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STAT+: Day 1 at ASGCT: Missing scientists, a gene editing failure, and a gene editing first
The mood at the annual meeting of the American Society of Cell and Gene Therapy isn’t amazing. The biotech market has been bad for years.
Read MoreBackup Drug Gains Footing for Resistant Hypertension
(MedPage Today) -- A diuretic was able to match spironolactone for blood pressure (BP) lowering in people with resistant hypertension, a small randomized trial showed.
Read MorePeople who stop weight loss drugs return to original weight within year, analysis finds
Research raises questions about long-term treatment of and support for people using weight loss drugsPeople on weight loss drugs regain all the weight they have lost within a year of stopping the medi
Read MoreU.S. Tells Court It Plans to Deport Scientist to Russia
Kseniia Petrova, a Harvard researcher, was detained Feb. 16 at Logan Airport after failing to declare scientific samples she carried into the U.S.
Read MoreDoes It Matter if the U.S. Surgeon General Never Practiced Medicine?
(MedPage Today) -- President Trump recently announced the nomination of Casey Means, MD, to serve as the next surgeon general.
Read MorePrenatal genetic therapy for SMA shows promise in a mouse study
Researchers have taken preliminary steps toward treating spinal muscular atrophy in the womb
Read MoreThe Guardian view on abortion prosecutions: decriminalisation can’t wait | Editorial
The trial of Nicola Packer shows why MPs should seize the opportunity to change the law and safeguard vulnerable women nowThe Crown Prosecution Service has yet to explain why it thought that pursuing
Read MoreThe GOP’s Trying Again To Cut Medicaid. It’s Only Gotten Harder Since 2017.
Donald Trump is back in the White House, the GOP controls Congress, and Republicans have dusted off their 2017 plans to reshape Medicaid, the government health program for those with low incomes or di
Read MoreEPA Announces Rollback for Some Biden-Era Limits on PFAS in Drinking Water
(MedPage Today) -- The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said Wednesday that it plans to weaken limits on some so-called forever chemicals in drinking water that were finalized last year, while m
Read MoreSouth Carolina supreme court upholds six-week abortion ban
Justices rejected Planned Parenthood’s argument over the definition of a ‘fetal heartbeat’ in loss for the health giantSouth Carolina’s state supreme court upheld the state’s six-week aborti
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