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A science powerhouse bets on genetic therapy to beat brain disorders
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NPR Topics: Science•Jun 3

A science powerhouse bets on genetic therapy to beat brain disorders

Scientists who have spent decades learning how the brain works say they are ready to start fixing it when it breaks. A brain research center in Seattle called the Allen Institute is working to develop genetic therapies for diseases including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, ALS and Huntington's. HAMILTON: One reason that's possible is research funded by the BRAIN Initiative, a program announced by President Obama back in 2013.

The Trump administration aims to pull science funding under tighter political control
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NPR Topics: Science•Jun 2

The Trump administration aims to pull science funding under tighter political control

President Trump continues to whittle away at federal science funding. RIDDLE: Well, first of all, it literally could affect any kind of federally funded science in the United States - public health, vaccines, biotechnology, social and behavioral science, climate. ELIZABETH GINEXI: When we're designing a study to a new cancer therapeutic, do you want Russell Vought, who is not a scientist, to determine which immunotherapy is ready to go into a phase 3 trial?

A single protein may be holding back CAR T cancer therapy
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A single protein may be holding back CAR T cancer therapy

Researchers from Columbia University and University Hospital Tübingen have discovered a protein that appears to play a major role in weakening CAR T cells over time. The findings, published in Cancer Discovery , could help improve CAR T-cell therapy, particularly against solid tumors that have proven difficult to treat. "Our goal is to improve the effectiveness of CAR T cells in solid tumors as well," says Celina May, co-first author of the study and a member of Prof.

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Bean plants call for aerial reinforcements when caterpillars attack
Science•NPR Topics: Science•May 29

Bean plants call for aerial reinforcements when caterpillars attack

NPR's Short Wave talks about a weakness in a well-known insect repellant, how plants call wasps to their defense and how bigger rewards speed up learning, in mice. SACHA PFEIFFER, HOST: It's time now.

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Hidden driving danger when edible cannabis and alcohol mix
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Hidden driving danger when edible cannabis and alcohol mix

Using cannabis edibles and alcohol together may make drivers far more impaired than either substance alone, according to new research from Johns Hopkins.

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Astronomers finally solve Saturn’s decades-long spin mystery
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Astronomers finally solve Saturn’s decades-long spin mystery

A decades-old mystery about Saturn has finally been solved thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope.

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DNA solves 250-year-old mystery of the Seychelles’ lost crocodiles
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DNA solves 250-year-old mystery of the Seychelles’ lost crocodiles

For more than 250 years, stories from early explorers described crocodiles as a common sight along the shores of the Seychelles. "The founders of the Seychelles population must have drifted at least 3,000 kilometers across the Indian Ocean to reach the remote archipelago, perhaps even much further," says reptile expert Frank Glaw of the Bavarian State Collections of Natural History (SNSB) and senior author of the study.

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NASA’s Psyche spacecraft uses Mars as a giant slingshot toward a mysterious metal world
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NASA’s Psyche spacecraft uses Mars as a giant slingshot toward a mysterious metal world

NASA's Psyche spacecraft has successfully completed a close flyby of Mars, using the planet's gravity to gain speed and redirect its path toward the asteroid Psyche. On May 15, the spacecraft passed within 2,864 miles (4,609 kilometers) of the Martian surface, receiving a crucial gravitational assist without using additional onboard fuel. "We've confirmed that Mars gave the spacecraft a 1,000 mile-per-hour boost and shifted its orbital plane by about 1 degree relative to the Sun.

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