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Immunovant ends cutaneous lupus program after phase 2 flop
Immunovant has stopped development of IMVT-1402 in cutaneous lupus erythematosus after failing a midphase test, closing off one path to…
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Boehringer adds $250M to value of Variant pact by expanding into cardiovascular disease
Boehringer Ingelheim has dived deeper into its collaboration with Variant Bio by expanding the collaboration to cover cardiovascular disease to…
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AI-Powered Image Analysis Delivers Precise Rockfill Characterization for Dam Safety
Rockfill materials—the quarried rock masses that form the skeletons of embankment dams, road bases, and other heavy civil engineering structures—have…
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Heatwave Temperatures Reshape Soil Fungi in Surprisingly Species-Specific Ways
Beneath every scorched European heathland lies an invisible workforce: saprotrophic fungi that decompose dead plant material, recycle nutrients, and keep…
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Scientists Build Virtual Spacecraft to Predict Toxic Chemical Risks to Astronauts
Aboard a spacecraft, the air astronauts breathe is a closed loop, recycled endlessly through ducts, filters, and scrubbers with no…
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Immune checkpoint VSIR fuels gastric cancer growth by amplifying AXL signaling
Gastric cancer remains one of the world’s deadliest malignancies, ranking fifth among the most commonly diagnosed cancers and accounting for…
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Gut Microbe Metabolites May Reach Bone Cells Through an AKT1 Signaling Network
Osteoporosis has long been treated as a disease of bone tissue alone, a slow thinning of the skeleton driven by…
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Text Message Anxiety Therapy Eases Depression in Young Adults, Trial Finds
A text message program originally designed to treat anxiety appears to deliver an unexpected bonus: relief from depression. In a…
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Crowded Homes Raise Infant Infection Risk While Farm Animals Show Mixed Effects
One of the largest studies ever conducted on the early-life home environment has found that the physical and biological characteristics…
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Egyptian Farms Score Barely Half Their Sustainability Potential, New Framework Reveals
Agriculture in Egypt is running at barely half of its sustainable potential, according to a new integrated assessment that puts…