Health

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Vaccines
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
cannabis dosing smart vape pen
Drugs
Smart vape pen claims to solve the cannabis dosing problem
Kristin Houser
mRNA Vaccine for HIV
Coronavirus
Moderna is developing an mRNA vaccine for HIV
Kristin Houser
phage therapy
Virology
Phage therapy kills superbug behind many ICU infections
Kristin Houser
foot drop
AI
Nerve-stimulator helps people walk after MS and strokes
Kristin Houser
second doses of covid-19 vaccine
Coronavirus
Should we delay the second doses of COVID-19 vaccines?
B. David Zarley
smart vaccine device
Coronavirus
Smart vaccine device could speed up development process
Kristin Houser
cancer cells hibernate
Medicine
Cancer cells can hibernate to escape chemotherapy
B. David Zarley
stem cell treatment for covid-19
Coronavirus
New COVID-19 treatment uses stem cells
Teresa Carey
pill bottle Parkinson's
3D Printing
TikTok users rally to help elite athlete with Parkinson’s
Kristin Houser
gene drive mosquito
Genetics
A “self-deleting” gene drive to end mosquito-borne diseases
Kristin Houser