The fast-paced scientific discoveries over the last 30-years have advanced the field of medicine and improved millions of patient lives. Specifically, immunotherapy has revolutionized the way physicians treat…
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Novel Cell Marker Increases Risk for Parkinson’s Disease in Men
Millions of people worldwide are diagnosed and treated for Parkinson’s disease (PD). Unfortunately, in the U.S., there are about 1 million people with PD and 90,000 new cases each year. While the risk of PD…
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Israel’s bombing of Gaza caused untold environmental damage − recovery will take effort and time
The war in Gaza has come with an awful cost. Tens of thousands of Palestinian civilians have been killed, and thousands more are missing. And while a temporary ceasefire has allowed for increased aid delivery, easing the plight of those…
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When Proteins Go on Strike – Life Sciences | Weizmann Wonder Wander
A basic business principle is that no worker is irreplaceable; that also holds true for most proteins, the cellular factory workers of our bodies. If we fire a protein – that is, permanently delete it from our genome using genetic engineering…
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An Atlas of Human Gene Function is Created
Scientists have now created an encyclopedia of gene function for all known human genes that code for protein. This data uses the most current and reliable data, and it has also been released on a website. It…
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Speaking up for science is not partisan politics | Opinion
Is it a barrage? Or a fusillade? A torrent, sweeping and unprecedented? Or is it bold, urgent, transformative and necessary? Pundits on either side of the US’s polarised political divide are running out of words to describe the impact and scale…
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Artificial Photosynthesis Breakthrough Transforms Trash Into Fuel and Pharmaceuticals
Scientists have developed an advanced artificial photosynthesis technique that doesn’t just mimic plants—it revolutionizes chemical production. Using sunlight and water, their process, called APOS, transforms waste organic compounds into…
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Search Continues for Neutrinoless Decay
• Physics 18, s21
Observations of molybdenum nuclei have revealed no signs of a speculative nuclear decay called neutrinoless double-beta decay, setting a strong constraint on this process.
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Sara Shinton’s career developing research leaders | Careers
‘Working in research means you’re working with huge levels of uncertainty,’ says Sara Shinton, the director of UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI’s) Future Leaders Fellows Development Network, which delivers leadership training and…
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French parliament approves ban on PFAS in cosmetics, clothing and ski wax | News
France has become the second country after Denmark to ban per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in certain products. The bill approved by the French parliament blocks the production, import or sale of cosmetics, clothing textiles (with some…
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