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Blood Tests That Detect Cancers Create Risks for Those Who Use Them
With 44 million Medicare beneficiaries and an annual test costing about $1,000 a year plus expensive scans and biopsies for…
FDA Panel Rejects Lilly’s Cancer Drug Tested Only in China
The agency has long had strict rules about approving drugs that were tested solely overseas, requiring that the data be…
A Cancer Treatment Makes Leukemia Vanish, but Creates More Mysteries
After the CD8 cells did their job, they remained in the blood but, unexpectedly, they turned into CD4 cells. And…
How The mRNA Vaccines Were Made: Halting Progress and Happy Accidents
“I said, ‘I am an RNA scientist. I can do anything with RNA,’” Dr. Karikó recalled telling Dr. Weissman. He…
J. & J. Booster Protects Against Severe Omicron, Study Says
A Johnson & Johnson booster shot provided strong protection against the Omicron variant, greatly reducing the risk of hospitalization, according…
A Cure for Type 1 Diabetes? For One Man, It Seems to Have Worked.
Brian Shelton’s life was ruled by Type 1 diabetes.When his blood sugar plummeted, he would lose consciousness without warning. He…