Most of these trials are going to fail, Kirkland said. Most trials do. “People should try to be dispassionate, even though everyone has a stake in...
The environment was something of a shift for Drake, who had spent the previous seven years as the medical response director of the Alcor Life Extension...
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But there are other hurdles—some so challenging that many scientists have given up. For one thing, nudging the stem cells in the right direction requires, it...
Myokines are released into the bloodstream when your muscles contract, create new cells, or perform other metabolic activities. When they arrive at the brain, they regulate...
Katie and her husband, Simon, had never heard of XXY, and their obstetrician wasn’t much help either. Also known as Klinefelter syndrome, XXY is a genetic...
She ultimately found a postdoctoral position in the lab of one of her thesis committee members. And in the years since, as she has established a...
A Pandemic Legacy: Saving Lives The devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is continuing to be felt, both in terms of human cost and the destruction...
What ML and AI in biotech broadly need to engage with are the holes that are unique to the study of health. Success stories like neural...
After the 2017 meeting, He started reading biographies of scientific risk-takers who were ultimately hailed as heroes, from Edward Jenner, creator of the first vaccine, to...