A recent toast to James Watson highlights a tolerance for bigotry many want excised from the scientific community.
Peer review varies in quality and thoroughness. Making it publicly available could improve it.
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A recent toast to James Watson highlights a tolerance for bigotry many want excised from the scientific community.
Moderate ultraviolet light exposure boosts the brainpower of mice thanks to increased production of the neurotransmitter glutamate.
Researchers find a link between molecules released by commensal bacteria and the degree of inflammation in a mouse model of MS.
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A total of 27 people have died since April, but new funds and the deployment of an experimental vaccine are expected to help contain the virus.
Fruit bats are a reservoir for the disease, which can cause brain damage.
Early exposure to common microbes could stop leukemia from manifesting in children.
The University College London researcher investigated how environmental pressures affect animals.
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May 2018
When the O’Neills learned that their daughter had Sanfilippo syndrome, a devastating rare disease, they created a GoFundMe campaign that raised $2 million in less than a year.
Clinical analyses of patients’ gene sequences are helping to provide answers where none were available before.
Crowdfunding can power investigations into diseases that would otherwise receive little attention.
Government incentives, advances in technology, and an army of patient advocates have spun a successful market—but abuses of the system and exorbitant prices could cause a backlash.
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Ali Guthy, the daughter of cosmetics entrepreneur Victoria Jackson, discusses NMO, the rare autoimmune disease she suffers from.
Watch the viral video that helped the family of a child with Sanfilippo syndrome raise more than $2 million.
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