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Science with borders: A debate over genetic sequences and national rights threatens to inhibit research

By Helen Branswell

Illustration: Alex Hogan/STAT; Photo: CDC

An international agreement could make it extraordinarily difficult to conduct disease surveillance or forge research collaborations around the world.

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If the shutdown drags on at FDA, it will put anticipated new treatments in jeopardy

By Nicholas Florko and Ike Swetlitz

Michael Reynolds/EPA

The agency only has about three more weeks’ worth of funding to draw down, after which it would have to suspend new drug approvals.

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Trump falsely claims ‘drug prices declined in 2018’

By Casey Ross

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

President Trump asserted Friday — incorrectly — that drug prices have declined in the last year. Instead, data suggests that increases may have slowed.

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House Democrats launch drug pricing investigation into 12 major companies

By Lev Facher

Zach Gibson/Getty Images

Democrats on the House Oversight Committee are seeking answers from 12 major pharmaceutical companies about their drug pricing methods.

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STAT Plus: New study points to best way to assess which cancer patients immunotherapy will help

By Sharon Begley

APStock

The more mutations tumor cells have, the likelier a patient is to go into remission, and possibly be cured, by checkpoint inhibitors, study finds.

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Family duty is a powerful force in China. Is that why so many couples signed up for the ‘CRISPR babies’ experiment?

By Wendy Tang

Mark Schiefelbein/AP

“I embarrassed myself and my family, how should I face my life going forward?” a distraught young man cried out after learning he was infected with HIV.

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Opinion: For minority students, the pipeline to an M.D. is leaky. Here’s how I managed to make it through

By Paula Magee

Courtesy Paula Magee

Minorities aren't well-represented in medical schools. Here's how one African-American woman made it through the "leaky pipeline" to an M.D.

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Monday, January 14, 2019

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