La obesidad no es solo una cuestión estética o de talla de ropa. Es, ante todo, un problema de salud pública de primer orden que acorta la vida. En un momento en que la obesidad afecta a más del 40% de los adultos en algunos países, científicos y médi …
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Unos investigadores han ideado una técnica que, sin necesidad de rayos X ni otros medios aparatosos para ver a través de obstáculos opacos, permitirá, por ejemplo, que los robots en almacenes vean lo que hay dentro de un paquete sin abrirlo, pudiendo así verificar …
Durante décadas, los neandertales (Homo neanderthalensis) han sido injustamente retratados como brutos primitivos, superados por la supuesta inteligencia superior de los humanos anatómicamente modernos (Homo sapiens). Sin embargo, investigaciones recientes en paleoantropología, …
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Cuando somos cada vez más dependientes de dispositivos portátiles, sensores inteligentes e Internet de las Cosas (IoT), afortunadamente surge una solución energética innovadora, limpia y prácticamente inagotable: los nanogeneradores piezoeléctricos. Estos di …
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Earlier this summer the FDA asked Moderna for more efficacy data on its flu vaccine before it could review an mRNA-based combination shot that targets both influenza and COVID-19. Now, the entire vaccine sector is sizing up a new regulatory world, companies’ next steps uncertain.
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Amid a season of regulatory and scientific advances, experts reveal a culture of data hoarding among cell and gene therapy developers that is reinforcing fragmentation, stalling innovation and delaying access to treatments.
How Data Secrecy Is Stalling Progress in Cell and Gene Therapy Read More »
Whoop pushed back on the warning letter, claiming its blood pressure feature for a wearable wristband is for “wellness” and should not be regulated as a medical device.
Whoop’s FDA warning letter sparks debate over blood pressure as a wellness metric Read More »
The rollercoaster week for Sarepta Therapeutics continued, with shares of the embattled gene therapy-turned-siRNA biotech down 37% Friday afternoon as media outlets reported FDA plans to request a stop to all shipments of the Duchenne muscular dystrophy therapy Elevidys following a third patient death linked to the underlying platform.
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On Thursday, CMS sent letters to states notifying them that it doesn’t plan to approve any new such waivers or extend existing ones in the administration’s latest curtailing of Medicaid.
It’s a significant loss for the insurer, which sued the government late last year after its star ratings plummeted for 2025. Analysts estimate Humana could lose billions of dollars as a result of the decision.
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