'Smart' antibiotic can kill deadly bacteria while sparing the microbiome(nature.com)

86 points by gmays 2 years ago | 13 comments

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

97 points by gmays 1 year ago | 162 comments

Scientist treated her own cancer with viruses she grew in the lab(nature.com)

570 points by dataminer 1 year ago | 198 comments

Nature news article about virologist Beata Halassy, who treated her own breast cancer with lab-grown oncolytic viruses, and researchers' warnings against copying her.

High time to tackle drug-resistant fungal infections(nature.com)

115 points by pmags 1 year ago | 40 comments

Ibogaine banishes PTSD, small study finds(nature.com)

255 points by gmays 2 years ago | 228 comments

Antibiotic Identified by AI(nature.com)

156 points by bookofjoe 3 years ago | 46 comments

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.

FDA may allow some toxic chemicals to be added to food without safety review(theguardian.com)

118 points by NewJazz 16 days ago | 59 comments

Guardian analysis on an FDA proposal to expand a loophole letting some toxic, non-carcinogenic chemicals be added to food without safety review.

A genetically modified bacterium that outcompetes bacteria causing tooth decay(astralcodexten.com)

330 points by vwoolf 2 years ago | 132 comments

Astral Codex Ten FAQ post based on an interview with Lantern Bioworks' founder about a genetically modified mouth bacterium intended to prevent tooth decay.

Use of antibiotics in farming ‘endangering human immune system’(theguardian.com)

344 points by mdp2021 3 years ago | 218 comments

Guardian news article reporting a study suggesting an antimicrobial used to promote livestock growth may be harming the human immune system.

Scientists Untangle the Biology of an 'Undruggable' Cancer Gene(nytimes.com)

4 points by gumby 24 days ago | 2 comments

New York Times article on scientists working out the biology of a cancer gene long considered undruggable; the capture shows only a captcha page.

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.