial data show gene editing with Crispr performed inside the body can correct an inherited neurological condition, with few adverse effects.
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Infographic – Digital Divide Continues Across Platforms
Despite gains with smartphones, people with lower incomes in the U.S. continue to use digital technologies less than those with higher incomes.
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Long-Acting Capsule Helps Reduce Opioid Use
A capsule designed to take once a week is shown in animal tests to continuously deliver a craving-reduction drug in that time and suppress opioid intake.
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Biotechs Partner on Lower Cost AI-Designed Drugs
Two biotechnology companies are collaborating on discovery and development of new drugs designed with artificial intelligence, at lower cost to patients.
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Micro Brain Robot Granted Orphan Status
A tiny remote-controlled device that carries chemotherapy drugs to brain tumors received orphan drug status from the Food and Drug Administration.
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Challenge Seeks Reliable Depression Diagnostics, Models
A new competition seeks reliable biological methods for detecting depression and decision models that connect diagnostics to effective disease treatments.
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Future Of Medicine With New Technologies
Since the Covid-19 times, more people within medicine have decided to take a different approach to medicine.
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FDA Okays Trial of Donated Stem Cells for Parkinson’s
An organization studying stem cell therapies says it received FDA authorization for a clinical trial to test donated stem cells to treat Parkinson’s disease.
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Infographic – Covid-19 Slashes U.S. Life Years
Data compiled for the year 2020 show Covid-19 is responsible for an average loss of life years in the U.S. comparable to leading chronic diseases.
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Patent Awarded for Safer Cancer Drug Delivery
A pharmaceutical R&D company is receiving a patent for its process that encapsulates and better targets chemotherapy drugs for cancer patients.