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Currently, the only cure for alpha thalassemia is a bone marrow transplant, but the success of gene therapies for related conditions points to a potential new cure.

Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman received this year’s Physiology or Medicine award for their work on RNA biology and mRNA-based vaccines.

Certain T cells may offer potential therapeutic targets for prolonging organ survival in kidney transplant recipients.

An ingestible pill uses bacteria and electronic components to transmit information as it passes through the digestive tract.

Researchers found that male and female mouse hearts respond differently to stress by monitoring chemical and electrical signaling simultaneously for the first time.

Emily Mevers investigates the compounds produced by millipedes that may inspire the medicines of the future.

From chemical warfare trenches, scientists glimpsed an opportunity to transform deadly mustard gas into a revolutionary cancer treatment.

Demis Hassabis and John Jumper received the Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award for developing technology that predicts the 3D structures of proteins.

The Lasker Foundation honored Piet Borst for his outstanding research, leadership, and mentorship across various fields, including cancer drug resistance.

James Fujimoto, Eric Swanson, and David Huang developed optical coherence tomography, which transformed ophthalmological practice and spurred new imaging applications.