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Global Plastics Treaty Negotiations End With No Deal for Second Time
Delegates from 184 countries arrived in Geneva this week to resolve outstanding disagreements on limiting plastic production, managing existing plastic products and supporting the implementation of a plastics treaty in developing countries.
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Molecular Glues: The Next Frontier in Targeted Protein Degradation
For decades, drug discovery has focused on inhibiting enzymes to treat disease. Yet vast swathes of the proteome remain “undruggable” by traditional approaches. Molecular glues offer a way to remove harmful proteins from cells entirely.
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US Health Department Halts $500m Funding in mRNA Vaccine Development
The decision amounts to a termination of 22 mRNA vaccine development contracts, totaling nearly $500 million in investment.
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NIH-Funded Study To Research Phthalates and Fertility
Researchers have recently announced they have received a $2.8 million grant from the US National Institutes of Health to study the potential effects phthalates could be having on human fertility.
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Fluoride and Your Health: The Good and the Bad
With a fluoride skeptic now steering US health policy, let’s take a closer look at the facts on fluoride.
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High-Throughput Retinal Organoids: A New Vision for Therapy Development
Dr. Magdalena Renne, a leading expert in 3D organoid systems, details how her team has overcome longstanding barriers in retinal organoid production, enabling large-scale drug testing and long-term disease modeling.
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Experts Call for Improved Vaccine Communication in Wake of Measles Outbreak
In light of recent measles outbreaks in Western countries, virologists have called for stronger public messaging to encourage vaccination in children.
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Clams Living on Canada’s Broken Group Islands Are Thriving
The researchers determined the population health of the butter and littleneck clams living on the Broken Group Islands, British Columbia, by excavating historical “clam gardens”.
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Resurrecting Ancient Antibiotics With AI
Presenting at Technology Networks’ Innovations in Disease Modeling 2025 event, Dr. de la Fuente outlined how his lab is using artificial intelligence to reimagine antibiotic discovery – by turning to the human proteome and ancient genomes.
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Automation in Drug Discovery Is Accelerating Workflows
Discover how Agilent's AssayMAP Bravo and RapidFire systems accelerate drug discovery with automation and rapid, reliable mass spectrometry.
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