After more than 1,000 failed trials in the field, Moderna and Merck's personalized mRNA treatment for melanoma posted positive phase-three results. The vaccine teaches a patient's own immune system to hunt and kill cancer cells the body has missed.
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“And it's the first time there is a cancer vaccine working. The field has doing that for 20 plus years, I think more than 1000 clinical trials that have all failed.”
In its second-largest acquisition ever, the chipmaker is buying the AI world's go-to collaboration platform. Nvidia says it will accelerate open-weight models, but some speculate the real prize is a $400 reprogrammable duck robot.
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A Georgetown Law report reveals Immigration and Customs Enforcement has collected DNA from nearly a million people in its custody, including asylum seekers, adding them to an FBI database with no clear process for removal. The program is now facing its first constitutional challenge in court.