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NOVEMBER 12, 2024
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JULY 29, 2024
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OCTOBER 3, 2024
If the fall colors are inspiring you to paint your cells in equally vivid colors, you'll want to check out the 34 new preps available in the Addgene viral vector repository! This includes the first Addgene prep packaged in the AAV9-X1.1 serotype.
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10 clinical trials to watch in the second half of 2024
BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing
JULY 1, 2024
Study results are expected for a pair of closely watched obesity drugs, while key tests await for a high-priced AbbVie acquisition and one of 2023’s largest IPOs.
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Cell and gene therapy investment, once booming, is now in a slump
BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing
AUGUST 29, 2024
Far fewer venture funding rounds were closed by cell and gene therapy developers over the first six months of 2024 than in prior years. Experts say there are several factors.
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Molecules on the Move: April ’23
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MAY 31, 2023
Capacity Bio’s MAS Receptor Agonists with $35M Raised for FIH Clinical Trials MAS modulator from WO2022165189 example 107 New start-up Capacity Bio backed by RA Capital, Insight Partners, and Remiges Ventures with $35 million funding is working on taking first-in-class mitophagy agonists into clinical trials, which are expected to start in 2024.
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New drug triggers rapid cell death in cancer models
Broad Institute
OCTOBER 29, 2024
New drug triggers rapid cell death in cancer models By Karen Zusi-Tran October 29, 2024 Breadcrumb Home New drug triggers rapid cell death in cancer models BRD-810 inhibits the MCL1 protein and reactivates apoptosis in tumor cells, displaying therapeutic potential in animal models. Online August 23, 2024. Paper cited Rauh U, et al.
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Long COVID Brain Fog: Could the Lungs Hold Clues?
Drugs.com
NOVEMBER 26, 2024
26, 2024 -- The “brain fog” of long COVID might be due to impaired lung function following a person’s infection, a new small-scale study says.Reduced gas exchange in the lungs – oxygen coming in, carbon dioxide going out -- appears to. TUESDAY, Nov.
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Cervical Cancer Deaths Fell Dramatically After Advent of HPV Vaccine
Drugs.com
DECEMBER 2, 2024
2, 2024 -- A new study provides good evidence that the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine may be achieving its goal of slashing rates of cervical cancer.“We MONDAY, Dec. We observed a … 62% drop in cervical cancer deaths over the last decade, likely du.
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Diabetes Meds Metformin, GLP-1s Can Also Curb Asthma
Drugs.com
NOVEMBER 18, 2024
18, 2024 -- Drugs already taken by millions of diabetes patients appear to also help slash asthma attacks by up to 70%, new British research shows.The two drugs are metformin, one of the most widely used diabetes medications, and the. MONDAY, Nov.
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Aucatzyl, a New Hope Against a Tough-to-Treat Leukemia in Adults
Drugs.com
DECEMBER 3, 2024
3, 2024 -- A newly approved immunotherapy can help adults with a difficult-to-treat form of leukemia, clinical trial results show. TUESDAY, Dec. Aucatzyl (obecabtagene autoleucel) worked on more than three-quarters (76%) of patients with B-cell.
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T-Day Dinner, Post-Election: Experts Offer Tips to Keep Things Calm
Drugs.com
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
25, 2024 -- Politics, especially the 2024 elections, can quickly turn the family Thanksgiving table into a battleground.Steering clear of hot-button topics will not only help a big meal go down easier, it has health benefits as well. MONDAY, Nov.
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Biden Will Move to Have Medicare, Medicaid Cover GLP-1 Weight-Loss Meds
Drugs.com
NOVEMBER 26, 2024
26, 2024 -- The outgoing Biden administration will propose that pricey GLP-1 obesity medications such as semaglutide (Wegovy), and tirzepatide (Zepbound) be covered by Medicare and Medicaid.However, the move would have to be approved. TUESDAY, Nov.
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Could the Common Thyroid Medicine Levothyroxine Weaken Bones?
Drugs.com
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
25, 2024 -- New research suggests that a thyroid medication often prescribed to older Americans may be linked to a common problem in old age -- bone loss. MONDAY, Nov. Levothyroxine is a synthetic hormone often prescribed to treat hypothyroidism.
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Could a Vitamin Be Effective Treatment for COPD?
Drugs.com
NOVEMBER 22, 2024
22, 2024 -- A daily dose of vitamin B3 reduced inflammation in the lungs of patients with COPD, Danish researchers report. FRIDAY, Nov. This is significant, because inflammation can lead to reduced lung function in these patients," said researcher.
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Zepbound Bests Wegovy for Weight Loss in New Trial
Drugs.com
DECEMBER 4, 2024
4, 2024 -- Zepbound, the new GLP-1 weight-loss drug from Eli Lilly & Co., WEDNESDAY, Dec. has outperformed its main competitor, Wegovy, in a clinical trial funded by Lilly."Given Given the increased interest around obesity medications, we conducted.
