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Lilly's retatrutide drops weight, dodges heart signal
Eli Lilly's Phase 3 retatrutide data landed Thursday and split cleanly in two: patients on the high dose lost 22.6% of body weight over 80 weeks versus 3.2% on placebo, numbers that put the "triple-G"
Single Rapamycin Dose Reversed Autism Symptoms in Mice
UCLA researchers found that a single dose of rapamycin reversed autism-like brain and behavioral symptoms in adult mice whose mothers experienced pregnancy inflammation, with effects appearing within
SuperAgers' Sharp Memory Not Explained by DNA
A new study finds that elderly 'SuperAgers' who maintain youthful memory into their 80s and 90s carry essentially the same genetic Alzheimer's risk as typical peers, ruling out inherited DNA as the ex
Inulin Cut Knee Pain and Boosted Grip Strength in Trial
A six-week University of Nottingham trial of 117 adults found that a daily inulin fiber supplement reduced knee osteoarthritis pain, improved grip strength, and lowered pain sensitivity — with far few
One in Five Gaza Newborns Needs Intensive Care
Gaza's health system is buckling under a surge in premature births driven by war-induced malnutrition, displacement, and stress, leaving a single neonatal unit to serve all of central Gaza with dwindl
Wegovy and Mounjaro Side Effects: What Evidence Backs Them?
Researchers this week suggested GLP-1 medications like Wegovy and Mounjaro could be linked to hair loss in type 2 diabetes patients, even as experts note many reported side-effects — from 'Ozempic fac
Four types of thinker have been identified. Which one are you?
A study sampling over 23,000 real-time thoughts from 258 volunteers identified four types of thinkers — worriers, domestics, bodily thinkers, and work-hard play-hards — and found that thought content
SpaceX launches massive Starship rocket in first test flight since IPO
SpaceX completed its 13th Starship test flight from Texas — its first since the company's record IPO last month — deploying 20 Starlink V3 satellites, though an industry expert warned rapid full reusa
Malaysia set to produce its first human vaccine from 2028
Malaysia will produce its first domestically manufactured human vaccine, the PCV13 pneumococcal shot, by 2028 via Pharmaniaga with Chinese technology transfer, reducing the country's total reliance on
Ex-FDA official demands independent Cyclospora outbreak review
Former FDA Deputy Commissioner Frank Yiannas, who served under both President Trump and former President Biden, called for an independent review of the federal government's response to a Cyclospora ou
Wildfire Hits NASA's Spain Deep Space Antenna
A wildfire near Madrid burned through NASA's Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex on July 24, forcing employee evacuation and putting one of the three Deep Space Network stations at risk of damage
FDA Food Safety Cuts Hit as Cyclospora Outbreaks Surge
A former FDA food safety director warns that as six cyclospora outbreaks spread nationwide, staff departures, surveillance cuts, and policy delays have weakened the federal capacity to protect the fre
FDA advisory panel narrowly rejects compounding of one peptide, backs two others
An FDA advisory panel voted to let compounding pharmacies manufacture two more peptides — epitalon and semax — while narrowly rejecting emideltide, advancing Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s p
Clothes made from living fungi can clean and repair themselves
Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences have turned the caterpillar fungus Cordyceps militaris into a living, self-repairing textile with programmable properties — including biologically genera
There are already more U.S. measles cases this year than in all of 2025
The CDC logged 2,318 U.S. measles cases as of Thursday, already exceeding 2025's full-year total of 2,289 and making 2026 the worst year for measles in the country since 1991, with five months still t
Rigel Hires Alison Hannah as Chief Medical Officer
Rigel Pharmaceuticals hired Alison Hannah as executive vice president and chief medical officer, bringing her directly from the identical CMO role at CytomX Therapeutics, as this week's entry in STAT'
First Human Gets Oxford Ebola Vaccine Targeting Bundibugyo Strain
A 37-year-old UK man became the first person in the world to receive an experimental Oxford-developed Ebola vaccine targeting the Bundibugyo strain, which has caused over 2,500 cases in DR Congo, with
APOE2 protects neurons by repairing DNA, fighting senescence
A Buck Institute study published in Aging Cell finds the longevity-linked APOE2 gene variant protects neurons by reducing DNA damage and resisting cellular senescence, reframing APOE's role beyond cho
Girl Dies in Experimental Brain CRISPR Trial in China
STAT's biotech newsletter highlights a Science magazine report on a six-year-old girl in China who died after receiving an experimental, brain-directed CRISPR therapy, raising fresh ethics and oversig
Ozempic and Mounjaro linked to a surprising hair loss risk
A large study published in The BMJ found that adults with type 2 diabetes taking GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Mounjaro had modestly higher rates of hair loss than patients on other common diabetes med
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