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  1. Health & Medicine

    50 years ago, drug abuse was higher among physicians than the public

    In 1969, physicians abused drugs at a higher rate than the general public — that’s still true today.

    By Jeremy Rehm
  2. Health & Medicine

    Blood vessels built from a patient’s cells could help people on dialysis

    Bioengineered blood vessels could provide a safer alternative than donor vessels or synthetic implants.

    By Maria Temming
  3. Health & Medicine

    Treating cystic fibrosis patients before birth could safeguard organs

    Starting a cystic fibrosis drug sooner than usual may protect an afflicted child’s lungs, pancreases and reproductive tissue, a study in ferrets hints.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  4. Planetary Science

    Kuiper Belt dust may be in our atmosphere (and NASA labs) right now

    Bits of space debris that collect in Earth’s atmosphere may come from as far as the cold, distant Kuiper Belt region beyond Neptune.