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As ALS research booms, one treatment center finds itself in the spotlight

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The Healey center is at the front of ALS research and care, earning acclaim from patients, doctors and scientists. Still, the complexities of the disease and of drug development have brought hard-felt losses.

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Extreme Case of Man Who Had 217 COVID Vaccines Surprises Scientists

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That’s how many vaccines a man in Germany claims to have received for COVID-19 in just 29 months – and his body isn’t reacting the way some scientists thought it would. Two hundred and seventeen. The 62-year-old male from the city of Magdeburg made headlines a few years ago for his private and risky decision […]

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‘Grave Consequences’: Scientists Warn of Extreme Bias in Brain Aging Research

AuroBlog - Aurous Healthcare Clinical Trials blog

The risk of Alzheimer’s disease and depression differs significantly between male and female bodies, and yet the vast majority of research on the human brain does not reflect that. Instead, male anatomy is too often considered ‘the norm’ against which all other human brains are measured.

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Scientists Discover a Genetic Variant That Seems to Limit HIV Infection

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A tiny fraction of people are naturally resistant to HIV infections, and scientists want to understand why. Now an international team of researchers has discovered a new genetic variant in people of African ancestries that appears to restrict HIV replication after an infection sets in.

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CRUK gives £58m funding for clinician scientist training

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Cancer Research UK has announced a £58.7m initiative to train more doctors as clinician scientists that can contribute to research into new cancer treatments

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Scientists Accidentally Made a Mouse Grow Legs in Place of Genitals

AuroBlog - Aurous Healthcare Clinical Trials blog

Turning off a gene early in mouse development led researchers to end up with an accidental six-legged embryonic mammal. This strange result took the spinal cord research of developmental biologists Anastasiia Lozovska and Moisés Mallo and their colleagues at Portugal’s Gulbenkian Science Institute in a new direction.

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Scientists Find Cannabis Compound Inside a Totally Different Plant

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Scientists have discovered cannabidiol, a compound in cannabis known as CBD, in a common Brazilian plant, opening potential new avenues to produce the increasingly popular substance, a lead researcher said Thursday.

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