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Last summer, as he turned 95, the economist Robert M. Solow sat at home poring over a draft outline of “The Work of the Future,” an MIT report about technology, jobs, and economic growth. Solow has been studying these topics since he returned from fighting in World War II—and won a Nobel Prize in 1987…

Chucho Martínez Padres ’23 spent months exploring the archive of Yale art historian George Kubler — and creating an exhibit that makes the conceptual concrete.

An FDA Advisory Committee will look at fresh data presented by ALS drug developer Amylyx (AMLX) as it attempts to secure accelerated approval. Read more here.

Targeting apoptosis in cancer therapy has become increasingly popular, and there has been an increasing debate on whether apoptosis should be one of the main targets of therapy in cancer management. This study demonstrates the definition of apoptosis, the signaling pathways, and the pathogenesis behind it. We also show the correlation between apoptosis and cancer and how cancer can evade apoptosis to develop resistance to therapy. In addition, we illustrate the efficacy of adding pro-apoptotic t...

In last week’s column I suggested humans were most capable of learning novel cognitive and motor skills, and were most creative, between the teenage years and late thirties. To support my hypothesis ...

Investegate announcements from PureTech Health PLC, PRTC Appoints Merck Vet to BOD & Audit Committee

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UGA alumna is revolutionizing research on the brain and diseases.

‘World’s First’ Brain Device Translates Thoughts Onto Computer   For the first time ever, scientists have managed to translate someone’s mental handwriting into text on a screen in an instant.     This follows Elon Musk’s Neuralink brain chip which was shown off to the public  in a pig named Gertrude so far.     However, the guys from BrainGate team have developed a technology that can transmit signals with ‘single-neuron resolution and in full broadband fidelity.   Through ...

MIT biologists find cell extrusion, a process that helps organisms eliminated unneeded cells, is triggered when cells can’t replicate their DNA during cell division. In humans, extrusion may serve as a way for the body to eliminate cancerous or precancerous cells.