New CRISPR systems hold promise for genome editing(nature.com)

135 points by mfiguiere 2 years ago | 31 comments

Malaria vaccine delivered by a mosquito bite(nature.com)

97 points by gmays 1 year ago | 162 comments

To safely deploy generative AI in health care, models must be open source(nature.com)

43 points by thecal 2 years ago | 14 comments

'Epigenetic' editing banishes hepatitis B virus(nature.com)

12 points by sbulaev 1 month ago | 0 comments

Nature news article on an epigenetic editing technique that uses chemical tags to silence hepatitis B viral DNA hidden in the host genome.

Migraine is more than a headache – a rethink offers hope(nature.com)

219 points by rntn 1 year ago | 209 comments

Syphilis microbe's family has plagued humans for millennia(nature.com)

44 points by Hooke 2 years ago | 23 comments

New HIV vaccine shows unprecedented success in preclinical study(lji.org)

615 points by codebyaditya 3 months ago | 262 comments

La Jolla Institute for Immunology news release on a new HIV vaccine approach that produced high levels of HIV-neutralizing antibodies in non-human primates.

First malaria vaccine reduces early childhood mortality(science.org)

340 points by rbanffy 3 years ago | 110 comments

Science news article reporting a large analysis showing the RTS,S malaria vaccine cut toddler deaths in Africa by 13%.

The technology to eradicate mosquito-borne disease exists(worksinprogress.co)

235 points by benbreen 21 days ago | 175 comments

Works in Progress magazine essay arguing that technology to eradicate mosquito-borne diseases already exists and their persistence is a choice.

CDC data are disappearing(theatlantic.com)

614 points by doener 1 year ago | 479 comments

The Atlantic article by Katherine J. Wu reporting that the CDC has removed scientific data from public view, with more removals possibly to follow.

We need scientific dissidents(chronicle.com)

355 points by Georgelemental 3 years ago | 848 comments

Chronicle of Higher Education opinion essay arguing that the early artificial consensus on Covid's origins shows the need for scientific dissidents.

A lot of population numbers are fake(davidoks.blog)

362 points by bookofjoe 9 months ago | 295 comments

A blog post by David Oks arguing that many national population figures are unreliable or fabricated, questioning how well we know the world's population.