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There’s no doubt that China makes some of the best drones around — and HOVERAir is quickly proving itself the next disruptor of this fast-evolving industry.
In 2023, the company successfully crowdfunded the HOVERAir X1 on Indiegogo. The self-flying drone received widespread praise for making drone photography more accessible to the public via an easy user interface. An ability to easily program the drone to follow the photographer boosted its appeal.
The company is clearly not interested in slowing down, as it just released perhaps its most cutting-edge design yet: a waterproof drone made for adventures on the water. With the HOVERAir Aqua, the company aims to make a drone that’s usable on the water by surfers, paddlers, and other outdoor adventurers who don’t want to worry about destroying a costly piece of equipment.
With the ability to capture 4K video at 100 fps, the company advises photographers to “prepare for better water angles than you’ve ever seen before.”
With a weight just under 250 g, there’s no FAA registration required for recreational users in the U.S., so you can grab it and go.
HOVERAir Aqua: Details
Given that this new drone was released just this week, GearJunkie hasn’t had a chance to test the new tech. But the design is immediately appealing.
It sports a bright orange design reminiscent of a traffic cone (or perhaps an ocean buoy) that should be easy to spot amid rolling waves. It also seems to be part of how the drone stays afloat on waves. HOVERAir claims to have added over a dozen features to improve the drone’s hardiness against water.
In a Zoom meeting with the press this week, company leaders were asked about the HOVERAir Aqua’s ability to handle the abuse from crashing waves. One of the designers avoided advising users to take the Aqua into such conditions.
However, he added that the drone had been thoroughly tested against abuse, and still continued to perform after repeated pummeling by waves and dunks into the water.
It has a top speed of about 34 mph and wind resistance up to 33 knots. As for image quality, the Aqua has a 1/1.3-inch CMOS sensor and a custom lens designed for use in water, according to the brand.
Like the HOVERAir before it, the Aqua offers users advanced capabilities for autonomous flight. It’s programmed to keep users in the camera frame without manual controls, and can frame shots while following the user’s movements.
Judging by videos released this week, operating the drone involves a waterproof armband with buttons for operating the Aqua.
(Photo/HOVERAir)
HOVERAir Aqua: Pricing & Availability
The company behind the HOVERAir Aqua clearly knows it has a potential winner in the making. That’s likely why it has released the above details about the new product — but without setting a launch date or price just yet.
The brand’s flagship model so far, the X1, sells for $300 on Amazon. Given the Aqua’s larger list of features, it’s likely it will cost more than its predecessor. We’ll definitely keep an eye on this one, but you can also sign up for updates on the brand’s website.
Gaining access to iOS 26 on your iPhone is getting closer, but the release is still over a month away, coming this fall. But you can start testing the new features now by downloading and installing Apple’s public beta, which CEO Tim Cook recently said is (along with the other current beta operating systems) “by far the most popular developer betas we’ve had,” 9to5Mac reports. You can also take a look at our preview of the iOS 26 public beta release, which shows off the fresh home and lock screen redesign. Called Liquid Glass, the new translucent look will extend across all of Apple’s upcoming operating systems. The overhaul is one of several big changes coming to iOS, macOS, iPadOS and the rest of Apple’s software suite, all of which were showcased during the company’s WWDC keynote on June 9.
After overpromising on AI plans last year, Apple kept its iOS roadmap focused more on basic quality of life improvements this year. There are multiple useful additions coming to the Phone and Messages apps on your iPhone, for instance: Apple execs outlined the ability to weed out spam texts or other unknown senders and an option to hold your spot on a phone call when you’ve been waiting for a representative to pick up. Plus, a treasured feature that we took for granted is coming back (hint: it’s in the Photos app).
Siri, meanwhile, is in a holding pattern. Apple has previously specified that its smarter voice assistant — first promised at WWDC 2024 — is delayed until some point “in the coming year,” so you shouldn’t expect any major changes in the current betas. But there are reports that Apple is aiming to give Siri a bigger brain transplant by basing it on third-party artificial intelligence models like OpenAI’s ChatGPT or Anthropic’s Claude, which could make 2026 a pivotal year. The company is also reportedly working on a ‘stripped-down’ AI chatbot to rival ChatGPT.
