November 14, 2023
(Science) – All told, the whistleblowers raise concerns about images from 35 basic research studies Zlokovic’s team has published, as well as data from two reports on the phase 2 trial of 3K3A-APC. The publications have a single common author: … Read More
November 14, 2023
(PhysOrg) – Climate crises, nuclear Armageddon, or a sudden meteor strike—it’s clear humanity could do with Planet B. But first we need to learn to reproduce safely in space, says Dutch entrepreneur Egbert Edelbroek. Edelbroek’s firm, Spaceborn United, is pioneering … Read More
November 13, 2023
(Nature) – The first trial in humans of the precise gene-editing technique known as base editing has shown promising results for keeping cholesterol levels in check. The approach injects into people a treatment called VERVE-101, which permanently deactivates a gene … Read More
November 13, 2023
(New York Times) – The handful of patients had severe heart disease that had caused chest pain and heart attacks. After trying available cholesterol-lowering medications, they could not get their cholesterol as low as cardiologists recommended. So they volunteered for … Read More
November 13, 2023
November 10, 2023
(Wall Street Journal) – The latest in a series of high-profile retractions of research papers has people asking: What’s wrong with peer review? Scientific and medical journals use the peer-review process to decide which studies are worthy of publication. But … Read More
November 10, 2023
(Reuters) – Reuters documented at least 600 previously unreported workplace injuries at Musk’s rocket company: crushed limbs, amputations, electrocutions, head and eye wounds and one death. SpaceX employees say they’re paying the price for the billionaire’s push to colonize space … Read More
November 9, 2023
(Nature) – Scientists have created an infant ‘chimaeric’ monkey by injecting a monkey embryo with stem cells from a genetically distinct donor embryo. The resulting animal is the first live-born chimaeric primate to have a high proportion of cells originating … Read More
November 8, 2023
(Nature) – An unpublished analysis shared with Nature suggests that over the past two decades, more than 400,000 research articles have been published that show strong textual similarities to known studies produced by paper mills. Around 70,000 of these were … Read More
November 8, 2023
(Associated Press) – More than 40% of American adults are considered obese, yet the medications many take are rarely tested in bigger bodies. That’s because they are not required to be included in drug studies. And often, they’re explicitly excluded. … Read More
November 7, 2023
(Bloomberg) – Elon Musk is preparing for the most consequential launch of his career. But this one isn’t rocket science–it’s brain surgery. Musk’s company Neuralink Corp. is seeking a volunteer for its first clinical trial, meaning it’s looking for someone … Read More
November 6, 2023
(Nature) – A machine-learning tool can easily spot when chemistry papers are written using the chatbot ChatGPT, according to a study published on 6 November in Cell Reports Physical Science1. The specialized classifier, which outperformed two existing artificial intelligence (AI) … Read More
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