For patients with some inherited diseases, a chance to test an experimental treatment can offer the only hope.
The approach could be a tenth the price of earlier methods.
The medical maker collective Four Thieves Vinegar made an “EpiPencil” for a tiny fraction of what the EpiPen manufacturer Mylan charges.
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.
Researchers may soon vanquish our pain without causing addiction and other devastating side effects.
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