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The Bone-Marrow Transplant Revolution

Finding a matched donor has always been the major challenge. A drug has solved that problem. In the fall of 2021, Gabriel Arias felt like his body was...

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What Toddlers and AI Can Learn From Each Other

A scientist put a head cam on his daughter to capture the human experience of acquiring words. When Luna was seven months old, she began wearing, at...

05.04.2024 6

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The Pregnant Moms Trying to Get a Miracle Drug for Their Babies

A new treatment for cystic fibrosis can change a person’s life, but is not officially approved for anyone under 2. At six months pregnant, Sonja Lee...

19.03.2024 10

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DNA Tests Are Uncovering the True Prevalence of Incest

People are discovering the truth about their biological parents with DNA—and learning that incest is far more common than many think. When Steve...

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After the Miracle Drug

Cystic fibrosis once guaranteed an early death—but a medical breakthrough has given many patients a chance to live decades longer than expected....

07.03.2024 7

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Ozempic Is a Brain Drug

The weight-loss effects of GLP-1 drugs have little to do with the gut. When scientists first created the class of drugs that includes Ozempic, they...

05.03.2024 8

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Ozempic’s Muscle-Loss Problem

The next generation of weight-loss therapies could allow patients to lose fat and gain muscle at the same time. The newest and much-hyped obesity...

02.02.2024 6

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The Ozempic Plateau

Everyone hits a weight-loss plateau, but the race is on for next-generation drugs that can help patients lose even more weight. The latest weight-loss...

17.01.2024 3

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When Did Humans First Start Wearing Clothes?

No one can know exactly, but archaeologists have found a few unexpected clues. The naked human is a vulnerable creature. Lacking the fur of our...

02.01.2024 10

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Trump’s Polarization of Science Is Bad for Everyone

A re­elected Donald Trump would continue to attack studies that stand in the way of his agenda—and to make support for scientific inquiry a tribal...

05.12.2023 8

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The CRISPR Era Is Here

The much-hyped technology for editing genes has fulfilled one of its biggest promises. When Victoria Gray was still a baby, she started howling so...

27.11.2023 5

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Humans Have Two Noses. Really.

And they take turns working throughout the day. Having caught a cold every month since my kid started day care, I’ve devoted a lot of time recently...

30.10.2023 20

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How a Common Stomach Bug Causes Cancer

Half the people in the world harbor this bacterium, but it sickens only a fraction. Why? At first, doctors didn’t believe that bacteria could live...

19.10.2023 30

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We Can Finally Do Something About the Third ‘Tripledemic’ Virus

One scientific breakthrough has led to three novel shots for RSV. Every fall, when the air turns chilly and the leaves red, pediatric ICUs begin...

22.09.2023 4

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Why Cats Are Getting COVID Drugs on This Island

Leftover medications are going to save the animals from a deadly feline coronavirus. Cyprus is home to 1 million or so free-roaming cats that wander...

18.09.2023 7

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The Cold-Medication Racket

A common over-the-counter decongestant just doesn’t work. Will it finally get pulled? You wake up with a stuffy nose, so you head to the pharmacy,...

13.09.2023 4

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