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New Sickle Cell Therapies Will Be Out of Reach Where They Are Needed Most
There is no clear path for African patients to get access to the treatments, which have multimillion-dollar price tags and are highly complex to manufacture and deliver.
Source: The New York Times
8 Dec 2023
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Toy magnets linked to 7 deaths and 2,400 hospitalizations
If swallowed, the magnets can attract to one another and cause perforations, intestinal blockages and blood poisoning, federal safety regulators warn.
Source: The Washington Post
8 Dec 2023
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First-of-its-kind tyrannosaur fossil reveals what younglings ate
The predator’s last supper shows different diets of young and adults, which may have shaped ancient ecosystems.
Source: Science
8 Dec 2023
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FDA Approves World’s First Crispr Gene-Editing Drug for Sickle-Cell Disease
The landmark decision by the Food and Drug Administration heralds a powerful new kind of medicine, one that turns off or replaces genes to tackle conditions that have long confounded doctors and researchers.
Source: The Wall Street Journal
8 Dec 2023
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$19 Billion in a Week: AbbVie Makes Two Big Bets
With two quick deal announcements under its belt in just six days, AbbVie may have transformed its pipeline in cancer and neurology and satiated its deal-making hunger.
Source: The Wall Street Journal
8 Dec 2023
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White House targets drug patents in latest effort to lower prices
Under the proposed framework, which relies on the White House’s new legal interpretation of a 43-year-old federal law, the high price of a taxpayer-funded drug will be a factor in determining when to invoke a regulatory power known as “march-in rights,” senior officials said.
Source: The Washington Post
7 Dec 2023
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Merck Scraps Phase 3 Keytruda-Lynparza Lung Cancer Study
The Rahway, N.J., drugmaker, which was evaluating Keytruda in combination with maintenance Lynparza in a Phase 3 study in patients with metastatic squamous non-small cell lung cancer, said it is stopping the trial for futility based on the recommendation of an independent data monitoring committee.
Source: The Wall Street Journal
7 Dec 2023
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A Famed Hospital Churns Poor Patients Through Weight-Loss Surgery
a New York Times investigation found that the bariatric program, led by surgeons with financial incentives to perform more operations, has become a high-speed assembly line that has endangered some patients and compromised urgent care for others. And because most of the hospital’s patients are on Medicaid or uninsured, taxpayers foot the bill. Featuring YSM's Dr. John Morton.
Source: The New York Times
7 Dec 2023
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CRISPR 2.0: a new wave of gene editors heads for clinical trials
The therapy, which UK regulators approved on 16 November, disables a gene as a means of treating a genetic blood disorder called sickle cell disease. A host of other CRISPR-Cas9 therapies that work on the same principle are in clinical trials as treatments for a range of diseases.
Source: Nature
7 Dec 2023
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Bacteria are evenly matched in swimming contests, no matter their size
Results of a new study may help scientists understand how microbes spread infection and guide efficient designs for artificial “microswimmers” to deliver targeted drugs to cells.
Source: Science
7 Dec 2023
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Correcting the record on pneumonia cases in kids
Reports of childhood clusters of pneumonia around the world are being exaggerated and falsely conflated, frustrating public health officials.
Source: The Washington Post
6 Dec 2023
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The Medicare Gold Rush Is Slowing Down
The popularity of private Medicare plans has been a huge driver of profits for insurance companies in recent years. There are signs the gold rush isn’t quite what it once was.
Source: The Wall Street Journal
6 Dec 2023
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Biden ban on menthol cigarettes to be delayed amid political concerns, officials say
The Biden administration will further delay a long-awaited ban on menthol cigarettes after fierce lobbying from critics who warn that a prohibition could anger some Black smokers who favor the products and could hurt President Biden’s reelection prospects, administration officials said.
Source: The Washington Post
6 Dec 2023
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Wastewater Is Sending a Warning About Covid-19 This Holiday Season
Rising levels of the virus and a new variant, JN.1, are leading to some concern from scientists and doctors.
Source: The Wall Street Journal
6 Dec 2023
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Donors and Alumni Demand That Penn’s President Resign Over Remarks at Hearing
At a congressional hearing about antisemitism on campuses, Elizabeth Magill, head of the University of Pennsylvania, appeared to evade questions about whether calling for the genocide of Jews violated Penn’s code of conduct.
Source: The New York Times
6 Dec 2023
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Super-charged caffeine drinks are popular. How much caffeine is too much?
A second death linked to a caffeinated “Charged Lemonade” drink sold by the cafe-bakery chain Panera Bread has raised questions about the safety of ultra-caffeinated drinks and how much caffeine is too much.
Source: The Washington Post
6 Dec 2023
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Kevin McCarthy to Quit Congress, Months After Being Ousted as House Speaker
Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said he won’t run for re-election and would exit Congress at the end of the year, closing the California Republican’s tumultuous career in elected office and further narrowing his GOP colleagues’ majority in the chamber.
Source: The Wall Street Journal
6 Dec 2023
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mRNA vaccines may make unintended proteins, but there’s no evidence of harm
A study out today reveals mRNA vaccines may unexpectedly prompt cells to produce small amounts of unintended proteins. There is no evidence that these mistakes compromise the safety of the COVID-19 vaccines, and the researchers have already proposed a fix that may help make future vaccines or drugs based on mRNAs safer and even more effective.
Source: Science
6 Dec 2023
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Not all organs age the same. ‘Older’ ones may predict your risk of disease
Scientists say they have developed a simple, blood test–based method to measure the speed of aging in individual organs such as the heart and brain. When an organ is substantially “older” than a person’s actual age, the risk of death and diseases related to that part of the body shoots up, the researchers report today in Nature.
Source: Science
6 Dec 2023
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Nearly Everyone Gets A’s at Yale. Does That Cheapen the Grade?
Nearly 80 percent of all grades given to undergraduates at Yale last academic year were A’s or A minuses, part of a sharp increase that began during the coronavirus pandemic and appears to have stuck, according to a new report.
Source: The New York Times
5 Dec 2023