Biotech & Medtech
Biotech & Medtech news — Tuesday 03 November 2026
4 stories from 2 sources, every one in English. Each links to its publisher.
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Opinion: What the 2024 electoral map reveals about America’s mortality divide
STAT News
In this 2026 midterm election season, health care ranks third on voters’ minds. That’s no surprise: U.S. life expectancy persistently lags those in comparable countries despite substantially greater spending on health care. As health and…
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‘Three-parent IVF’ was supposed to prevent mitochondrial disease. Studies are raising doubts
STAT News
The news out of the U.K. last year that eight healthy children had been born to mothers carrying disease-causing mutations in their mitochondria showed the promise of a pioneering reproductive technique known as “three-parent IVF.” The…
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Opinion: How meditation helped me become a better doctor overnight
STAT News
Last fall I attended a meditation retreat in the Santa Cruz Mountains. I had hoped for a respite from a busy ophthalmology practice in Portland, Ore. Instead, I returned to the most difficult challenges I have faced in practice. One night…
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Editor’s Pick: Wild Bioscience
Nature Biotechnology
Nature Biotechnology, Published online: 03 November 2026; doi:10.1038/s41587-026-03377-w Each year, Nature Biotechnology highlights companies that received sizeable early-stage funding in the previous year. Wild Bioscience is pursuing crop…