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STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about a Medicare pilot and orphan drugs, Pfizer cutbacks, and more
Biotechs are lobbying the Trump administration to exempt rare disease drugs from the Medicare GUARD pricing pilot, a carve-out STAT says would "wipe out much" of projected savings — a hit one Harvard
McGill: Upright Sitting Improves Mood and Risk-Taking
A McGill University study found that participants seated upright through subtle environmental manipulation took more effective risks and reported stronger feelings of pride than those who slouched, wi
Orexin Neurons Drive Sustained Motivation in Rats
Researchers at Nagoya University have identified orexin neurons as key brain cells that sustain motivation when effort increases, offering insight into conditions like depression and ADHD.
Ancient Egyptians May Have Built Dam Near Red Pyramid
New research suggests two large structures near Egypt's Red Pyramid—long thought to be construction ramps—may actually be the remains of one of the oldest major dams ever built.
SpaceX rocket crashes into moon at 8700 kilometres per hour
A discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage, adrift in space since launching ispace's Hakuto-R moon lander last year, slammed into the lunar surface at approximately 8,700 km/h.
Most US men skip prostate MRI despite global standard
Despite strong evidence and international standards, most U.S. men with elevated PSA levels still undergo systematic prostate biopsies instead of starting with MRI scans, leading to overdiagnosis and
Orphan drug exemption would erase Medicare pilot savings
A Harvard analysis finds that exempting rare disease treatments from Trump's Medicare drug-pricing pilot programs would wipe out much of the intended savings, as biotech companies lobby the administra
SpaceX rocket thought to have crashed into the moon in unintentional collision
A discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stage, floating in space since a January 2025 lunar lander mission, is believed to have crashed into the moon at 5,400 mph, posing no danger to Earth but expected to
Stanford discovers 'ruptoblasts' that explode to kill cells
Stanford researchers identified a new type of immune cell in planarian flatworms that destroys nearby cells by self-exploding within minutes — a process they named "ruptosis" that could inform future
UK Lords Report Calls to Restrict Pet Flea, Tick Treatments
A UK House of Lords committee report urges pet parasite treatments only when needed, citing evidence that common pesticides in flea and tick products are contaminating waterways and harming wildlife.
Ebola Kills 1,707 in DR Congo, Fastest-Growing Outbreak Ever
An Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has killed more than 1,700 people since May, making it the fastest-growing outbreak ever recorded and the second-largest by case count. The Bu
Mental Health Graveyard: 542 Dead Startups, Dataset Released
A researcher has released a Creative Commons dataset cataloging 542 digital mental health organizations that exited the market between 2000 and 2026, coded on 18 fields ranging from funding to exit re
STAT+: Startup promising to scale custom CRISPR therapies abruptly scraps plans
Aurora Therapeutics, a startup building personalized CRISPR gene-editing drugs, has scrapped its lead program and laid off staff just seven months after launch, after a larger rival quickly moved on t
The once-impossible black holes that could break thermodynamics
In 2024, MIT's Christoph Kehle and UC Berkeley's Ryan Unger proved that extremal black holes can form dynamically in nature, overturning a decades-old assumption that these zero-temperature objects we
TGA Finds Sex Supplements Contain Hidden Viagra, Cialis
Australian regulators have found that many sexual enhancement supplements sold in retail stores and online are secretly adulterated with prescription erectile dysfunction drugs, posing serious health
Darwin proved right about gnat-trapping carnivorous plant
Researchers have confirmed Charles Darwin's 1875 prediction that plants in the genus Saxifraga are carnivorous, combining enzymatic, isotopic, and genetic evidence to prove the plants trap, digest, an
Study pinpoints four signs of a grief attack
Psychologist Sherman Lee has co-published a study of nearly 250 people that scientifically validates and defines "grief attacks" — sudden episodes combining panic, yearning, despair, and incoherent th
Penn gum cuts HPV 93%, wipes out cancer-linked bacteria
University of Pennsylvania researchers have built a bioengineered chewing gum that sharply cut HPV and two cancer-linked bacteria in oral samples, while sparing the beneficial microbes radiation thera
Fructose from chemo-surviving cells drives ovarian cancer spread
Researchers at The Wistar Institute report in Nature Aging that fructose released by chemotherapy-surviving ovarian cancer cells acts as a signal that helps neighboring tumor cells break free and spre
Brain 'remembers' higher weight, fights to restore it
The human brain evolved to treat a previously higher weight as the body's normal set point, actively defending it through surging hunger hormones, intensified cravings, and reduced energy expenditure
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