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• What it’s like to wait for the call from the Nobel Prize committee
  Ahead of this year's Nobel Prize announcements, STAT chatted with Mary-Claire King, who discovered the BRCA cancer mutations and is frequently mentioned in prize predictions.
  stat · 2d ago
• Scientists boycott American Diabetes Association as fallout of June conference fracas escalates
  Following the removal of five scientists from its annual conference in June, members of the American Diabetes Association have launched a boycott of the organization that includes halting the revie…
  fiercebiotech · 24d ago
• HHS spins a tale of a would-be content creator child
  The next DSM and the algorithm, an unexpected discovery on alpha-gal syndrome, and more health news from Morning Rounds
  stat · 1mo ago
• TwinStrand wins patent case; GSK’s hepatitis B drug approved in Japan
  TwinStrand Biosciences wins patent case: The DNA sequencing company, which spun out of the University of Washington, announced on Monday that it won a patent infringement lawsuit against a Californ…
  endpoints · 1mo ago
• Accrediting body considers changes to racism curriculum standards for public health schools
  The accrediting group for schools of public health is weighing the removal of language that specifically requires programs to teach about structural bias and racism.
  stat · 1mo ago
• STAT+: Prominent AI startup rolls out virtual cell model in race to speed up science
  A prominent AI startup has rolled out a virtual cell model, advancing the race to speed up science.
  stat · 1mo ago
• STAT+: Could poop pills be the next treatment for food allergies?
  Some participants in a small trial showed improved tolerance to peanuts after fecal microbiome transplant.
  stat · 2mo ago
• Opinion: What a recent op-ed got wrong about our Covid study
  “The appropriate counter to Covid revisionism is careful, rigorous, and honest assessment of the U.S. response.”
  stat · 2mo ago
• Opinion: Science and the public are learning the wrong lessons from Covid
  “Post-pandemic polarization threatens to lock our memories into attractive, untrue conclusions that will leave us unprotected next time,” write Marc Lipsitch and Sara Cody.
  stat · 2mo ago
• STAT+: Can ultrasound unlock the power of gene therapy? A startup makes big claims
  Sonothera is developing a new way to deliver genes into cells that, if borne out, could have a big impact on muscular dystrophy and other diseases.
  stat · 2mo ago