A newly published peer-reviewed study has raised alarms about potential DNA contamination in Pfizer’s mRNA Covid-19 vaccines. Conducted by student scientists at the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) White Oak Campus
Nearly five decades after the birth of Louise Joy Brown, the first person conceived through in vitro fertilization, IVF has become one of medicine’s most transformative technologies. Millions of children have since
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Pharmaceutical corporations’ focus on profits has resulted in the approval of many drugs that have proved to be harmful to many and have had to be withdrawn. Big Pharma’s use of its profits
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Researchers in the United States have created the first detailed map of smell receptors inside the nose. Published Tuesday in the journal Cell, the study marks a major step forward in olfaction
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A bold claim by biotech company Colossal Biosciences has reignited one of conservation science’s most tangled debates: what exactly is a species, and can it truly be brought back once it has
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Fusion power has long been portrayed as the ultimate clean energy solution: a nearly limitless, zero-emissions source of electricity capable of transforming global energy systems. But new research highlighted by MIT Technology
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Scientists are increasingly rethinking the role of sex chromosomes in human health, with new research published in Nature highlighting how the X chromosome in particular may strongly influence disease susceptibility, drug responses,
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A major cybersecurity breach involving the UK Biobank has triggered widespread concern after confidential medical data belonging to thousands of British citizens was stolen and allegedly put up for sale online. The
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Changing one’s mind is often treated as a weakness in public debate, yet psychologists increasingly argue it may be one of the most valuable cognitive skills we possess. In an analysis published
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A Neanderthal infant skeleton described in research highlighted by New Scientist has revealed that our ancient relatives may have started life significantly larger and grown far more rapidly than modern human babies.
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Scientists have uncovered extensive differences in gene expression between male and female brain cells in a landmark study published in Science and reported by Nature, shedding new light on long-debated questions about
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