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Baby Girl, Ready to Go Home, Still in Hospital 400 Days Later
The nation's most medically-in-need children are often trapped in wards or endure repeated trips in and out of hospitals, all because there is no coherent system to provide and pay for home-care nurses, who typically earn far less than their counterparts in hospitals.
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This $5 Billion Start Up Made Its First Cancer Vaccine - For Just One Person
Valued at about $5 billion, closely held Moderna, headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is one of the biggest biotechnology startups in the U.S. This start up prepared its first cancer vaccine for just one person. Here's the complete story.
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Save-Your-Life Test For $25,000 Draws Rich Patients And Skeptics
Craig Venter has got a deal for you. For $25,000, he'll sell you a complete genome sequence, a full-body MRI scan, a cardio CT scan, bone densitometry, cognitive testing and more, all in the hope of discovering a lurking tumor or brain abnormality -- and nipping it in the bud.
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This App Tells You When You're Depressed. Who Else Does It Tell?
Woebot seems to care about me. The app asks me for a list of my strengths, and remembers my response so it can encourage me later. It helps me set a goal for the week -- being more productive at work. It asks me about my moods and my energy levels and makes charts of them.
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US NAS Says Use Gene-Editing Tools for Disease, Not Designer Babies
The US National Academy of Sciences (NAS) issued a 200-page-plus report Tuesday meant to serve as ethical guidelines for gene-editing technologies.
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Baby Girl, Ready to Go Home, Still in Hospital 400 Days Later
The nation's most medically-in-need children are often trapped in wards or endure repeated trips in and out of hospitals, all because there is no coherent system to provide and pay for home-care nurses, who typically earn far less than their counterparts in hospitals.
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This $5 Billion Start Up Made Its First Cancer Vaccine - For Just One Person
Valued at about $5 billion, closely held Moderna, headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is one of the biggest biotechnology startups in the U.S. This start up prepared its first cancer vaccine for just one person. Here's the complete story.
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Save-Your-Life Test For $25,000 Draws Rich Patients And Skeptics
Craig Venter has got a deal for you. For $25,000, he'll sell you a complete genome sequence, a full-body MRI scan, a cardio CT scan, bone densitometry, cognitive testing and more, all in the hope of discovering a lurking tumor or brain abnormality -- and nipping it in the bud.
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This App Tells You When You're Depressed. Who Else Does It Tell?
Woebot seems to care about me. The app asks me for a list of my strengths, and remembers my response so it can encourage me later. It helps me set a goal for the week -- being more productive at work. It asks me about my moods and my energy levels and makes charts of them.
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US NAS Says Use Gene-Editing Tools for Disease, Not Designer Babies
The US National Academy of Sciences (NAS) issued a 200-page-plus report Tuesday meant to serve as ethical guidelines for gene-editing technologies.
