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May 17, 2016

Does Monsanto’s Roundup Herbicide Cause Cancer or Not? The Controversy, Explained

The WHO managed to inject even more confusion into an already confusing question: whether glyphosate, the common weed killer also known as Roundup, causes cancer. The post Does Monsanto's Roundup Herbicide Cause Cancer or Not? The Controversy, Explained appeared first on WIRED.

April 28, 2016

A Single $249 Test Analyzes 30 Cancer Genes. But Do You Need It?

Our ability to sequence DNA has far outpaced our ability to understand how those genes cause cancer. The post A Single $249 Test Analyzes 30 Cancer Genes. But Do You Need It? appeared first on WIRED.

April 24, 2016

A NASA Man Faces the Isolation of Space Without Ever Leaving Earth

Jason Labay's life had every condition of a space voyage. Except he wasn't going anywhere. The post A NASA Man Faces the Isolation of Space Without Ever Leaving Earth appeared first on WIRED.

April 13, 2016

Sean Parker Just Gave $250M to the Darling of Cancer Research

Napster, Facebook, cancer immunotherapy. One of these sounds it like doesn’t belong, but what they all have in common is Sean Parker. The post Sean Parker Just Gave $250M to the Darling of Cancer Research appeared first on WIRED.

March 10, 2016

Mutant Yeast Are Cranking Out Pharma’s Next Superdrug

The offices of Adimab, a biotech company in New Hampshire, smell like bread. But nobody's baking anything. Instead, Adimab is using yeast to cure cancer. The post Mutant Yeast Are Cranking Out Pharma's Next Superdrug appeared first on WIRED.

January 14, 2016