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Hospitals Leave Long-Term Pediatric Patients Isolated
A Georgetown medical student argues in an op-ed that prolonged pediatric hospitalizations produce systemic isolation with lasting cognitive and mental-health consequences, calling for expanded child l
Ex-VA Secretary: Tap VA to Win Biotech Race With China
Former VA Secretary David Shulkin argues the Department of Veterans Affairs should be treated as strategic biotechnology infrastructure, leveraging its 9 million enrolled veterans and integrated healt
Fugitive Used Alias to Work in Biotech for Two Decades
Ronald Fischer, a former doctor convicted of sexual assault and a longtime Rhode Island fugitive, was discovered to have been secretly working in the biotech and pharmaceutical industry for two decade
Clinical AI Lost to General Models in NYU Head-to-Head
A Nature Medicine study from NYU Langone Health found clinical AI chatbots like OpenEvidence and UpToDate Expert AI performed worse than general-purpose models on clinical questions, challenging the c
There’s a Way to Prevent Ovarian Cancer. Few Know About It.
Nearly all cases labeled 'ovarian cancer' actually originate in the fallopian tubes, according to Johns Hopkins gynecologic oncologist Dr. Rebecca Stone, and removing the tubes during abdominal surger
An island has been waging war on rats. They think they’ve finally won
RSPB Northern Ireland's campaign to wipe out rats on Rathlin Island — one of the largest fully inhabited islands to attempt such an effort — has killed its last detected rat, with formal success poten
155 Scientists Defend Fauci Against 'Baseless' Charges
More than 155 scientists and physicians signed an open letter calling on the Trump administration to end the 'vilification and harassment' of American scientists, particularly Anthony Fauci, on the ev
Matcha Farmers Turn to Genomics Against Climate Change
Japanese tea breeders are deploying genomic selection to identify heat-tolerant matcha seedlings early, as rising spring temperatures in the Kyoto-Uji region — up roughly 1°C over the past century — e
FDA Says Capricor Duchenne Drug Fell Short of Goals
The FDA contradicted Capricor Therapeutics' claim that its Duchenne muscular dystrophy stem cell drug deramiocel met Phase 3 trial objectives, releasing documents ahead of this week's advisory hearing
GSK Cuts Jobs, Pours £400m Into Cambridge R&D Hub
GSK announced sweeping global job cuts as part of a £1.9bn three-year cost-cutting programme to fund a £400m UK life sciences investment, including a new 300,000-sq ft R&D centre on the Cambridge biom
Asteroid strike caused global firestorm that incinerated the dinosaurs
New simulations reveal the Chicxulub asteroid vaporized roughly five times more rock than previously estimated, launching an hour-long thermal pulse around the planet that ignited forests worldwide an
Misfolded insulin may be quietly driving diabetes
Researchers identified a two-protein partnership — BiP and its cochaperone p58IPK — that pancreatic beta cells need to properly fold insulin's precursor, pointing to a new treatment angle for diabetes
Japan earthquake: ‘Considerable’ number of people reported dead in Kumamoto mall after earthquake
A 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck Japan's southwestern Kumamoto region on July 28, collapsing the second floor of a Kashima shopping mall where 20–30 employees were unreachable and sparking fires acro
Why losing weight may not be enough to prevent type 2 diabetes
People in a high-risk diabetes group known as cluster 5 remain vulnerable to type 2 diabetes despite significant long-term weight loss, according to new research from German scientists.
ProMIS Alzheimer Drug: 4.4% ARIA, No Brain Swelling
An interim analysis of ProMIS Neurosciences' amyloid-targeting Alzheimer's treatment showed a 4.4% ARIA rate, all mild cases with no brain-swelling events — results the company said suggest a safer pr
Welsh fossil hunter finds Wales' first Jurassic sea dragon
A Welsh civil engineer discovered the first rhomaleosaur jaw ever found in Wales — a 201-million-year-old Jurassic marine reptile — on Lavernock beach near Penarth, and details the find alongside his
PCOS Renamed PMOS to Address Decades of Misdiagnosis
Polycystic ovarian syndrome has been renamed polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome to reflect its metabolic, cardiovascular, and hormonal breadth, with experts hoping the new name accelerates diagn
Biotechs Swarm to Cure Rare AATD Liver Disease
Multiple biotechs — including Beam, Wave Life Sciences, Korro Bio, Tessera, and Yoltech — are racing to cure alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD), a rare liver disorder caused by a single misspelled
Single Sauna Session Mobilizes White Blood Cells
Finnish researchers found that a single 30-minute sauna with a cold-shower cooldown briefly boosted every type of white blood cell in the bloodstream, though cytokine signals barely shifted and the ef
FDA Panel Backs Epitalon, Semax; Rejects Emideltide
An FDA advisory panel advanced HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s push to expand U.S. access to unapproved peptides, backing compounding of some compounds while narrowly rejecting another.
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