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The biotech Oxitec had released the genetically engineered insects with the hope that they would breed with wild populations and produce offspring that die young. But that’s not always happening.

The widely expected move comes months after the companies scrapped trials of another Alzheimer’s drug.

The repeal will return the US to water standards from 1986.

An outspoken critic of the scientific consensus on anthropogenic climate change, Happer is returning to academia after a year in his White House role.

From travel restrictions and publishing bans to currency collapse, the restoration of US sanctions has left researchers in Iran reeling.

A study of 11 drugs now in clinical trials suggests they do kill cancer cells—but through a different mechanism than indicated in previous research.

A brain-activated, bone-derived hormone called osteocalcin regulates the acute stress response in rodents and possibly humans.

The agency plans to stop funding virtually all toxicology studies in mammals by 2035.

Scientists show the approach can kill cells that cause hardening of heart tissue in mice.

The same study also finds there are three species of Electrophorus, rather than one.

The 2019 Lasker medical and research awards celebrate advances in scientists’ understanding of T and B cells, Herceptin antibodies for treating breast cancer, and vaccine coverage around the globe.

The facility, focused on finding treatments for mental health disorders, will be the first of its kind in the US.