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Miniature Soft Robot Actively Regulates Blood Flow Through Blocked Vessels
Blood clots and narrowed blood vessels create a difficult engineering problem for modern medicine. Even when a treatment reaches the…
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Engineered macrophages programmed to target bacteria combat infections in immunosuppressed patients
Severe bacterial infections can overwhelm the immune system even when effective antibiotics are available. In advanced disease, macrophages—the immune cells…
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Roundup: Removing Impurities from Biomanufacturing
Effective impurity control is critical to biomanufacturing, supporting process, cell line, and formulation stability while preserving biotherapeutic potency and shelf…
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Regeneron ends eye disease trial for anti-CD3 antibody following safety review
Regeneron has hit the brakes on the phase 1/2a trial for an experimental eye inflammation treatment, following an adverse event…
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Your AI Is Only as Good as Your Inputs
Augustė UžuotaitėR&D Supervisor, Genetic SciencesThermo Fisher Scientific Lab leaders are under pressure to adopt AI and automation, and most of…
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Merck KGaA lays off 20 staffers in latest blow to US research team
The Massachusetts research site for Merck KGaA’s North American division, EMD Serono, has decided to hand pink slips to 20…
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Schisandrin Lignans Stabilize GPX4 to Suppress Ferroptosis in Drug-Induced Liver Injury
Drug-induced liver injury, one of the most unpredictable complications of modern pharmacotherapy, may be driven by a molecular failure that…
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GLP-1 Drugs Raise Treatment-Related Stigma Concerns, Researchers Call for Conceptual Clarity
A new commentary in the International Journal of Obesity is drawing attention to a rapidly emerging problem in modern obesity…
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Bar-Ilan Study Finds Attention Can Regulate Acute Inflammation in Humans
A new study suggests that attention is not merely a way for the brain to interpret sensations from the body.…
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Scientists find fast-spreading genetic variants causing parasites to resist malaria drugs
Researchers have identified a previously unrecognized set of genetic changes in Plasmodium falciparum, the parasite responsible for the most severe…