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The US says not to give Johnson & Johnson vaccines after a woman died from a rare blood clot

MIT Technology
April 13, 2021

By comparison, about 1 in 600 people Americans have already died of covid-19 or with the infection as a contributing factor, meaning getting infected by the coronavirus is the much…

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This family raised millions to get experimental gene therapy for their children

MIT Technology
April 13, 2021

These desperate efforts ask parents to overcome nearly impossible obstacles. They must become experts in drug development, raise millions, and tirelessly cajole scientists. Few people can pull it off. “There…

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The CDC’s $1.75 billion sequencing boom may be throwing money at the wrong problem

MIT Technology
April 5, 2021

Instead of trying to work through these issues at the national level, the sequencing contracts allow individual public health agencies to request the names and contact information of people who…

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The Moderna and Pfizer vaccines are 90% effective at stopping infection in the real world too

MIT Technology
March 30, 2021

Solid findings: This new study provides yet more promising data on the positive effect vaccines are starting to have on the pandemic. Last month, England’s health authority reported[1] that a…

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No one can find the animal that gave people covid-19

MIT Technology
March 26, 2021

One problem with the lab leak theory is that it presumes the Chinese are lying or hiding facts, a position incompatible with a joint scientific effort. This may have been…

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Did the coronavirus leak from a lab? These scientists say we shouldn’t rule it out.

MIT Technology
March 18, 2021

It could have been career suicide for scientists to voice suspicions about a possible lab leak, says Metzl, especially when there was already a long history of viral disease outbreaks…

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A mouse embryo has been grown in an artificial womb—humans could be next

MIT Technology
March 17, 2021

“I do understand the difficulties. I understand. You are entering the domain of abortions,” says Hanna. However, he says he can rationalize such experiments because researchers already study five-day-old human…

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Scientists plan to drop the 14-day embryo rule, a key limit on stem cell research

MIT Technology
March 16, 2021

For the last 40 years, the rule, which is law in some countries and a guideline in others, has served as an important stop sign for embryonic research. It has…

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Should the US start prioritizing first vaccine doses to beat the variants?

MIT Technology
March 2, 2021

In a report released on February 23[1], Osterholm and his colleagues calculate that temporarily prioritizing first doses for those over the age of 65 might save as many as 39,000 lives.…

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The one-shot vaccine from Johnson & Johnson now has FDA support in the US

MIT Technology
February 27, 2021

That is because in the US, children under 18 make up about a quarter of the population but aren’t yet allowed to receive the shots. As well, about 30% of…

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The US says not to give Johnson & Johnson vaccines after a woman died from a rare blood clot

This family raised millions to get experimental gene therapy for their children

The CDC’s $1.75 billion sequencing boom may be throwing money at the wrong problem

The Moderna and Pfizer vaccines are 90% effective at stopping infection in the real world too

No one can find the animal that gave people covid-19

Did the coronavirus leak from a lab? These scientists say we shouldn’t rule it out.

A mouse embryo has been grown in an artificial womb—humans could be next

Scientists plan to drop the 14-day embryo rule, a key limit on stem cell research

Should the US start prioritizing first vaccine doses to beat the variants?

The one-shot vaccine from Johnson & Johnson now has FDA support in the US

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