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Engineering the Microbiome: How Scientists Are Turning Bacteria Into Living Medicines
Scientists are redesigning gut bacteria to sense biological signals, break down harmful molecules, and produce therapeutic substances inside the body — and a 2025 trial showed these living medicines can be switched off.
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The Rise of Non-Opioid Pain Relief
Opioids are highly dangerous and addictive, but are still used for pain relief. Non-opioid painkillers are being designed to overcome the risks of addiction.
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Personalized Cancer Vaccines
Cancer is rapidly changing and evolving, and differs between every patient. Using specific information from patient tumors, personalized vaccines can be developed to help combat the patient's specific cancer more effectively
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Lab-Grown Organs and Bioengineered Tissue: Advances Toward Transplantable Artificial Organs
Researchers are advancing bioengineered, vascularized tissues to overcome blood supply challenges and permanently change organ transplantation.
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Toxic Masculinity: the Scientific and Societal Perspectives of the Mask
Toxic masculinity is a system of social expectations that separates what it means to be a “man” and a “woman”, but why do these beliefs grow, what are their impacts, and how can they be resolved?
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The “New Kid” of Medicine: CFTR Modulator Therapies
CFTR Modulator therapies are some of the best tools we have against Cystic Fibrosis, that attack the disease at its heart.
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Casgevy: CRISPR Gene Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease
Casgevy is the first FDA-approved CRISPR-based therapy for sickle cell disease - Readers will learn how sickle cell disease develops, how CRISPR-Cas9 works, and how Casgevy is applied clinically as a treatment.
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Young Scientists, Real Impact: How Students are Changing Women’s Health
Advancing Gender Equity Through Breast Cancer Research
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