With each beta, it seems like additional new improvements are popping up, like this FaceTime feature that’ll freeze your video if it detects nudity. Now that iOS 26 developer beta 5 is available, we’re seeing more added features, like a new bouncy animation on the passcode screen and in the Control Center, MacRumors reports. Some or all of those changes will likely soon migrate into the separate public beta (see below). Most newer iPhone models are eligible to download iOS 26 (both the betas and final version). Want to see the full list of new features coming this fall? Read on.
What is iOS 26?
The current iPhone operating system is iOS 18, and Apple is still actively updating it — version 18.6 was just recently released. But don’t expect to see iOS 19. Instead, Apple is skipping the numbering ahead to iOS 26 later this year. The company has decided to line up its iOS version numbers with a year-based system, similar to car model years. So while iOS and its sibling operating systems will be released in late 2025, they’re all designated “26” to reflect the year ahead. (Meanwhile, iOS 18 is still getting new versions this summer, too.)
It’s official, we’re moving to iOS 26. (Apple)
What is Liquid Glass design?
Let’s be honest. Out of everything announced at WWDC this year, the new Liquid Glass design was the star of the show. The iPhone’s home and lock screens have looked pretty much the same year after year — the last exciting thing (in my opinion) was the option to add your own aesthetic to your home screen by customizing your apps and widgets. So seeing the home and lock screens’ new facelift is refreshing.
So what exactly is Liquid Glass? Apple calls it a “new translucent material” since, well, the apps and widgets are clear. However, the screen can still adapt to dark and light modes, depending on surroundings. You’ll also notice buttons with a new floating design in several apps, like Phone and Maps. They’re designed to be less distracting than the current buttons, but are still easy to see. While the design overhaul has proven to be controversial since its announcement, some — including Engadget’s own Devindra Hardawar — like the new direction, even if it’s somewhat reminiscent of Microsoft’s translucent Windows Vista Aero designs from nearly twenty years ago.
That said, as of the release of the iOS 26 beta 2, Apple has already incorporated some user feedback into the design, dialing back the transparency in at least some places. And while it will continue to evolve, Apple users won’t be able to escape it: Liquid Glass was designed to make all of Apple’s OSes more cohesive. Here’s a look at how the translucent aesthetic will look with the new macOS Tahoe 26 on your desktop.
What are the new and notable features of iOS 26?
iOS 26 has a laundry list of new features. Among the most worthwhile:
Phone app redesign: You’ll finally be able to scroll through contacts, recent calls and voicemail messages all on one screen. It also comes with a new feature called Hold Assist that’ll notify you when an agent comes to the phone so you can avoid the elevator music and continue on with other tasks.
Live Translation in Phone, FaceTime and Messages: iOS 26 is bringing the ability to have a conversation via phone call or text message with someone who speaks another language. Live Translation will translate your conversation in real time, which results in some stop-and-go interactions in the examples Apple shared during its presentation.
Polls in group chats: Tired of sorting through what seems like hundreds of messages in your group chat? You and your friends will soon be able to create polls in group messages for deciding things like which brunch spot you’re eating at or whose car you’re taking on a road trip.
Filtering unknown senders in Messages: If you haven’t received spam texts about unpaid tolls or other citations, you’re lucky. For those of us who have, those annoying messages will soon be filtered away in a separate folder.
Visual Intelligence: Similar to a reverse Google image search, this new feature will allow you to search for anything that’s on your iPhone screen. For instance, if you spot a pair of shoes someone is wearing in an Instagram photo, you can screenshot it and use Visual Intelligence to find those shoes (or similar ones) online.
Photos tabs are back: For anyone who’s still frustrated with the Photos changes made last year, you’ll be happy to know that your tabs are coming back. Library and Collections will have their own separate spaces so you don’t have to scroll to infinity to find what you’re looking for.
FaceTime “Communication Safety” feature: A newer addition to iOS 26 appears to be the FaceTime “Communication Safety” feature that pauses communications if and when nudity is detected. The feature appears to be a child safety feature that uses on-device detection, thus obviating any cloud-based privacy issues.
New lock screen options: The iPhone lock screen gets more customizable in iOS 26, with a cooler clock, 3D wallpaper effects, more widgets and better focus mode options.
Apple’s Hold Assist will be nifty for those pesky services that put you on hold for 10 or more minutes. (Apple)
New changes coming to iPadOS 26
Your iPad isn’t getting left behind when it comes to big updates. Here’s what’s coming this fall.
