Enlarge this image Dr. Vinay Prasad is 35 and an assistant professor of medicine at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland,…
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Enlarge this image In these two two-cell mouse embryos, the surface of the embryos is outlined in orange, the DNA in the…
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Enlarge this image A genetic test could spare many women with a common form of breast cancer from receiving chemotherapy. SPL/Science Source…
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When Scientists Develop Products From Personal Medical Data, Who Gets To Profit?
by Richard Harris May 31, 2018Enlarge this image Katherine Streeter for NPR Katherine Streeter for NPR If you go to the hospital for medical treatment and scientists…
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For Some Hard-To-Find Tumors, Doctors See Promise In Artificial Intelligence
by Richard Harris May 30, 2018Enlarge this image A team at Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore is developing a tumor-detecting algorithm for detecting pancreatic cancer. But first,…
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Study Puts Puerto Rico Death Toll From Hurricane Maria Near 5,000
by Richard Harris May 29, 2018Enlarge this image A tree toppled by Hurricane Maria rests over damaged graves in the Villa Palmeras cemetery in San Juan, Puerto…
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Enlarge this image Aimovig, a new kind of migraine drug, is injected once a month. The medicine reduced the number of migraines…
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Test of Herceptin Finds Briefer Treatment Can Work, With Fewer Side Effects
by Richard Harris May 16, 2018Enlarge this image Herceptin has proved to be effective in prolonging the lives of the 12 percent of women with breast cancer…