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The First Cohort
Medical research, with the receipts
Lead Story
Cancer

A Korean lab found cancer's DNA-repair off-switch. In a mouse.

A tool compound strips the DNA-repair proteins tumors use to dodge PARP inhibitors. Preclinical only — but the gap between treated and control animals is the story.

Tumor clearance at 8 weeks
Tumor clearance at 8 weeks: treated 94%, control 12% Treated 94% Control 12% Source: preprint, Seoul Nat'l Univ.
By the numbers this week
94%
Tumor clearance in treated mice vs. 12% in controls at 8 weeks
Seoul Nat'l Univ. preprint
71%
Of daily sodium intake comes from processed food — not the salt shaker
CDC dietary data
27 yrs
Europe approved this sunscreen in 1999; the FDA cleared it this week
FDA approval notice, 2026
Metabolic
Metabolic Where your sodium actually comes from
Sodium sources: processed food 71%, saltshaker 6-20% Processed food 71% Salt shaker 6–20% Source: CDC dietary sodium data
Drugs & FDA
Drugs & FDA Europe had this sunscreen in 1999. The FDA approved it Tuesday.
Infectious Disease
Infectious Disease A DoD-funded fentanyl vaccine is headed to Phase 1
Brain & Aging
Brain & Aging The Alzheimer's drug that bets the plaques are a symptom
Cancer
Cancer ALTAIR missed its endpoint. The press tour found something else.
Autoimmune
Autoimmune Fish oil rewired the T-cells in non-obese diabetic rats
Nutrition
Nutrition The thin trial behind England's next supermarket-layout mandate