Morning Briefing
Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
Research Roundup: The Latest Science, Discoveries, And Breakthroughs
Higher serum levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D in midlife were tied to lower levels of subsequent tau pathology, an Alzheimer's disease biomarker, in a prospective cohort study. (George, 4/1)
Treatment with the investigational base-editing gene therapy ristoglogene autogetemcel (risto-cel) showed promise in patients with sickle cell disease, according to an interim analysis of the phase I/II BEACON study. (Bassett, 4/1)
Two drug candidates to expand oral therapy options for psoriasis had similar and consistent performances in separate phase III clinical trials reported here. (Bankhead, 4/1)
Kinesio taping -- also known as KT tape -- may dampen joint and muscle pain in the short term, but the evidence is highly uncertain, an overview of systematic reviews showed. (Henderson, 3/31)
Scientists publish more than 10 million studies and other publications a year. Some of those findings will add to humanity’s storehouse of knowledge. But some will be wrong. To assess a study, scientists can replicate it to see if they get the same result. But seven years ago, a team of hundreds of scientists set out to find a faster way to judge new scientific literature. They built artificial intelligence systems to predict whether studies would hold up to scrutiny. (Zimmer, 4/1)