September 27, 2016

Weekly Biomedicine Newsletter

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17 and going blind: the high stakes of getting into a gene therapy trial

For patients with some inherited diseases, a chance to test an experimental treatment can offer the only hope.

 
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This portable lab makes drugs on demand

The approach could be a tenth the price of earlier methods.

 
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A DIY EpiPen costs $30 to make

The medical maker collective Four Thieves Vinegar made an “EpiPencil” for a tiny fraction of what the EpiPen manufacturer Mylan charges.

 
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Here’s the first 3-D map of a fruit fly’s brain network

Mapping the 3-D network structure of a fly’s brain is a major step forward. But it took 1,700 person-hours to complete, meaning that human labor will be a significant bottleneck for future advances.

 
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Featured Story

The painkillers that could end the opioid crisis

Researchers may soon vanquish our pain without causing addiction and other devastating side effects.

 
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