Scientists are finding signals of long covid in blood. They could lead to new treatments.
For many people, covid is an illness that blusters in and out of our lives as cases spike and recede.
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Biotechnology and health
Donated bodies are powering gene-edited organ research
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A brain-dead man was attached to a gene-edited pig liver for three days
Surgeon Abraham Shaked thinks he has probably carried out more than 2,500 liver transplants. But in December 2023, a team
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The innovation that gets an Alzheimer’s drug through the blood-brain barrier
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Weight-loss drugs: 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2024
WHO Eli Lilly, Novartis, Novo Nordisk, Pfizer, Viking Therapeutics WHEN Now One-third of US adults have obesity, a condition that
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The first gene-editing treatment: 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2024
WHO CRISPR Therapeutics, Editas Medicine, Precision BioSciences, Vertex Pharmaceuticals WHEN Now The first gene-editing cure has arrived. Grateful patients are
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These AI-powered apps can hear the cause of a cough
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We’ve never understood how hunger works. That might be about to change.
You haven’t seen hungry until you’ve seen Brad Lowell’s mice. A few years ago, Lowell—a Harvard University neuroscientist—and a postdoc,
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A high-tech mouthguard that might help prevent concussions
When athletes or soldiers have a concussion, the most beneficial course of action is to simply get them off the
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