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Iran war has not disrupted pharma supply chains. That could change if conflict is prolonged

The escalating war in the Middle East so far has not appreciably disrupted global pharmaceutical supply chains, but it could eventually — affecting prices.

Editorial Staff Mar 23

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Briefing: Pfizer’s Lyme Vaccine Results Set Up Tricky Regulatory Path

Strategic angle: New results on Pfizer's Lyme disease vaccine raise questions about its regulatory approval.

Editorial Staff Mar 23

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Briefing: Match Day results show impact of federal immigration policy

Strategic angle: In today's Morning Rounds newsletter: the high-stakes search for a new CDC director, the impact of immigration policy on budding doctors, and more.

Editorial Staff Mar 23

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Briefing: How soil microbes may control the future of our planet

Strategic angle: The soil beneath our feet is a huge carbon bank storing up to approximately three times more carbon than the entire atmosphere.

Editorial Staff Mar 23

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Briefing: Doctronic raises $40 million as race to apply AI in clinical care heats up

Strategic angle: Doctronic, the startup behind a provocative experiment in Utah to renew drug prescriptions with a chatbot, has raised $40 million.

Editorial Staff Mar 23

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Briefing: Insmed drug benefits patients with rare, bacterial lung disease, study shows

Strategic angle: Insmed hopes to convert Arikayce's accelerated approval to a full approval.

Editorial Staff Mar 23

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Briefing: Pfizer’s Lyme vaccine shows efficacy, but misses key statistical hurdle

Strategic angle: A new vaccine shows some promise in combating Lyme disease, which affects nearly half a million Americans annually.

Editorial Staff Mar 23

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Briefing: 'Space archaeology' reveals first dynamic history of a giant spiral galaxy

Strategic angle: Astronomers use galactic archaeology to trace the history of a distant galaxy.

Editorial Staff Mar 23

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Briefing: Scientists discover Alzheimer’s hidden “death switch” in the brain

Strategic angle: A toxic pairing of proteins may drive Alzheimer’s disease, but researchers have found a way to turn it off in mice.

Editorial Staff Mar 23

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Briefing: Her son needed a fecal transplant for a fearsome C. diff infection. Getting one required a tortuous journey

Strategic angle: A mother's struggle to secure a life-saving treatment for her son amidst challenges.

Editorial Staff Mar 23

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Briefing: Opinion: The AI push in health care is deepening medicine’s trust crisis

Strategic angle: Health care’s adoption of AI should move at the speed of trust, not investment, writes Oni Blackstock.

Editorial Staff Mar 23

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Briefing: Predatory feral ferrets removed from an island for the first time ever

Strategic angle: Rathlin Island in Northern Ireland is now ferret-free after a £4.5m partnership aimed at protecting seabird colonies.

Editorial Staff Mar 23

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Briefing: A Fault Line in Full Bloom

Strategic angle: Plains around the San Andreas Fault and across Carrizo Plain National Monument are awash with yellow as wildflowers bloom.

Editorial Staff Mar 23

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Briefing: Swissto12 to build small optical relay GEO satellite for Space Compass

Strategic angle: Swissto12 signs contract to develop the first optical relay spacecraft using its HummingSat platform.

Editorial Staff Mar 23

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Briefing: Earth being ‘pushed beyond its limits’ as energy imbalance reaches record high

Strategic angle: State of the Climate report finds Earth’s energy has moved dangerously out of balance, with oceans absorbing vast majority of trapped heat.

Editorial Staff Mar 23

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Briefing: Neutrality can speed up and stabilize collective decisions, new study shows

Strategic angle: A new study from the University of Bath reveals that neutrality in discussions can enhance decision-making efficiency.

Editorial Staff Mar 23

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Briefing: The President’s Malaria Initiative and Other U.S. Government Global Malaria Efforts

Strategic angle: This fact sheet provides a snapshot of global malaria efforts and examines the U.S. government’s role in addressing malaria worldwide.

Editorial Staff Mar 23

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Briefing: World’s first quantum battery could enable ultra fast charging

Strategic angle: Scientists in Australia have demonstrated a prototype quantum battery that could revolutionize energy storage.

Editorial Staff Mar 23

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Briefing: This floating time crystal breaks Newton’s third law of motion

Strategic angle: Scientists have created a new kind of time crystal using sound waves to levitate tiny beads in mid-air.

Editorial Staff Mar 23

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Briefing: Measuring Irreversibility in Gene Transcription

Strategic angle: Understanding the irreversible processes in living cells that drive gene transcription.

Editorial Staff Mar 22