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A chimp walks at Chimp Haven in Louisiana. A federal judge has ruled that the NIH violated the law when it chose not to move former research chimpanzees in New Mexico to the sanctuary.

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  • Science

Law requires former research chimps to be retired at a federal sanctuary, court says

The ruling is the latest twist in a long-running dispute over where dozens of federally-supported former research chimps should live out the remainder of their days.

December 15, 2022
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By:
  • Nell Greenfieldboyce
Katie Pope Kopp, 64, of Parkville, Mo., at Union Station in Kansas City this week. Kopp underwent a new form of experimental CAR T-cell therapy that used the CRISPR gene-editing technique to treat her non-Hodgkin lymphoma. The cancer has been in remission for over a year.

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  • Health

CRISPR gene-editing may boost cancer immunotherapy, new study finds

Using CRISPR to modify certain immune cells could make cancer-fighting immunotherapy more potent for a broader set of patients. Two people who went through the treatment share their stories.

December 13, 2022
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By:
  • Rob Stein

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  • Health

In the hunt for a male contraceptive, scientists look to stop sperm in their tracks

For decades birth control research focused on women. Now there's a new push to develop gels, pills or other products that could keep men from getting their partners pregnant.

December 05, 2022
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By:
  • Regina G. Barber and
  • Andrea Muraskin
Bats have a seven-octave vocal range. Researchers say, to make their low-frequency calls, bats use the same trick as throat singers and death metal growlers.

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  • Animals

Death metal singers have a vocal counterpart ... in bats

Bats and death metal singers have more in common than a love of the dark. A new study has found that some of bats' lower frequency calls appear to use a technique similar to death metal growling.

December 05, 2022
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  • Mia Venkat
Alexis Mukwedi tested positive for sleeping sickness during a two-day mobile screening in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He had complained about nervous tics and fatigue.

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  • Global Health

With one dose, new drug may cure sleeping sickness. Could it also wipe it out?

This often fatal disease found in many African countries is painful and lengthy to treat. But a single oral dose proved incredibly effective in a clinical trial, raising hopes of eradication.

December 02, 2022
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  • Max Barnhart
This illustration made available by the National Institute on Aging/National Institutes of Health depicts cells in an Alzheimer's-affected brain. An experimental drug modestly slowed the brain disease's progression, researchers reported Tuesday.

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  • Science

Study: Alzheimer's drug shows modest success slowing declines in memory, thinking

In a large study, the experimental Alzheimer's drug lecanemab reduced the rate of cognitive decline by 27 percent in people in the early stages of the disease.

November 30, 2022
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  • Jon Hamilton
Medical Minute

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  • News

Medical Minute: Kynurenine

This week’s Medical Minute discusses the relationship between tryptophan, the amino acid that contributes to the sleepiness we feel after the big Thanksgiving meal, and “Kynurenine”, an important ingredient in the fuel that powers our cells.

November 25, 2022
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  • GPB News Staff
Medical Minute

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  • Medical Treatments

Medical Minute: Tryptophan

This week’s Medical Minute discusses “Tryptophan”, the amino acid that contributes to our feeling sleepy after the big Thanksgiving meal, but is also key to many other body functions.

November 25, 2022
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  • GPB News Staff
If you dance more when the bass hits, it could be because of your vestibular system.

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  • Music

What makes us dance? It really is all about that bass

A recent study in the journal Current Biology found that people danced 12% more when very low frequency bass was played.

November 16, 2022
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  • Mia Venkat and
  • Christopher Intagliata
Gorillas are seen here at Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2013.

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  • Animals

It turns out that chimpanzees and gorillas can form lasting friendships

Two decades of research in Nouabalé-Ndoki Park in the Republic of Congo found the primates foraging alongside each other, wrestling, seeking out their pals — and occasionally making threats.

November 11, 2022
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  • Laurel Wamsley
Every state except Hawaii and Arizona currently observes daylight saving time. But each year, more states say it's time to stop futzing with the clock and embrace daylight saving time year-round.

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  • National

Daylight saving time ends Sunday. Here are 4 things you should know

More than a third of U.S. states now support the idea of making daylight saving time permanent. It's already in effect for about eight months of the year.

November 05, 2022
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By:
  • Bill Chappell and
  • Giulia Heyward
In an experiment conducted by researchers at Queen Mary University of London, bees could make their way through an unobstructed path to a feeding area or opt for a detour into a chamber with wooden balls (toys). Many took the detour.

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  • Animals

If bumblebees can play, does it mean they have feelings? This study suggests yes

Scientists wanted to learn whether bees, like humans and other mammals, had any interest in playing for fun's sake. They say they have evidence that bees do, and that could change how we view insects.

November 05, 2022
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  • Vanessa Romo
Gabriel Jorgewich Cohen began researching whether turtle species — and other vertebrates thought to be mute — make sounds by recording his own pet turtles. The hydrophone used for recording can be seen on the left.

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  • Animals

Dozens of species were assumed to be mute — until they were recorded making sounds

Some animals like birds and frogs are famous for the sounds they make. But have you ever heard a turtle talk? Most turtles were thought to not make sounds at all — before researchers went deep.

November 03, 2022
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By:
  • Laurel Wamsley
After a dose of ketamine, special video games that offered a depressed player positive feedback, in the form of smiling faces or encouraging words, seemed to boost the length of time the drug quelled depression.

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  • Health

Smiling faces might help the drug ketamine keep depression at bay

In a recent small study, the antidepressant effects of ketamine lasted longer when an intravenous dose was followed with computer games featuring smiling faces or words aimed at boosting self-esteem.

November 03, 2022
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By:
  • Jon Hamilton
A doctor points to PET scan results that are part of Alzheimer's disease research. Much work in the field focuses a substance called beta-amyloid. A new study could test whether that's the right target.

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  • Science

What causes Alzheimer's? Study puts leading theory to 'ultimate test'

Researchers are launching a make-or-break study to test the conventional wisdom about what causes Alzheimer's disease.

November 02, 2022
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  • Jon Hamilton
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