Mon.Mar 18, 2024

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Two artificial intelligences talk to each other

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Performing a new task based solely on verbal or written instructions, and then describing it to others so that they can reproduce it, is a cornerstone of human communication that still resists artificial intelligence (AI). A team has succeeded in modelling an artificial neural network capable of this cognitive prowess. After learning and performing a series of basic tasks, this AI was able to provide a linguistic description of them to a 'sister' AI, which in turn performed them.

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Measles Outbreaks Have CDC Tweaking Travel Guidelines

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MONDAY, March 18, 2024 -- As millions of Americans prepare to travel abroad this summer and measles outbreaks increase worldwide, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has tightened its guidance on how travelers should handle the.

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Breathe, don't vent: Turning down the heat is key to managing anger

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Venting about a source of anger might feel good in the moment, but it's not effective at reducing the rage, new research suggests. Instead, techniques often used to address stress -- deep breathing, mindfulness, meditation, yoga or even counting to 10 -- have been shown to be more effective at decreasing anger and aggression.

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Science Has Created a Cow That Produces Insulin in Its Milk

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MONDAY, March 18, 2024 -- There may be an unexpected fix for ongoing shortages of insulin: A brown bovine in Brazil recently made history as the first transgenic cow able to produce human insulin in her milk."Mother Nature designed the mammary.

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Bridging Innovation & Patient Care: The Growing Role of AI

Speaker: Simran Kaur, Co-founder & CEO at Tattva.Health

AI is transforming clinical trials—accelerating drug discovery, optimizing patient recruitment, and improving data analysis. But its impact goes far beyond research. As AI-driven innovation reshapes the clinical trial process, it’s also influencing broader healthcare trends, from personalized medicine to patient outcomes. Join this new webinar featuring Simran Kaur for an insightful discussion on what all of this means for the future of healthcare!

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Backyard insect inspires invisibility devices, next gen tech

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Leafhoppers, a common backyard insect, secrete and coat themselves in tiny mysterious particles that could provide both the inspiration and the instructions for next-generation technology, according to a new study. In a first, the team precisely replicated the complex geometry of these particles, called brochosomes, and elucidated a better understanding of how they absorb both visible and ultraviolet light.

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Industrial societies losing healthy gut microbes

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Our eating habits in industrialized societies are far removed from those of ancient humans. This is impacting our intestinal flora, it seems, as newly discovered cellulose degrading bacteria are being lost from the human gut microbiome, especially in industrial societies.

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The digital divide: Balancing automation and human interaction regardless of the patient support program model

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

Balancing automated patient support with human touch is key in healthcare. Hybrid models offer a pragmatic path forward, prioritizing patient-centricity.

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Holographic message encoded in simple plastic

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Important data can be stored and concealed quite easily in ordinary plastic using 3D printers and terahertz radiation, scientists show. Holography can be done quite easily: A 3D printer can be used to produce a panel from normal plastic in which a QR code can be stored, for example. The message is read using terahertz rays -- electromagnetic radiation that is invisible to the human eye.

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Give HCPs a proactive way to reach your field team: Add inbound

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

HCPs today want inbound channels for help when they need it. See how you can meet their preferences.

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From Diagnosis to Delivery: How AI is Revolutionizing the Patient Experience

Speaker: Simran Kaur, Founder & CEO at Tattva Health Inc.

The healthcare landscape is being revolutionized by AI and cutting-edge digital technologies, reshaping how patients receive care and interact with providers. In this webinar led by Simran Kaur, we will explore how AI-driven solutions are enhancing patient communication, improving care quality, and empowering preventive and predictive medicine. You'll also learn how AI is streamlining healthcare processes, helping providers offer more efficient, personalized care and enabling faster, data-driven

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Rise in global fungal drug-resistant infections

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A global wave of infections caused by fungi growing drug-resistant has the medical community issuing precautions on how to protect yourself.

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Average Middle-Aged American Is Lonelier Than European Peers

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MONDAY, March 18, 2024 -- Middle-aged Americans are lonelier than ever, with new research showing they are even more isolated than some of their peers in Europe.That does not bode well for their health."Loneliness is gaining attention globally as a.

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New technique helps AI tell when humans are lying

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Researchers have developed a new training tool to help artificial intelligence (AI) programs better account for the fact that humans don't always tell the truth when providing personal information. The new tool was developed for use in contexts when humans have an economic incentive to lie, such as applying for a mortgage or trying to lower their insurance premiums.

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Bluebird, short on cash, takes on $175M in debt financing

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The funding could extend the cash-strapped gene therapy maker’s financial runway to 2026, but only if the company successfully hits certain milestones.

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How Machine Learning Drives Clinical Trial Efficiency

Clinical trial data management is increasingly challenging as studies grow in complexity. Quickly accessing and analyzing study data is vital for assessing trial progress and patient safety. In this paper, we explore real-time data access and analysis for proactive study management. We investigate using adverse event (AE) data to monitor safety and discuss a clinical analytics platform that supports collaboration and data review workflows.