Multitasking and real windowing: When you download the newest update, you’ll be able to have multiple apps running on your screen at the same time. Once you open an app, it’ll appear on your screen as normal but you’ll be able to resize and move it across your screen to make room for other apps. This feature is optional so you can turn it off if you don’t like it.
Visual update: Along with the other new OSes, iPadOS 26 is coming with the Liquid Glass aesthetic. This new look will appear on the lock and home screens, as well as the drop-down menus.
New menu bar: When you swipe down on your screen, the new menu bar will appear with options like File, Edit, Windows and more. There’s also a search option if you’re looking for something specific.
Checkout our first impressions of iPadOS 26.
What about AirPods?
AirPods are also getting updated with iOS 26. Here are some of the more notable functions.
Enhanced audio recording: Apple calls this “studio-quality” audio recording, and with it, you’ll notice more clarity while in noisy environments.
Camera remote control: Using this, you can take a photo or start and stop video recording with just one press on your AirPods. When taking photos, you’ll get a three-second countdown before your iPhone or iPad snaps the picture.
Which iPhones will be able to upgrade to iOS 26?
A few iPhone models that run the current version of iOS — iPhone XR, XS and XS Max — won’t be compatible with the latest upgrade. But any iPhones released in 2019 or later will be eligible for the iOS 26 update.
iPhone SE (second generation or later)
Not listed here are the presumed new iPhone 17 models (or maybe iPhone 26?) that are all but certain to be announced and released in September.
How to install iOS 26 beta
The iOS 26 public beta is now available to download via the Apple Beta Software Program. If you’re not already a member, you’ll need to sign up to try out all the latest features. Just visit beta.apple.com and sign up with your phone number or email address. It’s free.
Once you’re in, you can install it by going to Settings > General > Software Update and selecting iOS 26 public beta.
A word of caution: Don’t sign up with your main iPhone unless you’re OK with any risks that occur with using an OS that isn’t finalized.
When will the final version of iOS 26 be released?
iOS 26 will be released to the public this fall. It usually comes in September, within a week of the Apple iPhone event. Last year, it rolled out to iPhone users on September 16 — exactly one week after the iPhone 16 lineup was announced.
If you’re more interested in the Apple Intelligence features coming, here’s everything Apple revealed for iOS, macOS and more during WWDC. Also, check out how iOS 26 screenshots could be an intriguing preview of Apple’s delayed Siri rework.
Update, August 8: Added new features coming with iPadOS 26 and AirPods.
Update, August 6: Noted the release of iOS 26 beta 5 and the new bouncy feature on passcode screen and Control Center.
Update, August 4: Noted that Apple is reportedly working on a ChatGPT rival.
Update, August 1: Added quote from Tim Cook about iOS 26.
Update, July 31: Noted that iOS 18.6 is now available.
Update, July 24: Noted the iOS 26 public beta is now available.
Update, July 3: Noted new FaceTime feature found in the developer beta.
Update, June 30: Noted ongoing iOS 18 releases, and reports that Apple is considering additional external LLMs for Siri.
Update, June 25: Noted changes added in iOS 26 beta 2.
Hedge funds cut their bullish stance on US oil to the lowest since mid-April as rising US crude inventories and OPEC+’s production increases drive bearish sentiment.
Money managers decreased their net-long position on West Texas Intermediate by 9,014 lots to 78,826 lots in the week through Tuesday, data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission show. That’s the smallest net-long position since US President Donald Trump announced tariffs on major trade partners in early April.
Sami Sheen, daughter of actors Denise Richards and Charlie Sheen, recently shared a troubling experience on TikTok, claiming she narrowly avoided a possible sex trafficking attempt while out with friends.
In the video, posted earlier this week, the 21-year-old model and influencer said the incident occurred late Monday night after she and her friends left a restaurant around midnight. While taking photos in the parking lot, Sheen said a man approached them asking for money. Despite telling him she didn’t have cash, she claimed the man became increasingly insistent, even suggesting payment through apps like Zelle or Venmo.
Shortly after that encounter, Sheen said a second man appeared, triggering an intense sense of fear. “The second I saw this man, I had the worst feeling in my stomach,” she recalled, adding that he began asking if she spoke Spanish and saying other things she couldn’t understand.
As the man reached into his back pocket, Sheen said she pulled out her pepper spray, prompting him to instead pull out a card. At that moment, she and her friend ran to their car and locked the doors.
