The US Food and Drug Administration approves the first flu vaccine made from recombinant proteins rather than a weakened virus.
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The US Food and Drug Administration approves the first flu vaccine made from recombinant proteins rather than a weakened virus.
Fecal transplants outcompeted traditional antibiotics at curing a deadly intestinal infection.
Transplanting synthetic stool made of beneficial microbes cures deadly diarrheal infections in two patients.
The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas has agreed to stop awarding new grants until it addresses concerns about the integrity of is review process.
The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas is under investigation following further concerns about the legitimacy of its grant review process.
The healing powers of maggots may lie in their secreted proteins, which restrain the human immune response.
The total number of new drugs approved this year ties last year for the highest since 2004, suggesting that the pharmaceutical industry is recovering.
The US Food and Drug Administration is taking steps to get new devices on the market sooner—and antibiotics may be next.
Amid controversy, the American Psychiatric Association has approved the fifth edition of its guidebook on mental disorders.
The National Institutes of Health reveals a controversial plan to regulate the funding of H5N1 research.