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The American Diabetes Association Had Police Remove the Editor of Its Own Journal. Then It Refused to Print His Reply.
Steven Kahn edits the ADA's own journal. In June its meeting had state police walk him out for handing out one of its editorials. In July it refused to print the response he and his colleagues wrote. He calls it what it is: pure censorship.
Drugs & FDAThe Blue Light Over Your Fish Tank Is Now Building Drug Molecules
University at Buffalo chemists swapped harsh UV for a soft blue LED and got something the old chemistry rarely gives: two modifications to a molecule from a single reaction step.
Infectious DiseaseDavid Ho's Lab Built an Antibody to Neutralize Nearly Every Strain of HIV. Its First Test in People With the Virus Held for Two Weeks.
Fifty-four volunteers, nine with HIV, and just three with virus still in their blood. The engineered antibody drove their viral load down as much as ninetyfold, then lost the ground within a week as it drained away.
Brain & AgingGroup Mindfulness Beat Standard Back-Pain Care for a Full Year, No Prescription Required
Boston researchers taught 451 patients to work with their pain instead of medicating it, and the gains outlasted the program. The university's press release skipped the part where the edge over usual care fell short of the bar the team set for itself.