Once safely inside the vehicle, Sheen said they reviewed photos taken earlier and noticed the first man had been watching them the entire time. She included an image of him in her TikTok and used the moment to urge her followers to stay alert and trust their instincts.
“I’m usually very aware of my surroundings, and I did not notice this man,” she said. “Even if it was harmless, it’s better to be safe than sorry.”
The incident comes amid a turbulent time for Sheen’s mother, Denise Richards, who is currently involved in a high-profile divorce and legal dispute with estranged husband Aaron Phypers.
A new study pitted a diet of “healthy” ultra-processed foods against one focused on minimally processed foods to gauge the impact on body weight.
The clinical trial, consisting of 55 adults (mostly women) from the United Kingdom who were overweight or had obesity, followed participants on these diets for eight weeks each.
At the end of the trial, participants eating minimally processed foods like overnight oats and homemade pasta or chicken dishes lost roughly 2 percent of their baseline weight. They also self-reported more significant improvements in their ability to control cravings compared with people on the ultra-processed diet.
However, people on the ultra-processed diet also lost weight — around 1 percent of their baseline — eating items like frozen meals and breakfast bars.
“We didn’t expect to see weight loss on the ultra-processed food diet, but this is likely because participants had an unhealthy diet at baseline that did not follow dietary guidance, and improved on the ultra-processed diet,” says lead study author Samuel Dicken, PhD, a research fellow at University College London’s department of behavioral science and health and Centre for Obesity Research in England.
Is the Difference in Weight Loss Meaningful?
Dr. Dicken and the other authors say that although a 2 percent reduction in weight on the minimally processed diet may not seem like much, it’s notable for an eight week period involving study subjects not actively trying to eat less, and that over the course of a year it could translate to a weight reduction of 13 percent in men and 9 percent in women.
For people on the ultra-processed diet, though, weight loss over a year could be much less — 5 percent in men, 4 percent in women.
“The results first highlight the importance of existing dietary guidance,” Dicken says. “Then, choosing minimally processed foods over ultra-processed foods may help with losing weight more easily and maintaining a healthier weight long term — with benefits to body composition related to cardiometabolic health.”
How the Study Worked
After being split into two groups, one set of participants started off with eight weeks of eating minimally processed foods before returning to their normal diet for four weeks as a reset — then switching to the ultra-processed food diet for another eight weeks. The other group followed this eating pattern in the opposite order.
The participants were provided with food deliveries that included more calories than the daily requirement and instructed to eat as little or as much as they desired. Each diet was designed around the United Kingdom’s Eatwell Guide, which parallels U.S. dietary guidelines in daily nutrient targets of fruit, vegetables, whole grains, protein, dairy, and unsaturated fats, along with the limiting of added sugar and high-fat foods.
With much of the existing evidence on processed foods stemming from observational studies, this first-of-its-kind interventional study aimed to investigate causal links between diet and weight outcomes.
Can Ultra-Processed Foods Be a Part of Your Diet in Moderation?
The study findings add a slight twist to previous research.
For example, one older, small, short-term study found that U.S. participants consumed roughly 500 more calories per day and gained weight while eating an ultra-processed diet, compared with following a minimally processed diet with equivalent nutrients and calories.
“In this new study, because participants in both groups actually lost weight, this challenges the argument that ultra-processed foods always promote weight gain when nutrient balance is maintained,” says Stephen Finney, MD, a primary care and obesity medicine physician at Southcoast Health in North Dartmouth, Massachusetts.
“The main difference was that the minimally processed diet promoted lower cravings and food intake despite equal macronutrients,” he adds.
Research has suggested a link between ultra-processed foods — generally defined as packaged foods high in calories, sodium, added sugar, fat, and additives — and damaging health outcomes, such as certain types of cancers, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, mental health conditions, and early death. According to a recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report, most people living in the United States consume half their calories from ultra-processed foods.
But for experts like Courtney Pelitera, RDN, a registered dietitian-nutritionist with Top Nutrition Coaching in New York, the finding that weight loss can still occur while eating ultra-processed foods is encouraging when it comes to reducing judgment around food choices.
“This should give confidence that eating processed foods occasionally as part of an overall healthy diet should not affect weight loss strategies,” says Pelitera. “A main priority is to eat on a consistent basis and fuel your body as much as it needs to function optimally, then focus on adjusting to mostly whole foods — but this does not have to be an all-or-nothing mentality. If one or two processed foods are in the diet each day, this study helps to prove that healthy weight loss can still be achieved.”
