FDA considers first CRISPR gene editing treatment that may cure sickle cell(cnn.com)

275 points by rntn 2 years ago | 99 comments

What can medicine do for people with genes for ALS?(statnews.com)

61 points by swid 3 years ago | 53 comments

Alzheimer’s cases tied to no-longer-used medical procedure(statnews.com)

474 points by leeny 2 years ago | 204 comments

STAT News article reporting scientists documenting the first transmitted Alzheimer's cases, linked to past treatment with cadaver-derived human growth hormone.

US spent more on health care in 2022 than 6 countries combined with universal(statnews.com)

90 points by pseudolus 2 years ago | 160 comments

CDC's top laboratory on STDs is shut by Trump administration(statnews.com)

103 points by pmags 1 year ago | 30 comments

Scientists unfroze rat organs and transplanted them(statnews.com)

68 points by gmays 3 years ago | 30 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.

CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research(insidemedicine.substack.com)

748 points by KittenInABox 1 year ago | 513 comments

Inside Medicine Substack post by Jeremy Faust reporting that the CDC ordered retraction or revision of submitted manuscripts containing banned terms like gender and LGBT.

Moderna's mRNA cancer vaccine works better than thought(freethink.com)

324 points by nateb2022 2 years ago | 162 comments

Freethink article reporting that Moderna's personalized mRNA cancer vaccine significantly boosts a standard melanoma treatment's effectiveness.

Europeans' health data sold to US firm run by ex-Israeli spies(ftm.eu)

570 points by Fnoord 10 months ago | 338 comments

Follow the Money investigative article on European health data being sold to a US company run by former Israeli intelligence officers.

First in-utero stem cell therapy for fetal spina bifida repair is safe: study(health.ucdavis.edu)

337 points by gmays 7 months ago | 64 comments

UC Davis Health news article reporting a study finding that the first in-utero stem cell therapy for fetal spina bifida repair is safe.

DeepSeek banned from U.S. federal civilian agencies under new DHS order(reuters.com)

547 points by cmrdporcupine 7 days ago | 496 comments

Reuters news article about a DHS order banning the Chinese AI DeepSeek from U.S. federal civilian agency IT systems; the capture shows only a device verification screen.