Health

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Personalized cancer vaccines are having a moment

Personalized cancer vaccines were a recurring theme at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research in 2024.

Kristin Houser

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Public Health

The threat of avian flu — and what we can do to stop it

Avian flu is infecting cows on US dairy farms, and now a person has caught it — but new research could help us avoid a bird flu pandemic.

Kristin Houser

Medicine

When an antibiotic fails: MIT scientists are using AI to target “sleeper” bacteria

Most antibiotics target metabolically active bacteria, but AI can help efficiently screen compounds that are lethal to dormant microbes.

Alex Ouyang | Abdul Latif Jameel Clinic for Machine Learning in Health | MIT News

Drugs

Friendly little mice are helping us understand the effects of LSD

Researchers at McGill have discovered the mechanisms behind the sociable effects of LSD in mice.

B. David Zarley

3D Printing

New 3D bioprinting technique creates bone with living cells

A new 3D bioprinting technique could let doctors print new bone containing living cells right inside a patient’s body.

Kristin Houser

Medicine

HIV drugs appear to prevent the #1 cause of vision loss in seniors

An HIV drug appears to prevent dry macular degeneration, suggesting that drug repurposing could be a viable strategy for treating the incurable disease.

Kristin Houser

Fertility

New vaginal ring reduces risk of HIV and pregnancy

A vaginal ring that serves double duty as both long-term contraception and convenient HIV prevention showed promise in a small study.

Kristin Houser

Virology

MIT's AI predicts new strains of HIV, coronavirus

As coronavirus mutations pop up around the world, researchers at MIT are using language-recognizing AI to try and predict what could be next.

B. David Zarley

Drugs

Mount Sinai is opening a psychedelic research center

A pacesetting institution, the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is opening a psychedelic research center focusing on MDMA and trauma.

B. David Zarley

Public Health

Predicting which birds can cause Lyme disease spread

Lyme disease spreads via infected ticks, some of whom pick it up from birds. But which birds may carry the disease to new places?

B. David Zarley

Coronavirus

Johnson and Johnson's coronavirus vaccine is 66% effective

Data from phase 3 trials of Johnson and Johnson's coronavirus vaccine suggests the vaccine is ready to go to the FDA for approval.

Kristin Houser

First AR-assisted knee replacement in America is a success

The United States’ first AR-assisted knee replacement surgery was a success, marking another milestone for the use of AR in healthcare.

Kristin Houser

Coronavirus

Moderna COVID-19 vaccine booster targets mutant strain

Moderna is trialing a COVID-19 vaccine booster designed to increase protection against a South African strain of the coronavirus.

Kristin Houser

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