What is Carb-X?
Combating antibiotic Resistant Bacteria Biopharmaceutical Accelerator or Carb-X for short is bringing together the United States and British health officials,
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Medical Technology
This smells promising: Nasal bacteria pump out a new antibiotic that kills MRSA
(By Anna Vlasits for STAT) Humans, and the microbes that live inside us, could be the source of the next
Read MoreCongressman Decries Olympus’ Failure To Warn U.S. Hospitals About Tainted Scopes
(By Chad Terhune for Kaiser Health News) U.S. lawmaker is renewing his push for Congress to toughen requirements on medical-device
Read MoreSurgeon Says Apps May Turn Organ Donation Support Into ‘Concrete Action’
(By Zhai Yun Tan for Kaiser Health News) Users of Tinder, the popular online dating app, usually swipe right on
Read MoreFirst CRISPR trial in humans is reported to start next month
(By Sharon Begley for STAT) Scientists in China plan to use the genome-editing technology CRISPR-Cas9 in patients as early as
Read MoreTracking Cancer In Real Time
(By Anna Gorman for Kaiser Health News) California is overhauling the way it collects information for its massive cancer database
Read MoreDNA pioneer James Watson: The cancer moonshot is ‘crap’ but there is still hope
(By Sharon Begley for STAT) James Watson, whose 1953 discovery of the structure of DNA with Francis Crick launched the revolution
Read MoreYour New Hip Maybe Found in Your Fat Reserves
Farshid Guilak, who directs regenerative medicine research for St. Louis Shriner’s Hospital and Washington University, has developed a way to
Read MoreDo CRISPR enthusiasts have their head in the sand about the safety of gene editing?
(By Sharon Begley for STAT) WASHINGTON — At scientific meetings on genome-editing, you’d expect researchers to show pretty slides of the
Read MoreTo Get on the Transplant List: Physicians Dilemma
In 2014, 6,950 Americans were approved for heart transplants, and only about 2,250 donor hearts became available, so to move
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