A nanobody that stabilizes mutant CFTR from inside the cell, especially when combined with existing drugs, restores near-normal function in cystic fibrosis cells.
Peptides have entered the menopause conversation, but growing interest in optimization and hormone health is also raising questions about safety & long-term evidence.
There’s certainly no shortage of things to do with your mother present on Mother’s Day. But what do you do on this day when your mom’s gone. Here are 10 possibilities.
Health insurance companies including UnitedHealthcare, CVS Health’s Aetna and Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans are seeing lower costs. But there’s trouble ahead.
USAID is gone. With 14 million deaths projected by 2030, can Trump’s “Trade Over Aid” initiative replace decades of global health infrastructure?
Should Medicare change the default option for new beneficiaries to Medicare Advantage or an ACO, this could backfire as costs could rise and access restrictions increase.
Kennedy touts MAHA. This Mother’s Day, note what his misinformation and policies really do to moms: reduce access to care, increase deaths and guilt from responsibilities.
Will Hantavirus cause the next pandemic? A public health expert explains why it is unlikely to result in a global pandemic, and discusses the U.S. response thus far
Synthetic microbiomes to treat disease. Sea levels may rise faster than we thought. AI for scientific researchers. All that and more in this week’s edition of The Prototype.
Leading spine societies have issued a powerful new consensus statement urging insurers to reimburse for interbody devices in anterior cervical spine surgery.