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Does the Peer Review Process Need Blockchain?
A new generation of scientists raised on Reddit and Instagram are exploring crowdsourced models of scientific peer review.
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Richard Sprague
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What if We Didn’t Have to Test New Drugs on Animals?
As organ-on-a-chip technology comes of age, the bipartisan FDA Modernization Act 2.0 would remove the requirement that new drugs must undergo animal testing before human clinical trials.
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Emily Sohn
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Reproducibility in Clinical Trials is Like Trying to Catch a Rabbit by the Tail
Scientists are not routinely sloppy, clinicians don’t usually cheat, and clinical research is generally well designed. So why is it so hard to reproduce results?
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David Warmflash
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Perspective: The Human Immunome Project is the Next Big Leap
An insider’s view of the effort to decode and model the entire immune system.
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Jane Metcalfe
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New Tech for Gene Therapy Could Advance Longevity
Maybe the science is finally catching up with BioViva CEO Elizabeth Parrish.
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David Warmflash
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Perspective: Should I Get the New COVID-19 Bivalent Booster?
Our writer unpacks the data behind the new vaccines and wonders what happened to nuance in the CDC’s recommendations.
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David Warmflash
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7 Lessons on Aging
The ARDD meeting in Copenhagen this month featured new money, old experiments, endless enthusiasm, and a palpable sense of possibility.
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Jason Socrates Bardi
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Biobanks are on the Cusp of Translating Big Data Into New Medicine
The rise of biobanks around the world promised lots of cheap and plentiful human DNA for scientists to study. Here’s how that’s going.
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David Ewing Duncan
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How the Brain Perceives Fear
Targeting a key molecule that helps the brain process sensory threats could lead to new treatments for PTSD, migraines, and autism.
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David Levine
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The Bleeding Edge of Itch Research
Scientists have been scratching at the familiar, annoying phenomenon long enough now to produce a new crop of promising itch drugs.
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Moheb Costandi
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