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VR River Scene and Classical Music Cut ER Blood Pressure Faster
A Turkish clinical trial of 130 ER patients found that a VR headset showing the Columbia River paired with a Debussy-Bach-Mozart playlist cut blood pressure roughly 4 mmHg faster than medication alone
Yes, Claude can do nine loops
Anthropic's Claude computed the nine-loop scattering amplitude for N=4 super Yang-Mills using two independent methods at roughly $1,000–$2,000 each, solving a frontier theoretical physics problem blog
STAT+: Licensing deals on generic versions of Roche flu drug aimed at preparing for pandemic
A U.N.-backed agency has brokered sub-licensing deals with 11 manufacturers to develop and supply generic versions of Roche's influenza drug Xofluza in 129 countries, most of them low- and middle-inco
Link Spacecraft Burns Up After Failed Swift Observatory Rescue
A commercial spacecraft re-entered Earth's atmosphere after failing to capture and boost NASA's aging Swift Observatory, which will now follow it back to Earth in November.
FDA nominee Overton sidesteps mifepristone questions
FDA commissioner nominee Heidi Overton sidestepped Senate health committee questions Thursday about mifepristone, her anti-abortion views, and her willingness to challenge White House misinformation,
This “rare” autism-linked genetic disorder may be far more common than scientists thought
A Mount Sinai-led study estimates Phelan-McDermid syndrome — a genetic disorder closely linked to autism — affects roughly 1 in 7,300 people, meaning over 45,000 Americans may be living with it undiag
STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about a reticent FDA commish nominee, a Novo deal, and more
STAT's Pharmalittle roundup covers FDA commissioner nominee Heidi Overton's tight-lipped Senate confirmation hearing and Novo Nordisk's up-to-$1.3 billion deal to license Nanexa's injectable drug-deli
CRISPR Edits Donor Stem Cells to Spare Healthy Blood
A WashU Medicine-led phase 1/2 trial showed CRISPR-edited donor stem cells with the CD33 protein removed successfully engrafted in all 30 AML and MDS patients, with a subset who received a CD33-target
UK Builds First Canine DNA Database to Aid Police
Researchers at King's College London and the Royal Veterinary College have built the UK's first canine DNA database, covering 80 breeds, to help police link dog traces at crime scenes to specific anim
China Lands Reusable Booster but Lags SpaceX on Reuse
LandSpace's Zhuque-3 became the first Chinese rocket to safely land its booster, but analysts remain divided on whether China can close its reusable-rocket gap with SpaceX, with Cold War parallels and
Anthropic's Claude Enzyme Find Falls Short of CRISPR
Anthropic claimed Claude discovered CRISPR-like enzyme repeats in viruses, but the finding amounts to a candidate addition to an already crowded gene-editing toolbox rather than a breakthrough on par
Mathematician constructs rare eight-faced all-neighbor shape
An independent researcher has constructed a rare genus-3 polyhedron whose eight faces are all neighbors to one another, expressing the entire shape in simple integer coordinates so others can verify i
CDC pauses measles deaths pending death certificate review
Two public health experts argue the CDC's decision to hold Pennsylvania measles deaths out of its national tally while awaiting death certificate review misapplies cause-of-death methodology, which ke
RFK Jr. ties CDC measles deaths to NCHS underlying-cause data
Former NCHS leaders argue in an opinion piece that HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s decision to have the CDC count measles deaths only when NCHS codes measles as the underlying cause will slow an
How Big Tobacco flooded the FDA with public comments to kill a menthol cigarette ban
Big Tobacco companies Altria and Reynolds American generated nearly all of the 175,000 public comments that helped kill the FDA's proposed menthol cigarette ban — 97% were form letters, according to a
Autism Initiative Led by Ex-Navy, Sesame Street Veteran
Russell Shilling, the leader of a new federal autism initiative, brings an unusual blend of military and children’s media experience to his role, shaping the project’s innovative direction.
Magnetic Bacteria Extend Worm Lifespan 43%
Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences found that feeding C. elegans worms the magnet-producing bacterium Magnetospirillum magneticum AMB-1 extended their average lifespan by 43.39% while pres
Cell Backup Pathway May Drive Cancer Resistance
Scientists identified a backup system in mammalian cells that produces the essential amino acid cysteine when primary pathways are blocked — a survival mechanism that may also help cancer cells resist
FDA's Overton Era, China Biotech From Shanghai: Readout LOUD Goes
STAT's "The Readout LOUD" podcast goes international this week, featuring dispatches from Shanghai on China's drug development rise and a conversation about Heidi Overton, the president's nominee for
NIH details $170 million biomedical research reproducibility effort - science.org
The NIH has outlined a $170 million effort targeting biomedical research reproducibility and unveiled a new tool to help scientists navigate its biomedical databases.
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