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Twice-Yearly Injection 96% Effective in Preventing HIV Infection
Drugs.com
NOVEMBER 28, 2024
28, 2024 -- People whose partners have HIV must remember to take antiretroviral pills every single day or risk infection themselves.But researchers have come up with a way to avoid that daily hassle – an injectable drug that patients. THURSDAY, Nov.
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Diabetes Drug Metformin Might Help Fight Lung Cancer
Drugs.com
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
27, 2024 -- Already the go-to drug of choice for millions with type 2 diabetes, metformin might also fight lung cancer if those patients have it as well, new research shows.Metformin appears to help boost the benefits of. WEDNESDAY, Nov.
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Stroke Guidelines Updated, With Focus on Women and GLP-1s
Drugs.com
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
25, 2024 -- Women, especially those who had high blood pressure during pregnancy or entered menopause before age 45, are among those with a greater risk for stroke.They and other high-risk groups are the focus of new stroke prevention. MONDAY, Nov.
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Meds Like Ozempic Are Causing Folks to Waste More Food
Drugs.com
NOVEMBER 22, 2024
22, 2024 -- America's kitchen trash bins are receiving more unwanted food as appetites falter among people taking GLP-1 weight-loss meds, a new study shows.GLP-1s like Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and Zepbound all work by making food less. FRIDAY, Nov.
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CDC Says Some People May Need Extra Dose of COVID Vaccine
Drugs.com
OCTOBER 25, 2024
25, 2024 -- Some Americans should get more than one shot of the updated COVID vaccines because their age or certain health conditions make them more vulnerable to severe infections, U.S. FRIDAY, Oct. health officials advised this week.Six months.
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Scientists Develop Whole New Form of Effective Asthma Treatment
Drugs.com
NOVEMBER 28, 2024
28, 2024 -- Geoffrey Pointing says its hard to describe the distress of an asthma or COPD flare-up.“Honestly, THURSDAY, Nov. Honestly, when you're having a flare up, it's very difficult to tell anybody how you feel - you can hardly breathe,” Pointing, 77, of.
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A new biotech, built around protein design, springs from David Baker’s lab
BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing
OCTOBER 30, 2024
Archon Biosciences, co-founded by the winner of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, emerged from stealth Wednesday with $20 million in seed capital.
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Almost 200 Chemicals Linked to Breast Cancer Are Found in Food Packaging
Drugs.com
SEPTEMBER 24, 2024
24, 2024 -- Food sold in shrink wrap, on cardboard trays or in paper containers might contain any of nearly 200 chemicals linked to breast cancer, a new study warns.Commonly used food packaging materials contain 189 chemicals that. TUESDAY, Sept.
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Short-Term Hormone Therapy for Menopause Won't Harm Women's Brains
Drugs.com
NOVEMBER 22, 2024
22, 2024 -- Four years of hormone replacement therapy to help women deal with menopausal symptoms causes no harm to the brain, even over the long term, new research shows."In FRIDAY, Nov. In the present study, approximately 10 years after 48 months of.
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Most Americans Don't Know Alcohol's Links to Cancer
Drugs.com
NOVEMBER 29, 2024
29, 2024 — Less than half of Americans realize that they're increasing their risk of cancer with every beer, cocktail or shot of whiskey.Despite public health warnings about the links between drinking and cancer risk, this widespread l. FRIDAY, Nov.
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Could High-Fructose Corn Syrup in Foods Help Speed Cancer?
Drugs.com
DECEMBER 4, 2024
4, 2024 -- The sugar known as fructose could be a kind of rocket fuel for cancer cells, and lowering fructose intake could be one way to fight the disease, new research suggests.Fructose is already ubiquitous in American diets, due. WEDNESDAY, Dec.
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Bird Flu Virus in Canadian Teen Shows Mutations That Could Help It Spread Among Humans
Drugs.com
NOVEMBER 22, 2024
22, 2024 -- In a development that health experts have warned might come, Canadian officials report that the bird flu virus isolated from a sick teen in Vancouver shows mutations that could help it spread more easily among humans.At. FRIDAY, Nov.
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Vaping Immediately Changes Your Blood Flow
Drugs.com
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
25, 2024 -- Even when e-cigarettes are nicotine-free, they have an immediate effect on blood vessels, a new imaging study shows."E-cigarettes MONDAY, Nov. E-cigarettes have long been marketed as a safer alternative to regular tobacco smoking," said Dr.
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FDA Proposes Ban on a 'Useless' Decongestant, Phenylephrine
Drugs.com
NOVEMBER 7, 2024
7, 2024 -- More than a year after its advisory panel unanimously declared the drug phenylephrine to be useless against nasal congestion, the U.S. THURSDAY, Nov. Food and Drug Administration is proposing that it be removed from common.
