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Honeybee Gut Symbiont’s Colibactin Helps Defend Against Pathogens
A gut bacterium that shortens the lifespan of honeybees may nevertheless help them survive a potentially lethal infection. Researchers have…
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Motor neurons coordinate fruit fly feeding sequences through disinhibitory signaling
A new study in Drosophila is challenging one of neuroscience’s most familiar ideas: that motor neurons are merely the final…
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Experts establish criteria for enhanced recovery pathways in newborns and infants
A new international effort to make surgery safer for newborns and infants is proposing a common language for “enhanced recovery”…
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How Autophagy Maintains Brain Health and Contributes to Disease
The brain depends on an intricate internal recycling system to keep its exceptionally long-lived cells functioning. A new review in…
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Qiagen appoints new chief executive after 9-month search
Molecular diagnostics specialist Qiagen has a new CEO as Jonathan M. Pratt takes the reins.
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TME holds onto $1B dream for brain cancer drug as search for partners nears conclusion
TME Pharma’s hunt for a partner for its brain cancer drug is closer to bearing fruit as the German biotech…
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Spruce’s successful FDA talks plant seeds for Q4 filing of ultra-rare disease drug
Spruce Biosciences has taken another step toward filing for FDA approval of its ultra-rare disease drug candidate, ticking off some…
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Author Correction: Machine Learning Feature Analysis Classifies Fallers with Parkinson’s Disease
Parkinson’s disease is often described through its most recognizable symptoms—tremor, stiffness and slowed movement—but one of its most dangerous complications…
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Regenxbio gene therapy refiling plan derailed by FDA hold over spine MRI findings
The FDA has put a clinical hold on Regenxbio’s RGX-121 over asymptomatic spine MRI findings, derailing the biotech’s plans to…
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How can low- and middle-income countries reduce deaths from gynecologic cancers?
Low- and middle-income countries are carrying the overwhelming share of the world’s cervical cancer deaths, and a new review warns…