Tag: Health
CRISPR Therapy Shows Superior Benefit for Cardiomyopathy Patients
Intellia Therapeutics CEO John Leonard has been facing a familiar situation for the past few years. The company has been sharing positive results from its gene editing trials, only to see its stock prices...
Medicare Obesity Drug Coverage and 340B Analysis: Pharmalittle Updates
Good day, everyone! We hope you are all well despite the rainy weather. Remember, each day is a gift waiting to be unwrapped. As we take a short break for the upcoming holiday, let's...
Morning Rounds: Importance of Newborn Screenings and Radiation-Resistant Tardigrades
Get your daily dose of health and medicine every weekday with STAT’s free newsletter Morning Rounds. Sign up here. A new way to test babies for diseases that current screening methods don’t catch Newborn babies are...
Uncovering the Link Between Cerebral Palsy and Vaccines
Cerebral palsy is a common motor disability that is often associated with childhood. However, there are actually more adults living with this condition in the United States than children. Transitioning from pediatric care to...
Moonshot Initiative to Combat Cervical Cancer in the Indo-Pacific: What’s Missing?
President Joe Biden and the leaders of Australia, India, and Japan recently introduced a new initiative called the Quad Cancer Moonshot Initiative. This initiative aims to combat cervical cancer in the Indo-Pacific region by...
Mutations in H5N1 Bird Flu Virus in Canadian Teenager Highlight Risk
The H5N1 bird flu virus that infected a teenager in British Columbia has undergone mutational changes making it easier to infect people, according to scientists. The teenager remains in critical condition in the hospital,...
Reaction to Trump’s selection of RFK Jr. for HHS leadership
Leaders in the biopharma world and scientific community were taken aback by the news that President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. This...
Jay Bhattacharya: Trump’s Choice to Lead NIH
President-elect Trump has made his selection for the role of leading the National Institutes of Health known, with Stanford University professor Jay Bhattacharya being chosen for the position, as announced by his transition team...
Biotech Outlook Post-Trump Presidency: What’s Next?
Adam: Hey Matt, glad you could join me today. The future of the biotech industry post-Trump presidency is something that many are curious about. One key aspect that everyone is keeping an eye on...
Pharmalittle: RFK Jr. Vaccines Scandal & Kids’ Obesity Drug Prescriptions
Good morning and welcome to a new week of work. We hope you had a refreshing weekend because now it's time to get back to the usual routine of online meetings, phone calls, and...
FAQs: Understanding IGAs in Animals
Intentional Genomic Alterations (IGAs) in animals refer to changes made to an animal's DNA using modern molecular technologies. These alterations can include targeted DNA sequence changes like insertions, substitutions, or deletions, among others. Common...
CAR-T Therapy Shows Promise in Treating Aggressive Brain Tumors in Young Patients
Michelle Monje-Deisseroth, a medical student about 20 years ago, treated patients with a type of brain tumor called diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas, or DIPG. These tumors are difficult to treat because they wrap around...
