Tag: medicine
mRNA Vaccine Tech Could Transform Medicine and Cure Diseases. RFK, Jr. Just Pulled Its Funding
Why mRNA Vaccines Are So Revolutionary—And What’s at Stake if We Lose Them By Stephanie Pappas edited by Jeanna Bryner Lipid nanoparticles, like the one shown in this illustration, are used as vehicles to deliver mRNA-based vaccines. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced on Tuesday that it will cancel $500 million worth…
DeepMind’s AlphaGenome Uses AI to Decipher Noncoding DNA for Research, Personalized Medicine
DeepMind’s AlphaGenome Aims to Decode DNA’s ‘Dark Matter’ This AI system can analyze up to one million DNA letters at once, predicting how tiny changes in noncoding regions trigger everything from cancer to rare genetic disorders—and potentially revolutionizing personalized medicine By Deni Ellis Béchard edited by Dean Visser KTSDesign/Science Source Join Our Community of Science…
People Living in Las Vegas’s Tunnels Urged to Get Medical Treatment
People Living in Las Vegas’s Tunnels Urged to Get Medical Treatment Street medicine providers and homeless outreach workers who travel into Las Vegas’s drainage tunnels have noticed an uptick in the number of people living underground, and it can be difficult to persuade them to come aboveground for medicine and treatment By Angela Hart &…