Study Has Some Limitations
The study authors state that the results may not be generalizable to all populations, as people with dietary restrictions, certain chronic diseases, and other factors were excluded from the trial. Researchers were also not able to directly measure participants’ food intake or confirm their adherence to the diets outside of what was self-reported.
Some other study limitations include the small sample size, short trial duration, and the food delivery model, which “does not reflect real-world access to food,” Dr. Finney notes, underscoring that food environments (what’s available and marketed to a particular community) help shape health.
“In the meantime, I recommend that individuals aim to cook simple meals when possible, enjoy packaged foods occasionally, and approach nutrition with both flexibility and awareness,” he says. “The goal is long-term balance, not guilt.”
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Blake Lively‘s deposition in her sexual harassment and retaliation suit against Justin Baldoni has been cut from the court record today under the order of a federal judge.
Already fighting this week with his insurance companies over legal fees in the It Ends with Us sexual harassment and retaliation battle with Lively, Baldoni, his Wayfarer Studios execs and lawyers also just got their knuckles very publicly rapped for overplaying their hand.
“The Wayfarer Parties’ attachment of the entire, nearly 300-page deposition—after citing only two pages of it in the Letter—served no proper litigation purpose and instead appears to have been intended to burden Lively (and as a result, the Court) and to invite public speculation and scandal,” admonished Judge Lewis Liman on Friday in a stinging order agreeing with Lively’s motion to strike to keep her July 31 deposition sealed, out of the court docket and out of the headlines and posts.
Liman has offered nothing yet on the recent request by the Another Simple Favor star’s attorneys for sanctions against Baldoni lawyer Bryan Freedman for allegedly “publicly slandering” Lively. The judge today was responding to the actress’ August 4 filing to strike after her IEWU director/co-star’s team sent a letter with a small portion of her well-publicized depo in it and an accompanying sealed and uncertified transcript. On August 6, after also taking the slings and arrows of accusations of leaks to tabloids and others about the actual deposition and who was there — Ryan Reynolds and on the other side of the table, most of Baldoni’s inner circle and fellow defendants — attorney Kevin Fritz essentially countered that the lady doth protest too much.
“The deposition transcript records Ms. Lively’s own words,” the Meister, Seelig & Finn partner pointed out in a filed letter of his own to Judge Liman, mocking the use of the term “rough draft” in the initial filing, among other things. “Ms. Lively contends that the transcript must be stricken based on her speculation that it was filed for the ‘purpose of the transcript into the public domain as fodder for [their] media campaign.’ The transcript, however, was filed under seal and Ms. Lively has the option of moving to keep the document sealed; although it is puzzling why she seeks to conceal her own testimony in an action in which she is the plaintiff.”
Less than eight months before the high-wire trial kicks off in New York City in federal court, Judge Liman today really wasn’t picking up what Fritz and Team Baldoni were trying to put down.
“Even if the cited deposition portions were relevant or provided support for the Wayfarer Parties’ arguments—both of which are far from clear—the Wayfarer Parties have not even attempted to argue that the entire deposition was relevant,” he wrote in Friday’s four-page order to strike the attachment. “Nor could they. The conclusion is inescapable that the Wayfarer Parties filed gratuitous amounts of irrelevant pages so that, if Lively moved for continued sealing of the irrelevant pages, the Wayfarer Parties could then use Lively’s response for their own public-relations purposes,”
Then there’s the subtext kicker: “The Court has not only the power but also the responsibility to step in.”
Perhaps out in the August sun, neither reps for Lively or Baldoni responded to Deadline’s request for comment on today’s order. Then again, with nothing from the court yet on the sanctions move by Lively’s side against Baldoni’s top lawyer, maybe everyone being circumspect in anticipation of what’s next in a case that since December last year always seems to provided more gristle at every turn — with more likely to come.
