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STAT News – Biotech3 months agoAs political pressure mounts, medical school accreditor drops requirement to teach about health equity
The leading medical school accreditation body in the U.S. has removed language from its standards that had required schools it validates to teach about health inequities. ...
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STAT News – Biotech3 months agoDecades after Vietnam War, research links Agent Orange exposure to MDS blood cancer
Decades after the Vietnam War, hematologist-oncologist Mikkael Sekeres began seeing veterans in his clinic with myelodysplastic syndromes, a group of blood cancers known as MDS. Many...
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STAT News – Biotech3 months agoSTAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about an FDA OK for a rare disease drug, a grilling of the PTO chief, and more
Top of the morning to you, and a fine one it is. Sunny skies and mild breezes are enveloping the Pharmalot campus once again. And to...
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STAT News – Biotech3 months agoSTAT+: Allogene’s off-the-shelf CAR-T is nearing an early but pivotal study readout
This is the online version of Adam’s Biotech Scorecard, a subscriber-only newsletter. STAT+ subscribers can sign up here to get it delivered to their inbox. Why do I...
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STAT News – Biotech3 months agoOpinion: Endometriosis is not just a gynecological disease
By her second period, Leah Chapman could not get out of bed. She was 12, on vacation with her family in Colorado, and the pain was...
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STAT News – Biotech3 months agoOpinion: The perimenopause movement sells women the lie that they are ruled by their hormones
The latest effort to make healthy women believe they are ill is a new movie on perimenopause, “The M Factor 2: Before the Pause,” which debuted...
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STAT News – Biotech3 months agoSTAT+: CDC leadership in limbo as Trump administration set to miss deadline to nominate director
There is no end in sight for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s leadership limbo, with the Trump administration confirming on Wednesday it would not...
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STAT News – Biotech3 months agoCalifornia considers seal of approval for foods that are not ultra-processed
A new California bill continues the state’s efforts to crack down on ultra-processed foods, proposing a front-of-package seal that manufacturers could place on their products to...
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STAT News – Biotech3 months agoSTAT+: Bhattacharya addresses CDC director role, works to bolster staff morale in first all-hands meeting
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention staff gathered Wednesday for what many hoped would be an announcement of the Trump administration’s choice for a new leader...
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STAT News – Biotech3 months agoHeart failure is common. A quick MRI could improve diagnosis and guide treatment
Hearts need oxygen. Heart attacks are the most dramatic example of this hunger, when blocked coronary arteries starve muscles of the oxygen they need to keep...
GSK to Acquire Nuvalent for $10.6B, Boosting Cancer Pipeline with Precision NSCLC Treatments
Origins of First Eukaryotes Linked to Contributions from Multiple Bacteria and Giant Viruses
