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Brewing prescription drug ingredients like they were beer

Backed by US$120 million in venture funding, Stanford professor Christina Smolke’s company Antheia just completed its first scaled production of a key drug ingredient.

NASA’s first asteroid samples land on Earth — scientists hope it will bring evidence of how life began

A NASA explorer spacecraft returned to Earth Sunday morning after nearly seven years spent in space on the OSIRIS-REx mission to collect pieces of the carbon-rich asteroid Bennu, which scientists say may help unlock the secrets of the solar system’s origins and solve the mystery of how life began.

CTE discovered in 40% of athletes who died before age 30, study finds

Almost all of the brains examined by researchers at Boston University’s CTE Center showed the earliest stages of CTE, a study out Monday found.

‘Game-changing’ new Parkinson’s test paves way for treatments and cure

The test, capable of detecting Parkinson’s before the onset of symptoms, “launches a new, biological era in Parkinson’s research” and could pave the way for a cure, said researcher Kenneth Marek.

‘Dramatic’ rise in deadly superbug fungus infections in US, reports

Candida auris, a type of yeast, can trigger lethal, highly invasive infections and is increasingly resistant to what few antifungal drugs we have to treat it.

Exclusive: Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan on their next billion dollar plan

In a rare interview, the Meta Platforms CEO and his pediatrician wife, who are co-CEOs of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, discuss their plans to use technology to deepen understanding of human cells and tissues—and the impact they want it to have on human health.

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