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American Seniors Struggle to Pay Medical Bills More Than Peers in Other Wealthy Countries
Drugs.com
DECEMBER 4, 2024
4, 2024 -- American seniors still pay more for health care than their counterparts in most other wealthy countries do, despite coverage by Medicare, a new study finds.They are also more likely to postpone or skip needed care because. WEDNESDAY, Dec.
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Study Supports Tamoxifen for DCIS Early Breast Cancers
Drugs.com
DECEMBER 16, 2024
16, 2024 -- The established hormone therapy drug tamoxifen can significantly decrease the risk of cancer recurring in women with an early, low-risk form of breast cancer, a new study says. MONDAY, Dec. Women who took tamoxifen after undergoing a.
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There's a Best Option for Patients With Head-and-Neck Cancer Who Can't Take Cisplatin
Drugs.com
NOVEMBER 26, 2024
26, 2024 -- Cisplatin is the go-to chemotherapy for people battling head-and-neck cancers, but nearly a third of patients can't tolerate its side effects and quit the drug.A TUESDAY, Nov. new trial offers surprising results on the best second-line.
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Polluting Puff: Asthma Inhalers Are Big Contributors to Climate Change
Drugs.com
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
16, 2024 -- Tiny puffs from asthma inhalers could be causing big climate problems for Mother Earth, a new study warns.Each inhaler dose contains some of the most potent greenhouse gases known, and they are adding up, researchers. MONDAY, Sept.
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New Weight-Loss Advance: A Gastric Balloon You Control to Feel Full or Not
Drugs.com
DECEMBER 3, 2024
3, 2024 -- GLP-1 meds are all the rage for weight loss nowadays, but not everyone can safely take the drugs to shed pounds. TUESDAY, Dec. Invasive weight-loss surgeries can often be a tough sell, too. Now, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute.
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It's High Number of Guns, Not Mental Health Crises, That Drives U.S. Gun Deaths: Study
Drugs.com
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024
11, 2024 -- Widespread and easy access to guns is the reason behind the shockingly high rate of firearm deaths in the United States, and not any rise in mental health problems suffered by perpetrators, a new study shows.The United. WEDNESDAY, Sept.
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U.S. Postpartum Depression Diagnoses Doubled in a Decade
Drugs.com
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
20, 2024 -- Rates of postpartum depression have more than doubled in little over a decade among American women, a new analysis shows. WEDNESDAY, Nov. While about 1 in every 10 new moms (9.4%) suffered postpartum depression in 2010, that number rose.
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Ozempic Could Curb Progression of Diabetes-Linked Liver Disease
Drugs.com
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
16, 2024 -- Fatty liver disease linked to diabetes and obesity can easily progress to liver cirrhosis, but new research suggests that GLP-1 medicines like Ozempic can help stop that. MONDAY, Sept. In a new decades-long study, veterans with diabetes.
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Taking a GLP-1 Medication? Here's Tips to Holiday Eating
Drugs.com
NOVEMBER 23, 2024
23, 2024 -- So, you have managed to shed 30 pounds with the help of one of the new blockbuster GLP-1 drugs, but as the holidays near you worry about how to handle gatherings where decadent food will be served in abundance.Luckily. SATURDAY, Nov.
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Twice-Yearly Injection Cuts HIV Risk by 96%, But Will Cost Cut Access?
Drugs.com
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
12, 2024 -- It could be a real breakthrough for people at risk for HIV infection: A shot given every six months that reduces their risk by a whopping 96%.That's THURSDAY, Sept. That's according to new trial results released Thursday by Gilead Sciences.
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Even Minutes-Long Exercise 'Bursts' Can Help Women's Hearts
Drugs.com
DECEMBER 4, 2024
4, 2024 -- Take the stairs. WEDNESDAY, Dec. Tote heavy shopping bags. Walk up that hill. Play tag with a kid or a pet.Weaving these tiny bursts of vigorous physical activity into everyday life can halve a woman’s risk of a heart attack, a new study.
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Prevention Outpaced Treatment Advances in Saving Lives From Major Cancers
Drugs.com
DECEMBER 5, 2024
5, 2024 -- “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure,” founding father Benjamin Franklin once said.That’s definitely true of cancer, a new study has found.Cancer prevention and screening has saved more people from five types of. THURSDAY, Dec.
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Irregular Sleep Might Raise Odds for Heart Attack, Stroke
Drugs.com
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
27, 2024 -- Folks with irregular sleep patterns might have an increased risk of a heart attack or stroke, a new study says.People who doze off and wake up at extremely varied times day by day have a 26% increased risk of a. WEDNESDAY, Nov.
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