Megan Molteni reports on discoveries from the frontiers of genomic medicine, neuroscience, and reproductive tech. She joined STAT in 2021 after covering health and science at WIRED. You can reach Megan on Signal at mmolteni.13. Ed Silverman, a senior ...

A research team led by Zhen-Xing Endowed Professor Jian Yang at the School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, has developed a pangenome-informed genome assembly (PIGA) method. By combining a cost-effective hybrid sequencing strategy of long and short reads,

ASSOCIATED PRESS — The 43 rhesus macaque monkeys that escaped a South Carolina medical lab this week are among the most studied animals on the planet. And for more than a century, they have held a mirror to humanity, revealing our strengths and ...

Pritchard worked in the Office for Human Research Protections for 20 years and retired as the senior adviser to the director of OHRP in 2024. Deciding whether to participate in a clinical research study can be difficult, especially for people who are newly ...

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IHR brings perspectives of social justice and human rights to the forefront of scientific research at UAB. The Institute positions UAB as a leader in research in human rights by prioritizing systemic and structural perspectives affecting underserved and ...

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Pollutants can harm human health and enter the body through the air people breathe, the water they drink and the food they eat. Yet even as evidence of widespread exposure has been found in populations around the world,

FORT DETRICK, Md. – As the capabilities of unmanned aerial systems continue to evolve rapidly in response to the tactical and strategic necessities of the modern battlefield, the U.S. Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory is exploring a unique approach to ...

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