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How monoclonal antibodies have revolutionised medicine and what Kenya can learn
The story of monoclonal antibodies is a testament to the transformative power of scientific innovation combined with strategic business decisions. Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) are lab-made proteins ...
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Charles Rice, Nobel Prize winner in Medicine: ‘It’s a crime that a drug exists that could cure everyone yet not everybody has access to it’
The virologist, awarded for his part in the discovery of the hepatitis C virus, has helped save the lives of millions of ...
NIH cuts worry researchers at Long Island's Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
The five essays here were written by current graduate students at Cold Spring Harbor Lab. They are conducting research on ...
Probing how breast cancer interacts with nervous system
Federal budget cuts to the National Institutes of Health and others are affecting graduate students at Cold Spring Harbor Lab ...
Researchers find disparities in organ allocation
In 1954, the world's first successful organ transplant took place at Brigham and Women's Hospital, in the form of a kidney donated from one twin to the other. At the time, a group of doctors and ...
Click chemistry PET imaging tracks antisense drug distribution in the brain
Assessing the distribution of a medication in the brain is critical for the treatment of a vast range of neurological ...
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How a 14-year-old’s medical treatment in 1922 revolutionized diabetes care and led to a historic 4-way Nobel Prize split
In 1923, the Nobel Committee awarded the Prize in Physiology or Medicine to Banting and Macleod. Outraged that Best wasn’t recognized, Banting announced he would split his award with him. In a move ...