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Cancer deaths among Black people drop, but still higher than other groups

19.05.2022

Cancer death rates have steadily declined among Black people but remain higher than in other racial and ethnic groups, a U.S. government study released Thursday shows. Cancer deaths have been …

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In the Lab

Cancer experts hail a molecular ‘black box’ that records how cells fly into tumor territory

18.05.2022

Biologists Tyler Jacks and Jonathan Weissman’s mice may look like any other lab mice — plain, pale, and furry — but cancer geneticists see them as a “technical tour de …

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Coronavirus

Listen: A CEO’s arrest, Pfizer’s big deal, & Covid on the rise

12.05.2022

Is the next Covid surge upon us? How do you make $350,000 a day in biotech? And when did Seagen find out about its CEO’s arrest? We cover all that …

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In the Lab

Publication of the ‘Google Maps’ of human cells is a milestone. A pioneer of the project explains why

12.05.2022

Just under your skin lie whole aqueous worlds, where trillions of cells spark and beat and wriggle and secrete, doing all the complicated tasks of keeping you alive. They all …

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Health

Study uncovers clues to rise in uterine cancer death rates

05.05.2022

A rare but aggressive kind of uterine cancer appears to be driving an increase in U.S. deaths from the disease, particularly among Black women, researchers reported Thursday. Over eight years, …

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Coronavirus

Biogen’s head-scratching new lobbyist hire

19.04.2022

D.C. Diagnosis is STAT’s weekly newsletter about the politics and policy of health and medicine. Sign up here to receive it in your inbox. Your quarterly dose of lobbying gossip It’s almost …

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First Opinion

Opinion: FDA needs to follow through on its plan to ban carbadox in animal feed

15.04.2022

An antibiotic known as carbadox can damage genes and cause cancer. The European Union, Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom have banned its use for years. So why does the …

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Coronavirus / Health

Covid vaccines didn’t work for many cancer patients — but researchers are designing a new shot for them

12.04.2022

NEW ORLEANS — A couple months before the pandemic started, Joseph Ford started experiencing a rash of pinpoint polka dots around his lips, ankles, and lower legs. They were itchy, …

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Health

An mRNA vaccine boost may help CAR T-therapy treat solid cancers

10.04.2022

NEW ORLEANS — While CAR T-therapy has cured some people with blood cancers, this form of immunotherapy has so far produced lackluster results for solid tumors like lung or kidney …

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