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The NIH will track the diets and lifestyles of 10,000 people to see how genetics, biology and the microbiome impact people's health. The study will use AI to tailor individual diet advice.
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Researchers have mapped the more than 500,000 connections in the intricate brain of a fruit fly larva. This map, they say, could help scientists figure out how learning changes the human brain, too.
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Policymakers have long grappled with how to handle experiments that might generate potentially dangerous viruses. Now, officials are considering whether oversight needs to be expanded.
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It's all highly experimental, but manufacturer Miromatrix is making plans for first-step human testing — an experiment outside a patient's body, to see how well a bioengineered liver can filter blood.
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The ruling is the latest twist in a long-running dispute over where dozens of federally-supported former research chimps should live out the remainder of their days.
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Private equity-backed Headlands Research heralded its COVID vaccine trials as a chance to boost participation among diverse populations, then it shuttered multiple sites that conducted them.
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Although it’s still unclear what killed the 27-year-old, his death is raising questions about the experiment and the overall prospect of what one ethicist calls designer genetic therapies.
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The medical director at Accel Research Sites in DeLand expects a shot for RSV to be available by the new year and a combination RSV, COVID and flu shot by next fall.
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A study finds small but meaningful declines in personality traits that help us navigate social situations, trust others, think creatively, and act responsibly. Young people were especially affected.
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Forehead thermometers were significantly less likely to have accurate readings for Black patients compared to oral thermometers. There could be two reasons for this.