Adelaide woman one of 30 cases worldwide of broad ligament leiomyosarcoma
An Adelaide woman has been diagnosed with a rare form of cancer that has been reported in less than 30 other cases worldwide. Mother of two, Lara Hall, 38, was …
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Victorian GP deregistered over significant delay in fatal cancer diagnosis
A retired Victorian doctor has been stripped of his registration following the death of a patient whose cancer diagnosis was significantly delayed. Kadandalea Shetty was a longtime general practitioner when …
How to Make a Pig Heart Transplant Last in a Person
With any organ transplant, doctors are trying to balance how to prevent infections while tamping down the immune system. Without immunosuppressive drugs, the transplant organ will be rejected. But giving …
Crispr Pioneer Jennifer Doudna Has the Guts to Take On the Microbiome
OK, you’ve lost me. What do you mean by “bring in a molecule”? It literally just means allowing a molecule into a cell. And if that molecule is a gene …
Ozempic shortage in Australia sparks new supply rules
The national medicine regulator has introduced restrictions on the prescription of diabetes drug Ozempic to help manage an international shortage. Danish company Novo Nordisk advised the Therapeutic Goods Administration that …
Palantir’s Reputation Stalks Its Bid for the UK’s National Health Data
These comments were made by Thiel in a private capacity, says Palantir’s McArdle. “Our CEO has made it clear he disagrees with them and that he wishes ‘we had a …
Everything You Need to Know About Getting Your Genome Sequenced
In a disused town hall building in Stratford, East London, a familiar sight awaits those who enter. Health care workers dressed in scrubs emerge from partitioned sections to address a …
The Gruesome Story of How Neuralink’s Monkeys Actually Died
UC Davis veterinary records cited by the Physicians Committee—which WIRED also obtained through a subsequent California public records request—chronicle a battery of complications that developed following procedures involving electrodes being …
DeepMind’s New AI Can Predict Genetic Diseases
About 10 years ago, Žiga Avsec was a PhD physics student who found himself taking a crash course in genomics via a university module on machine learning. He was soon …
Everything We Know About Neuralink’s Brain Implant Trial
Elon Musk’s brain implant company Neuralink has announced it is one step closer to putting brain implants in people. Today, the company stated that it will begin recruiting patients with …