Researchphilia Daily: Shorter Antibiotics, Iron Guidelines, and a Lung Cancer Gene

Today we cover a New England Journal of Medicine trial showing short antibiotic courses work just as well as long ones after orthopedic infection surgery, new hematology guidelines for catching iron deficiency early, a massive genetic study linking an inherited mutation to lung cancer risk, German consensus guidance on treating a serious heart disease, a first in human mRNA therapy for a stubborn blood disorder, and a Nature paper on the molecular switch that controls a form of cell death. A quick rundown covers five more papers in brief.