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At a fashion show for people with spinal muscular atrophy, models take back their own stories

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NEW YORK — The scene: a fashion show on Fifth Avenue. The catwalk was not elevated, as it usually would be. People were packed tightly on benches alongside it in the dark. The first person to walk it was a singer/songwriter, James Ian, dressed in a flashy suit with a howling wolf embroidered in beadwork on the back.

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Pregnancy increases biological age — but recovery and breastfeeding can undo the damage, study finds

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The results add to growing evidence that molecular aging, a process by which our cells accrue damage and dysfunction over time, doesn’t progress in a linear fashion — nor only forward. Read the rest…

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STAT+: Assistants, not replacements: How AI can accelerate research and health care

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When patients are dealing with a sexually transmitted infection, they don’t always get advice on whether they should come into the clinic in a timely fashion. So patient interface company Healthvana created a conversational AI chatbot to quickly answer some of their questions. It had two options: standard AI persona or a drag queen.

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The surprising environmental cost of rapid testing, mosquito nets, and other lifesaving health products

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Don’t buy fast fashion. Many commonly suggested ways to addressing climate change present few ethical challenges: Cut fossil fuels. Eat less meat. But what happens when products that contribute to climate change also save lives — millions of them? A new report , published on Nov.

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STAT+: Scientists take a (small) step toward universal antivenom

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Antivenom, like Mexican Coke or grandma’s cookies, is still made the old-fashioned way. In antivenom’s case, the recipe is straightforward: Pump a horse full of sub-lethal doses of venom from various local snakes, wait for them to develop an immune response, tap their blood, purify out antibodies, bottle, and freeze.

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Abzena's VP of science and technology - what made her choose biochemistry over fashion design?

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Petra Dieterich has 30 years of experience in the drug development field, with a focus on supporting CMC activities.

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Why Biogen is purposefully becoming more risk averse, according to Biogen’s CEO

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This includes Biogen CEO Chris Viehbacher, who spoke of how the company wants to move forward in a more disciplined fashion. Our podcast came live from the rollicking Boston affair, and we heard from plenty of the field’s top players. We also talk about why Beam Therapeutics is cutting back so dramatically, and more.