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Landmark study shows that 'transcendent' thinking may grow teens' brains over time

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Scientists find that adolescents who grapple with the bigger meaning of social situations experience greater brain growth, which predicts stronger identity development and life satisfaction years later.

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EPA Issues Final Rule Banning Asbestos

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MONDAY, March 18, 2024 -- The last remnants of asbestos use in the United States have now been banned by the Environmental Protection Agency.While the known carcinogen has already been largely banned, the EPA announced Monday that it would ban the.

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Tanks of the Triassic: New crocodile ancestor identified

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Dinosaurs get all the glory. But aetosaurs, a heavily armored cousin of modern crocodiles, ruled the world before dinosaurs did. These tanks of the Triassic came in a variety of shapes and sizes before going extinct around 200 million years ago. Today, their fossils are found on every continent except Antarctica and Australia.

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Women More Prone to Go Into Shock After Car Crashes Than Men

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MONDAY, March 18, 2024 -- After a car crash, women are more likely to go into shock than men, even when their injuries are less severe, new research shows."Women are arriving to the trauma bay with signs of shock more often than men, regardless of.

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Deliver Fast, Flexible Clinical Trial Insights with Spotfire

Clinical research has entered a new era, one that requires real-time analytics and visualization to allow trial leaders to work collaboratively and to develop, at the click of a mouse, deep insights that enable proactive study management. Learn how Revvity Signals helps drug developers deliver clinical trial data insights in real-time using a fast and flexible data and analytics platform to empower data-driven decision-making.

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Five factors to ensure an infant thrives

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Researchers make the case that five 'Thrive Factors' are a key element of healthy human brain, behavioral and cognitive development.

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Weed Plus Cigarettes Takes Toll on High Schoolers' Grades

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MONDAY, March 18, 2024 -- High school students who use tobacco and cannabis products miss more school and have lower grades than classmates who use them individually or not at all.That's the conclusion of a study by researchers at UC Davis.

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Fast-charging lithium-sulphur batteries on the horizon

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New research shows that the next generation of lithium-sulphur (Li||S) batteries may be capable of being charged in less than five minutes, instead of several hours as is currently the case.

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How Blood Sugar Changes Affect Thinking in Folks With Type 1 Diabetes

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MONDAY, March 18, 2024 -- In people with type 1 diabetes, fluctuations in blood sugar levels can affect thinking skills in various ways, new research shows.Researchers looked specifically at what's known as cognitive processing speed (how fast.

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Clinical Data Like You´ve Never Seen It Before: Why Spotfire Is the Leading Tool for Clinical Analytics

Clinical development organizations face a wide array of challenges when it comes to data, many of which can impact the operational effectiveness of their clinical trials. In this whitepaper, experts from Revvity Signals explore how solutions like TIBCO® Spotfire® enable better, more streamlined studies. The whitepaper also features a success story from Ambrx, a leading biopharmaceutical company, detailing how it has leveraged Spotfire to tackle data quality and collaboration challenges in clinic

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Harnessing hydrogen at life's origin

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A new report uncovers how hydrogen gas, the energy of the future, provided energy in the past, at the origin of life 4 billion years ago. Hydrogen gas is clean fuel. It burns with oxygen in the air to provide energy with no CO2. Hydrogen is a key to sustainable energy for the future. Though humans are just now coming to realize the benefits of hydrogen gas (H2 in chemical shorthand), microbes have known that H2 is good fuel for as long as there has been life on Earth.

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Household Foods Get Less Healthy as Babies Age Into Toddlers

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MONDAY, March 18, 2024 -- Over the first few years of a child's life, foods found in a family's fridge and cupboards tends to get less healthy, new research shows.“We found significant changes in several food categories over time," said study.

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Weight loss caused by common diabetes drug tied to 'anti-hunger' molecule in study

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A new study found that metformin, a commonly prescribed diabetes drug associated with moderate weight loss, stimulates production of lac-phe, a molecule abundant after exercise.

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Informa Connect’s Life Sciences Pricing & Contracting USA May 21-23, 2024 | New Orleans Drug Channels readers save 10% with code 24DRCH10* Whether your daily focus is on Medicaid, Government Pricing, 340B, Drug Price Transparency, Commercial Contracting or Chargebacks , we have you covered! Informa Connect is thrilled to announce Pricing & Contracting USA , an innovative summit that brings together three of the life science industry’s most well-known events (Medicaid & Government Pri

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Genetic basis for the evolution of hair discovered in the clawed frog

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The development of hair was of central importance for the evolution of mammals and thus also of humans. However, the evolutionary origin of the genetic program of hair was previously unknown. Researchers have now been able to show that important hair components and their genetic control have already evolved in amphibians. Human hair therefore shows unexpected similarities to the claws of clawed frogs.

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