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Calling embryo editing ‘premature,’ Russian authorities seek to ease fears of a scientist going rogue

By Olga Dobrovidova

Photo illustration: Alex Hogan/STAT; Photo: Screen capture via YouTube

A Russian Academy of Sciences official said Rebrikov wouldn't act against regulators' wishes: “I am confident he has the common sense not to break the law."

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Here’s a brain teaser: Surprising study shows reduced neuronal activity extends life

By Sharon Begley

Kevin Frayer/Getty Images

The discovery was so surprising that it’s taken two years to be published because of how much additional data the scientists reviewing the study requested.

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STAT Plus: Flu’s spread is wildly unpredictable. Can AI deliver more reliable forecasting?

By Megan Thielking and Rebecca Robbins

David Goldman/AP

The underlying data used to build flu-forecasting algorithms can be messy, low-quality, and unrepresentative of who’s actually sick with the flu.

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An ‘unprecedented’ analysis underlines profound failure to study African genomes

By Sharon Begley

NASA

In a new study, researchers sequenced the genomes of 426 people from 13 African countries and 50 ethnolinguistic groups from across the continent.

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Opinion: It’s time to eliminate all flavored cigarettes, not just the electronic kind

By Derek Carr and Pratima Musburger

Drew Angerer/Getty Images

The menthol exemption to the flavored cigarette ban has harmed African Americans and other groups. It's time to ban all flavorings in cigarettes and e-cigs.

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Wednesday, October 16, 2019

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