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More plants on the menu of ancient hunter-gatherers

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

It has long been thought that meat played an important role in the diet of hunter-gatherers before the Neolithic transition. However, due to the scarcity of well-preserved human remains from Paleolithic sites, little information exists about the dietary habits of pre-agricultural human groups. A new study challenges this notion by presenting compelling isotopic evidence of a strong preference for plants among 15,000-year-old hunter-gatherers from Morocco.

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Vaccines Have Saved 154 Million Lives, Mostly Babies, Over Past 50 Years

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MONDAY, April 29, 2024 -- Global vaccination efforts have saved an estimated 154 million lives, including 101 million infants, a new study led by the World Health Organization (WHO) shows.Immunization has contributed more to the health and survival.

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T. Rex not as smart as previously claimed

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Dinosaurs were likely as smart as reptiles but not as intelligent as monkeys.

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Sustainability in pharmaceutical manufacturing: a CDMO’s contribution

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

Consideration of sustainability early in process development, throughout the entire development cycle, and across the entire supply chain must also become common practice.

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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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Cardio-fitness cuts death and disease by nearly 20%

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Groundbreaking new research finds that an increased cardio fitness level will reduce your risk of death from any cause by nearly 20%.

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Experimental type 1 diabetes drug shelters pancreas cells from immune system attack

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Scientists say that an experimental monoclonal antibody drug called mAb43 appears to prevent and reverse the onset of clinical type 1 diabetes in mice, and in some cases, to lengthen the animals' lifespan.

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FDA Says First Round of Tests Show No Live Virus in Pasteurized Milk

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MONDAY, April 29, 2024 -- Live bird flu virus has not been found in any of the first batch of retail milk samples tested, federal health officials said Friday.Amid an ongoing outbreak of bird flu in U.S. dairy cows, the early findings should.

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Microarray patches safe and effective for vaccinating children, trial suggests

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The first study of the use of microarray patches to vaccinate children has shown that the method is safe and induces strong immune responses. The phase 1/2 randomized trial compared results from the measles and rubella vaccine delivered by a microarray patch, a small sticking plaster-like device with an array of microscopic projections that painlessly penetrate the skin and deliver the vaccine, or by conventional injection with a needle and syringe.

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AstraZeneca, Daiichi look to broaden Enhertu use again with new study data

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

The drug benefited people whose tumors have “ultralow” levels of HER2 protein, a result that could extend its reach in HER2-positive breast cancer.

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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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Long snouts protect foxes when diving headfirst in snow

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When hunting for mice in winter, red and arctic fox are known to plunge headfirst at speeds of 2-4 meters per second, but their sharp noses reduce the impact force in snow and protect them from injury, according to a new study.

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Climate Change Could Be Good News for Viruses Like COVID

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MONDAY, April 29, 2024 -- Climate change -- and closed windows -- could be aiding the spread of airborne viruses like the one that causes COVID-19, a new study suggests.Increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and in indoor spaces appear.

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Fading lights: Multiple threats to North America's firefly populations

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Scientists have applied a data-driven approach to understanding firefly population dynamics on a continental scale. Key findings from this new study indicate that fireflies, part of the beetle order, are sensitive to various environmental factors, from short-term weather conditions to longer climatic trends, including the number of growing-degree days related to temperature accumulations.

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Spinal Cord Injury Damages Metabolism, and Scientists Now Know Why

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MONDAY, April 29, 2024 -- Patients with a spinal cord injury frequently develop diabetes and heart health problems, and researchers now think they know why.It appears that neuron activity following the injury causes belly fat to break down into.

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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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Gemini south reveals origin of unexpected differences in giant binary stars

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Astronomers have confirmed that differences in binary stars' composition can originate from chemical variations in the cloud of stellar material from which they formed. The results help explain why stars born from the same molecular cloud can possess different chemical composition and host different planetary systems, as well as pose challenges to current stellar and planet formation models.

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Smokers, Former Smokers May Gain From Switch to Plant-Based Diet

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MONDAY, April 29, 2024 -- Current and former smokers might lower their risk for emphysema if they adopt a highly nutritional plant-based diet, a new study shows.People with a history of smoking who adopted a plant-based diet had a 56% lower risk of.

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Fixin' to be flexitarian: Scrap fish and invasive species can liven up vegetables

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Greening the way we eat needn't mean going vegetarian. A healthy, more realistic solution is to adopt a flexitarian diet where seafoods add umami to 'boring' vegetables. A gastrophysicist puts mathematical equations to work in calculating the umami potential of everything from seaweed and shrimp paste to mussels and mackerel.

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Scientists Discover Cause of Rare Movement Disorder

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MONDAY, April 29, 2024 -- Researchers have conclusively identified the genetic cause of a rare, progressive movement disorder.A rare extra-long version of a gene appears to cause nerve cells to become poisoned by toxic proteins in people with.

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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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Probing the effects of interplanetary space on asteroid Ryugu

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Samples reveal evidence of changes experienced by the surface of asteroid Ryugu, some probably due to micrometeoroid bombardment.

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Blood Test Might Predict Knee Osteoarthritis Years Early

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MONDAY, April 29, 2024 -- A blood test could help doctors spot the signs of knee osteoarthritis at least eight years before it shows up on X-rays, a new study claims.After analyzing the blood of 200 white British women, half diagnosed with knee.

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Scientists develop strong yet reusable adhesive from smart materials

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Scientists have developed a smart, reusable adhesive more than ten times stronger than a gecko's feet adhesion, pointing the way for development of reusable superglue and grippers capable of holding heavy weights across rough and smooth surfaces. The research team found a way to maximize the adhesion of the smart adhesives by using shape-memory polymers, which can stick and detach easily when needed simply by heating them.

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More Medical Lab Tests Will Soon Face Federal Scrutiny, FDA Says

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MONDAY, April 29, 2024 -- Laboratory tests used by millions of Americans are soon to be classified as medical devices, and as such be regulated by U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the agency announced Monday.The new rule does not apply to tests.

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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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The double-fanged adolescence of saber-toothed cats

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How did North America's saber-toothed cats hunt without breaking their unwieldy saber-like canines, which are vulnerable to sideways bending stresses? A paleontologist provides mechanical evidence that during adolescence, when young cats were learning to hunt, their baby teeth remained in place for up to 30 months to laterally buttress the emerging permanent sabers.

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Dogs Can Get Lyme Disease, Too

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MONDAY, April 29, 2024 -- People worry about contracting Lyme disease from ticks, but they should be concerned for their furry friends as well, veterinarians say.Dogs throughout the United States are increasingly vulnerable to the tick-borne.

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Astronomers' simulations support dark matter theory

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Computer simulations by astronomers support the idea that dark matter -- matter that no one has yet directly detected but which many physicists think must be there to explain several aspects of the observable universe -- exists, according to the researchers.

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King Charles Returns to Duties After Cancer Treatment

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MONDAY, April 29, 2024 -- Britain's King Charles III is back to resuming his royal duties following treatment for cancer, Buckingham Palace announced Friday. "His Majesty The King will shortly return to public-facing duties after a period of.

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Repertoire pivot pays dividends with Bristol Myers deal

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

The alliance validates the new direction pursued by Repertoire, a startup that cut staff and switched CEOs in 2022 after research on personalized cell therapies disappointed.

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