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New Artificial Intelligence Model Could Speed Rare Disease Diagnosis

November 24, 2025

PopEVE can identify genetic variants most likely to cause severe disease, death

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What We Need To Know To Stop a Listeria Outbreak

November 24, 2025

Fundamental biology is key to better listeria treatment and prevention, says Darren Higgins

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Subverting Plasmids To Combat Antibiotic Resistance

November 20, 2025

Researchers devise way to study, and perhaps curb, evolution within bacteria

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New Computing Tool Accelerates Epilepsy Research

November 14, 2025

Desktop supercomputer could help researchers map mutations that drive the disease

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Using Click Chemistry To Drug ‘Undruggable’ Tumor Suppressors

November 7, 2025

Qinheng Zheng uses a daring approach to reveal new treatments for cancer

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HMS Announces Blavatnik Institute Early Career Investigator Awards

November 6, 2025

10 projects receive basic and translational research funding

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The Economic Forces That Drive Prescription Drug Prices

October 30, 2025

Luca Maini on what new U.S. policies could mean for patients and health systems

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CTE Is Caused by More Than Head Trauma, New Study Suggests

October 30, 2025

Research reveals Alzheimer’s disease-like DNA damage, hints at immune involvement

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Building Stronger Health Systems Saves Lives, Madagascar Experiment Shows

October 16, 2025

Project highlights importance of data-driven science to advance global health

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New Insights Into Harmful Mutations in Sperm

October 10, 2025

Researchers discover alterations are surprisingly common, identify genes involved

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An AI System With Detailed Diagnostic Reasoning Makes Its Case

October 8, 2025

“Dr. CaBot” goes head-to-head with a human expert to work through a challenging medical case

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AI Distinguishes Glioblastoma From Look-Alike Cancers During Surgery

September 29, 2025

New tool helps surgeons tell apart aggressive glioblastoma from other cancers in the brain

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