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UK men with heart disease at higher risk of developing and dying from cancer
A 25-year UK study of 22,000 Britons found men with cardiovascular disease face significantly elevated lifetime cancer risk (17.3% vs 10.2% without CVD), with smoking, obesity and alcohol identified a
Jodie Foster Python: First Snake Treated With Electrochemotherapy
A 15-foot reticulated python named Jodie Foster at Chester Zoo is believed to be the first snake in the world to be treated with electrochemotherapy for a malignant jaw tumour, and months later she is
Gamma-ray signal in galaxy clusters hints at dark matter
A sharp gamma-ray signal found in distant galaxy clusters could be the most direct evidence of dark matter yet, but it vanishes near our own galactic center — leaving researchers divided.
Moderna mRNA cancer vaccine hits phase III milestone
Moderna's personalized mRNA cancer vaccine, combined with pembrolizumab, produced positive phase III trial results in melanoma patients — the first time a personalized cancer vaccine has succeeded in
Heartland and Bourbon Tick Viruses Spread to Ninth State
Two tick-borne viruses — Heartland and Bourbon — are spreading across the US via lone star ticks, with Nebraska becoming the ninth state to detect them in local tick populations and New York reporting
Moderna Stock Soars 177% on Merck Cancer Vaccine Win
Moderna and Merck's experimental mRNA cancer vaccine succeeded in a late-stage melanoma trial — the first of its kind — sending Moderna's stock up 177% after it had lost nearly 90% from its peak.
Study: Depression Doesn't Shrink Hippocampus After All
A large-scale analysis of over 23,000 brain scans found no significant link between depression and reduced hippocampal volume, overturning a decade-old assumption about how the mental health condition
Regeneron Pasatru, Genglycos Win FDA Approval
The FDA approved Pasatru for an ultra-rare disease that causes abnormal bone growth and Genglycos for a rare metabolic disorder, marking separate advances in rare-disease treatment, with Pasatru compl
Rippon: Channel 4 ADHD Doc Was Not Science-Led
Neuroscientist Gina Rippon argues Channel 4's 'The Great ADHD Myth?' was not a genuine scientific inquiry, accusing presenter Max Pemberton of stacking evidence toward a pre-determined conclusion that
Knee osteoarthritis isn’t inevitable — here’s what you can do
Knee osteoarthritis affects more than 30 million U.S. adults — half of them still of working age — but its progression can be slowed or prevented through exercise, leg strengthening, anti-inflammatory
Schizophrenia synaptic loss follows brain's wiring map
Researchers used PET imaging on 122 people and found that schizophrenia's synaptic loss follows the brain's molecular and connectivity architecture—hitting the left hemisphere hardest and possibly ori
Capricor's Duchenne Drug Deramiocel Headed for FDA Rejection
Capricor Therapeutics is attempting a last-ditch regulatory maneuver to avoid an FDA rejection of deramiocel, its cell therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, by submitting open-label extension data
STAT+: One of the most consequential years for cancer treatment, ever
Merck and Moderna reported that their personalized mRNA neoantigen vaccine succeeded in a late-stage melanoma trial, pairing with Revolution Medicines' earlier KRAS drug success to make 2026 what one
NASA calls off rescue effort to save doomed telescope
NASA has abandoned its last-ditch mission to rescue the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory from atmospheric re-entry, after the Katalyst Space-built LINK spacecraft burned through too much fuel stabilizin
EU's text watermarks won't stop disinformation, experts warn
The EU's AI Act mandate that companies watermark AI-generated text faces expert criticism that the markings can be trivially removed by light edits, undermined by open-source alternatives, and risk fa
Opinion: The global health aid architecture is collapsing. The faith economy isn’t
In an opinion column, medical doctor and U.N. commissioner Alaa Murabit argues that the Trump administration's nearly $2 billion allocation to faith-based health groups — the largest such allocation i
Experts Reject Protein Restriction for Longevity
Nutrition experts are pushing back against a Cell Press Blue review paper arguing that restricting protein intake promotes longevity, warning that the animal-research-heavy findings could harm older a
Health Systems Deploy LLMs to Query Patient Records
Health systems are broadly deploying LLM-powered chatbots to query and summarize bloated electronic health records, with Stanford's ChatEHR showing how the tools can surface diagnoses buried deep in p
Merck-Moderna mRNA Vaccine Cuts Melanoma Recurrence
Merck/MSD and Moderna's personalized mRNA cancer vaccine, given with Keytruda, significantly extended cancer-free time in high-risk melanoma patients in a Phase 3 trial of over 1,000 people, though fu
More than 1,000 genetic switches reveal why female immunity is different
Researchers at the Garvan Institute and UNSW Sydney identified more than 1,000 genetic switches that behave differently in male and female immune cells, most located on non-sex chromosomes, offering a
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