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May 04, 2026
EXO WORLDS
UCLA Team Builds Programmable RNA Organelles Inside Living Cells
Los Angeles, CA (SPX) ) May 01, 2026

Researchers at UCLA have developed a method to construct programmable artificial organelles inside living cells using RNA as both the structural material and the assembly blueprint, an advance they ... more


INTERN DAILY
WHO, ICRC, MSF denounce rise in attacks on health services
Geneva (AFP) May 3, 2026

Three of the world's top health agencies issued a joint statement Sunday denouncing the international community's failure to protect health care workers, hospitals and patients in conflict zones. ... more

SPACE MEDICINE
Fruit flies survive, reproduce and recover under gravitational forces up to 13G in UC Riverside centrifuge study
Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 01, 2026

Fruit flies subjected to gravitational forces many times stronger than Earth's pull not only survived but mated, reproduced, and eventually returned to normal behavior, according to new research fro ... more

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SPACE MEDICINE
Freeze-Dried Synthetic Platelets Proven Shelf-Stable for Battlefield and Remote Trauma Care
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 29, 2026

Platelets are the blood components that enable clotting and can be decisive in saving patients who are bleeding to death from traumatic injuries. Until now, donated platelets have been confined to h ... more

SPACE MEDICINE
NASA Sends Miniaturized IV Fluid Generator to ISS Ahead of Deep Space Missions
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 26, 2026

NASA has delivered a compact device to the International Space Station that can produce sterile medical-grade IV fluid on demand by filtering drinking water already aboard the station, addressing a ... more


SPACE MEDICINE
Astronaut Brain Grip Study Reveals How the Mind Adapts to Shifting Gravity Environments
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 23, 2026

Astronauts take time to adjust how strongly they grip and move objects when transitioning between Earth and space, basing those adjustments on predictions their brains make about the risk of making ... more

SPACE MEDICINE
Lost in space: Sperm struggles to navigate during weightless sex
Paris, France (AFP) Mar 30, 2026

Scientists have used a tiny plastic 'obstacle course' to test how much sperm would struggle to navigate during sex in the weightlessness of space. ... more

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SPACE MEDICINE
Simulated weightlessness alters clotting patterns in women
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 29, 2026

Just five days in simulated microgravity can change how women's blood forms and stabilizes clots, suggesting that long duration spaceflight may require more tailored health monitoring for female ast ... more

SPACE MEDICINE
Biofilm communities seen as key to safer long term spaceflight
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 29, 2026

A global team of scientists has identified biofilms, the structured microbial communities that form on surfaces, as a critical yet underappreciated factor for the future of human space exploration. ... more


SPACE MEDICINE
UK roadmap aims to bring space made medicines to patients
London, UK (SPX) Mar 29, 2026

Patients could benefit from more effective, higher quality and longer lasting medicines as the UK government sets out a clearer route to bring drugs manufactured in space safely to market. The packa ... more

INTERN DAILY
China's overstretched healthcare looks to AI boom
Shanghai (AFP) Mar 3, 2026

Throughout her first pregnancy, Wang Yifan had lots of questions, which she usually put to renowned obstetrician Duan Tao - or rather, an AI clone of the top Shanghai-based doctor. ... more

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SPACEWAR
UK backs in orbit production of high value materials
London, UK (SPX) Feb 17, 2026

The UK Space Agency has placed three new study contracts with British companies to assess how advanced materials could be manufactured in Low Earth Orbit for use back on Earth. The projects focus on ... more

INTERN DAILY
Nigeria probes Temu over personal data misuse
Lagos (AFP) Feb 17, 2026

Nigeria's Data Protection Commission (NDPC) has launched an investigation into Chinese low-cost online shopping platform Temu for suspected violations of the west African country's privacy rules. ... more


EPIDEMICS
WHO urges US to share Covid origins intel
Geneva (AFP) Feb 11, 2026

The World Health Organization on Wednesday urged Washington to share any intelligence it may be withholding on the Covid-19 pandemic's origins, despite the United States quitting the WHO. ... more

SPACE MEDICINE
Experts warn of urgent need to address human reproduction risks in space
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 06, 2026

As commercial spaceflight moves closer to routine operations and missions extend in duration, a new expert report argues that reproductive health in space has shifted from a theoretical concern to a ... more

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EXO WORLDS
Engineered microbes use light to build new molecules
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 06, 2026

Researchers are developing new ways to reprogram the cellular machinery of microbes such as yeast and bacteria so they can manufacture useful products for medicine and industry. A team at the Carl R ... more

SPACE MEDICINE
AI digital twins aim to protect astronaut mobility on deep space missions
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 29, 2026

West Virginia University researchers are developing artificial intelligence tools to help astronauts maintain movement control and overall physical health during long missions in microgravity enviro ... more


SPACE MEDICINE
Space Station study maps hurdles for microbial manufacturing in orbit
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 29, 2026

Scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory have completed a spaceflight biology experiment on the International Space Station that shows how microgravity reshapes microbial metabolism and cons ... more

INTERN DAILY
AstraZeneca signs obesity drugs deal with Chinese firm
London (AFP) Jan 30, 2026

British drugs group AstraZeneca announced Friday a deal with the Chinese group CSPC Pharmaceutical to help develop and market CSPC's weight-loss injections. ... more

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WATER WORLD
'So little we know': in submersibles revealing the deep sea
Aboard Oceanxplorer, Indonesia (AFP) Jan 28, 2026

A dome-fronted submersible sinks beneath the waves off Indonesia, heading down nearly 1,000 metres in search of new species, plastic-eating microbes and compounds that could one day make medicines. ... more

TRADE WARS
UK drugs giant AstraZeneca announces $15 bn investment in China
Beijing (AFP) Jan 29, 2026

British pharmaceutical group AstraZeneca said Thursday that it would invest $15 billion in China through 2030 to expand its medicines manufacturing and research, during a trip by UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer to Beijing. ... more


SPACE MEDICINE
Space station study reveals unusual virus bacteria dynamics in microgravity
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 14, 2026

In near weightless conditions aboard the International Space Station, viruses that infect bacteria continue to attack their hosts but follow an altered evolutionary trajectory compared to the same s ... more

SPACE MEDICINE
Blue Origin and Nimbus validate fuel cells for lunar life support
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 14, 2026

In a key step toward sustaining crews on future lunar missions, Nimbus Power Systems has completed a campaign of shock and vibration tests on its advanced, gravity independent fuel cell hardware in ... more

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SPACE MEDICINE
Spaceflight study links astronaut biology to reversible shifts in epigenetic age
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 14, 2026

When the four member crew of Axiom 2 launched on a 10 day mission in May 2023, their time in orbit carried a dense manifest of biomedical experiments aimed at probing human physiology under spacefli ... more

INTERN DAILY
AI helps fuel new era of medical self-testing
Las Vegas (AFP) Jan 12, 2026

Beyond smart watches and rings, artificial intelligence is being used to make self-testing for major diseases more readily available - from headsets that detect early signs of Alzheimer's to an iris-scanning app that helps spot cancer. ... more


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