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B. David Zarley

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B. David Zarley is a senior staff writer for Freethink, where he covers health and medicine, including infectious disease, psychedelic research, mental health, and the brain. A graduate of SUNY Fredonia, his work has also appeared in The Atlantic, The Verge, Jezebel, Frieze, Sports Illustrated, VICE, Paste Magazine, and numerous other publications. He lives in Chicago and can be reached via Signal by request. Send him story ideas!

Medicine

Sky-mapping system can predict whether cancer treatment will work

Johns Hopkins researchers are using image analysis developed for astronomy to study cancer immunotherapy.

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Medicine

Pharma giant GSK embraces digital twins for vaccine development

Pharma leviathan GlaxoSmithKline is rolling out digital twins to help create “the vaccine factory of the future.”

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Virology

“LEGO-like” vaccine protects mice from COVID, SARS, MERS, and variants

Using a “chimeric” spike protein, researchers have immunized mice against multiple types of coronaviruses with one shot.

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Medicine

Diagnosing infections without the lab — or wait

Researchers have developed a device that can test for infections in under an hour, no lab needed.

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Medicine

A new superbug strategy

Researchers at the University of Geneva have a new idea on how to stop superbugs: don’t kill them.

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Medicine

There may be a way to reverse acetaminophen damage in the liver

New research out of Singapore suggests that a protein thought to help acetaminophen toxicity may do the opposite.

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Brain

Treatment appears to stop Alzheimer's in monkeys

NYU researchers have modified monkey’s immune system to slow their equivalent of Alzheimer’s disease and improve their cognition.

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Mental Health

Low doses of nitrous oxide may treat depression

A new, small study has found that low doses of nitrous oxide — laughing gas — can treat symptoms of depression.

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Medicine

MIT researchers can fit more drug in less pill

A new drug formulation method developed by chemical engineers at MIT can fit more drug into less pill.

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Public Health

We may have a new ally in the fight against dengue fever

A large trial has provided the best evidence yet that infecting mosquitoes with Wolbachia can help reduce dengue infections.

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