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How are advances in network science helping the medical and healthcare industry? originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and better understand the world. Answer by Albert-Laszlo Barabasi, Professor of Network Science and author of The Formula, on Quora: The cell works as a network,…

Firm: Dentons Location: Chicago Eric Berlin first started taking a serious look at marijuana after he read research that showed how patients suffering from myriad digestive issues — as well as multiple sclerosis — had used the drug for palliative relief. As the president of the University of Chicago's GI Research Foundation, Berlin started to…

Horses and jockeys charge toward the finish of a race on Santa Anita Derby day. The Derby was the most prominent event on a schedule that included 11 horse races. Tom Goldman/NPR hide caption toggle caption Tom Goldman/NPR Horses and jockeys charge toward the finish of a race on Santa Anita Derby day. The Derby…

This week, a plant that's nearly identical to marijuana is set to become legal to grow in the US. Thanks to the US Farm Bill, which President Trump signed into law on Thursday, American farmers will be able to plant and harvest hemp, a strain of the same plant species from which marijuana originates. The…

The Trump administration just made a big move against a little-known pricing practice that the pharmaceutical supply chain depends on. On Thursday, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said it's proposing a rule that would effectively ban the use of rebates for pharmaceutical drugs. HHS said the move is designed to lower the…

This week, a plant that's nearly identical to marijuana is set to become legal to grow in the US. Thanks to the US Farm Bill, which the House passed on Wednesday in a 369 to 47 vote, American farmers will be able to plant and harvest hemp, a strain of the same plant species from…

The heavyweight in the PC gaming world is Valve's Steam service, a digital storefront and gaming platform that acts like a virtual console: It has friends list services, and achievements, and many other rich features people expect from services like Xbox Live and PlayStation Network. Most importantly for the hundreds of millions of Steam users,…

Major tech companies and moguls are pouring lots of money into initiatives to support quality journalism, after months of bad headlines about fake news and the longer-term struggles of business models for journalism, especially at the local level. Why it matters: The efforts are meant to show tech's support for quality journalism, even though its…

For all the changes healthcare still needs to make, there's been a lot of advances made in medicine over the past few decades. As part of Business Insider's list of 100 people transforming business, we spoke to 10 people who are transforming healthcare. Some are pioneering new ways to treat diseases and care for patients.…

Investors have already started to worry that Apple may get caught in the crossfire of the Trump administration's attacks on Huawei and the broader US-China trade war. But the iPhone maker may not be the only tech giant that suffers collateral damage in the conflict, warns Gregor Berkowitz, a longtime tech-industry consultant. The administration's moves…