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California university apologizes for prisoner experiments

A prominent California medical school has apologized for conducting dozens of unethical medical experiments on at least 2,600 incarcerated men in the 1960s and 1970s, including putting pesticides and herbicides on the men's ...

Dentistry

Oral disorders research funding 'severely lacking,' finds study

Major government research funding schemes aren't keeping up with the burden of oral diseases, according to a new study by researchers from the University of Melbourne, the University of Sydney, the University of Queensland ...

Oncology & Cancer

Biden to evoke JFK's moon speech in cancer fight

President Joe Biden will evoke John F. Kennedy's famous 1962 speech on putting an American on the moon next week when he outlines his government's goal of halving cancer deaths, the White House said Wednesday.

Medications

Study: Pfizer COVID pill showed no benefit in younger adults

Pfizer's COVID-19 pill appears to provide little or no benefit for younger adults, while still reducing the risk of hospitalization and death for high-risk seniors, according to a large study published Wednesday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Potential new COVID-19 immunotherapy could protect the vulnerable

Queensland research is providing new hope to immunocompromised people who are vulnerable to COVID-19. Scientists from QIMR Berghofer have discovered promising evidence that T cell immunotherapy could help them to fight against ...

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