Blake Lively & Justin Baldoni in ‘It Ends with Us’
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In June 2025, investigators presented findings from the phase 2b trial at the 2025 MIB Factor Osteosarcoma Conference, demonstrating an EFS rate of 35% (n = 14/40) among evaluable patients
Treatment with OST-HER2 (OST31-164) produced a statistically significant improvement in overall survival (OS) among a small cohort of patients with recurrent, fully resected, pulmonary metastatic osteosarcoma, according to a press release on updated interim findings from a phase 2b trial (NCT04974008).1
The 2-year OS rate among patients who received OST-HER2 was 66.6% (n = 18/27). This outcome exceeded a 2-year OS rate of 40% in a historical control cohort of patients with osteosarcoma (P = .0046).2
The FDA has also issued a biologics license application (BLA) number for OST-HER2 to receive an application submission after an End of Phase 2 Meeting slated for August 27, 2025. Additionally, developers have responded to the agency’s correspondence, aiming to align on approval metrics for regenerative medicine advanced therapy designation, breakthrough therapy designation, and the BLA based on the accelerated approval program.
“We are seeking to bring this novel immunotherapy to market to improve the survival rates in pulmonary metastatic osteosarcoma, and today’s updated interim [OS] data continue to show a statistically significant benefit for OST-HER2–treated patients compared with control,” Paul Romness, MPH, chairman and chief executive officer at OS Therapies, the developers of OST-HER2, stated in the press release.1 “We believe that continued statistically significant outperformance in [OS] of OST-HER2–treated patients compared with historical control, together with the statistically significant positive 12-month event- free survival [EFS] data presented at MIB Factor in June 2025, will provide the necessary scientific and medical basis to support a BLA under the FDA’s accelerated approval program.”
In June 2025, investigators presented findings from the phase 2b trial at the 2025 MIB Factor Osteosarcoma Conference, demonstrating an EFS rate of 35% (n = 14/40) among evaluable patients.3 Safety findings showed that 13 patients had severe adverse effects (AEs), including 7 that were related to treatment with OST-HER2. All 7 treatment-related toxicities were grade 3 in severity; no grade 4/5 AEs occurred. Additionally, no patients discontinued treatment with OST-HER2 at the time of analysis.
“The updated OST-HER2 data presented at MIB Factor…showed EFS data statistically significantly favoring [patients who received] OST-HER2 when compared with the leading peer-reviewed publications on historical [EFS] outcomes in this subset of the pulmonary metastatic osteosarcoma patient population. The favorable safety profile of OST-HER2 compared with standard of care is also an important quality of life factor when assessing potential new treatment options for this difficult-to-treat patient population,” Robert Petit, PhD, chief medical and scientific officer of OS Therapies, said in a prior press release.3
In the open-label, multi-center, single-arm trial, patients received OST-HER2 at 1 x109 colony-forming units every 3 weeks for 48 weeks.4 Treatment continued until progressive disease, unacceptable toxicity, or fulfillment of any other discontinuation criteria.
The trial’s primary end point was EFS. Other end points included OS and incidence of treatment-emergent AEs.
Patients 12 to 39 years old with a histologic confirmation of osteosarcoma at diagnosis and at least 1 episode of disease recurrence in the lungs were eligible for enrollment on the trial. Other eligibility criteria included having an ECOG performance status of 0 to 2; full recovery from acute toxicity associated with any prior chemotherapy, immunotherapy, radiotherapy, or surgery; and adequate organ function.
Those with clinically evident metastatic or recurrent disease, concurrent pulmonary recurrence and local recurrence at the primary tumor site, or primary refractory disease with progression of the primary tumor on initial treatment were ineligible for study entry.
References
OS Therapies announces statistically significant positive interim 2-year overall survival data from phase 2b clinical trial of OST-HER2 in the prevention or delay of recurrent, fully resected, pulmonary metastatic osteosarcoma. News release. OS Therapies, Inc. August 7, 2025. Accessed August 7, 2025. https://tinyurl.com/2f8d62ct
Aljubran AH, Griffin A, Pintilie M, Blackstein M. Osteosarcoma in adolescents and adults: survival analysis with and without lung metastases. Ann Oncol. 2009;20(6):1136-41. doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn731. Erratum in: Ann Oncol. 2021;32(3):424. doi: 10.1016/j.annonc.2020.12.011
OS Therapies presents statistically significantly positive 1-Year event free survival, overall survival and safety clinical data updates for OST-HER2 at the MIB Agents Factor Osteosarcoma Conference. News release. OS Therapies, Inc. June 30, 2025. Accessed August 7, 2025. https://tinyurl.com/ysmsw7pp
Osteosarcoma maintenance therapy with OST31-164 (OST-164-01). ClinicalTrials.gov. Updated January 22, 2025. Accessed July 1, 2025. https://tinyurl.com/mptma4ub
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