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This week in medicine: daraxonrasib approved, cancer vaccines, heart disease prevention, and more.
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Welcome! Every week I analyze the most important stories in medicine — trials, approvals, papers. It has been a quiet summer so far, but we are back. This one is a good one!
How to make a cancer vaccine
With last week’s big cancer vaccine news — Moderna’s positive phase 3 trial for a personalized cancer vaccine in melanoma — I took the opportunity to sit down with an actual cancer vaccine scientist to ask all of my questions.
Dr. Tiffany...
Head of obesity research at Eli Lilly and Verve Therapeutics CEO, Dr. Sekar Kathiresan, on solving heart disease.
I had the pleasure of speaking to Dr. Sek Kathiresan, head of obesity research at Eli Lilly and Verve Therapeutics CEO — the pioneer of one and done lipid-lowering therapies. The conversation was fascinating, packed full of information, and...
This week in medicine
A new obesity target, a better way to discover new cancer drug targets, pyroptosis inhibitors for sepsis, an orexin agonist for narcolepsy, and more.
Welcome! Every week I find and analyze the most important stories from across medicine —...
This week in medicine
A hit to the inflammation theory of cardiovascular disease, a non-opioid painkiller, progress for vitiligo, and more.
Welcome! Every week I find and analyze the most important stories from across medicine — trials, papers, approvals. Let’s...
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