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Scientists have started to test whether natural killer, or NK, cells can be trained to go after hard-to-cure blood cancers in human patients. But making these sentinels of the innate …
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The humble pipette tip is tiny, cheap, and utterly essential to science. It powers research into new medicines, Covid-19 diagnostics, and every blood test ever run. It is also, ordinarily, …
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When can we stop wearing masks outside? Are we ever getting a permanent FDA commissioner? And is curing disease a good business? We cover all that and more this week …
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How do you describe a one-in-a-million risk? What’s heparin-induced thrombocytopenia? And why’s it so hard to find drugs for Covid-19? We cover all that and more this week on “The …
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Regeneron Pharmaceuticals said Monday that a single administration of its monoclonal antibody cocktail reduced the risk that volunteers exposed to Covid-19 would develop the disease by 81%. The study enrolled …
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What’s next for AstraZeneca? Are there any right answers when it comes to compassionate use? And how does it feel to give someone a Covid-19 vaccine? We cover all that …
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When Nancy Hopkins joined the faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology nearly 50 years ago, she didn’t think that her gender would have any impact on her career. “I …
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Spare a thought for Illumina. The $56 billion dollar titan of genomics has become the world’s leading supplier of DNA sequencing technology. That’s been great for the company’s bottom line …
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Drugs that harness the body’s immune system to find and kill cancer cells have improved the lives of patients with cancer and generated billions of dollars in sales for the …
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