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New machine learning approach can identify your circadian rhythm from a blood sample

Doctors do not currently monitor a person's circadian rhythms because there is not an efficient way to measure them

The WHO has released new guidelines for genome editing technology

These recommendations will help improve the safety and access of genome-editing treatments

Scientists have figured out what a nasty gut bacterium eats. Can live biotherapeutics help?

They're the next big thing for treating C. diff infection, but developing them is a long process

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When can kids get the COVID-19 vaccine? A pediatrician answers parent questions

Hang in there, parents – vaccines for children are in the works

How does Pfizer’s "90% effective" COVID-19 vaccine work?

Pfizer made a big news splash, but is their mRNA vaccine a silver bullet?

Traditional Chinese medicine could help treat COVID-19

Chinese doctors took this approach with SARS in 2003, and are hoping it could work again

First patient receives CRISPR treatment for genetic eye disorder

The CRISPR gene therapy for Leber's Congenital Amaurosis is injected directly into the body

Large clinical research study finds that vitamin D does not prevent type 2 diabetes in adults

Participants given vitamin D supplements had similar risk of developing the disease as did participants taking a placebo

How do we measure pain, anyway?

You can't exactly ask a rat to point to where it hurts

The medical jump from mice to humans just got easier

Machine learning technology could help researchers determine what mouse data are useful when designing human clinical trials

series of CT scans of brain and skull, some purple

How your immune system can give you narcolepsy

New research could lead to easier diagnoses of this rare sleep disorder

Futuristic organ-on-a-chip technology now seems more realistic than ever

Researchers have pioneered what may be the most accurate simulation of kidney function to-date

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