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

61 points by swid 3 years ago | 53 comments

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

103 points by pmags 1 year ago | 30 comments

Brain biopsies on 'vulnerable' patients at Mt Sinai set off alarm bells at FDA(statnews.com)

73 points by chapulin 2 years ago | 42 comments

FDA approves a CRISPR-based medicine for treatment of sickle cell disease(statnews.com)

498 points by divbzero 2 years ago | 215 comments

STAT News article reporting the FDA's December 2023 approval of Casgevy, the first CRISPR-based medicine, for treating sickle cell disease.

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

68 points by gmays 3 years ago | 30 comments

Scientists find links between Alzheimer's, herpes, and head trauma(statnews.com)

98 points by wglb 1 year ago | 29 comments

MIT Study Finds AI Use Reprograms the Brain, Leading to Cognitive Decline(publichealthpolicyjournal.com)

438 points by cainxinth 1 year ago | 432 comments

Article reporting on an MIT study claiming that using AI tools like ChatGPT alters brain activity and leads to cognitive decline.

Huntington's disease treated for first time(bbc.com)

672 points by _zie 1 year ago | 115 comments

BBC News article reporting that Huntington's disease has been successfully treated for the first time, by health and science correspondent James Gallagher.

Aging brains blend memories together instead of just forgetting them(studyfinds.com)

323 points by mdp2021 1 month ago | 129 comments

StudyFinds article on Binghamton University research suggesting aging brains blend similar memories together rather than simply forgetting them.

AI tools are spotting errors in research papers(nature.com)

555 points by kgwgk 1 year ago | 200 comments

Nature news article on a growing movement using AI and large language models to detect errors in research papers, sparked by a flawed black plastic utensils study.

GLP-1 may slow biological aging(universityofcalifornia.edu)

136 points by dzink 9 days ago | 121 comments

University of California news article reporting a UC San Diego study suggesting a popular GLP-1 weight loss drug may slow biological aging.

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.