Scientists have discovered a protein that enables bacteria to shut down into dormant spores under extreme conditions. The process, which enables the bacteria to become practically indestructible, explains why bacteria can survive in uninhabitable places such as under the permafrost, in the…
Category: 5. Health
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Efficient development of drugs with fewer mice
New active ingredients such as antibodies are usually tested individually in laboratory animals. Researchers at UZH have now developed a technology that can be used to test around 25 antibodies simultaneously in a single mouse. This should not only speed up the research and development pipeline…
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Genetic study reveals hidden chapter in human evolution
Modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations that drifted apart and later reconnected, long before modern humans spread across the globe.
Using advanced analysis based on full genome sequences, researchers from the University of Cambridge have found evidence that…
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NIH Cuts Funding For Vaccine Hesitancy Research, Amid Measles Outbreak
THORNTON, CO – MARCH 06: Adams 12 Five Star Schools District RN Tiffany Karschamroon draws a dose … More
The NIH and CDC have recently terminated a number of critical health initiatives,…
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Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform Scuttled, Despite Bipartisan Support
Rep. Jake Auchincloss, D-Mass., has been one of a growing number of lawmakers introducing bills … More
Despite bipartisan support,…
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A New Era Of Hope
Scientists Andrew Stewart, Esra Karakose, and Peng Wang, who are advancing research on a potential … More
As a venture investor in healthcare, I am privileged to witness the remarkable advances being made in the treatment and management of diabetes, a…
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A brief history of Medicaid and America’s long struggle to establish a health care safety net
The Medicaid system has emerged as an early target of the Trump administration’s campaign to slash federal spending. A joint federal and state program, Medicaid provides health insurance coverage for more than 72 million people, including low-income Americans and their children and people…
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The NP And PA Will See You Now
Nurse practitioners and physician associates are providing an increasing proportion of care.
Physicians dominated 20th-century American medicine, but not from the start. In his landmark book, Paul Starr explained how a ragtag, “weak traditional profession of minor economic importance”…
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How GLP-1 Policy Fits Into Trump’s Greenland Strategy, And 5 Other Health Tech Developments
Map of Greenland and Iceland
What does a pharmaceutical company have to do with U.S. national security? Perhaps more than meets the eye, based on President Trump’s negotiating style, which often involves utilizing leverage to weaken the other side’s bargaining position. In the case at…
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Hospital-At-Home Startups Medically Home And DispatchHealth To Merge
DispatchHealth and Medically Home – two providers of advanced medical care at home – have agreed to … More
DispatchHealth and Medically Home – companies that work with health systems to provide hospital-level care at home – have agreed…
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