Tue.Feb 04, 2025

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Half a degree further rise in global warming will triple area of Earth too hot for humans

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

New assessment warns area the size of the USA will become too hot during extreme heat events for even healthy young humans to maintain a safe body temperature if we hit 2 degrees Celsuis above preindustrial levels. For those aged over 60, the same 2 degree rise would see more than a third of the planet's land mass cross this critical 'overheating' threshold.

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Many Americans Misguided On Daily Aspirin, Survey Finds

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TUESDAY, Feb. 4, 2025 -- Many Americans dont see anything wrong with taking daily low-dose aspirin, even though experts have concluded its risks outweigh its benefits, a new survey has found.Nearly half (48%) of people incorrectly think that the b.

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Omega-3s can slow down aging process

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A daily intake of one gram of omega-3s can slow down biological aging by up to four months, according to an analysis of clinical data from the international DO-HEALTH study. For the first time, epigenetic clocks were used to measure the aging process.

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FDA Approves Clinical Trials for Pig Kidney Transplants in Humans

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TUESDAY, Feb. 4, 2025 -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first-ever clinical trials testing pig kidney transplants in people with kidney failure, marking a major step forward in cross-species transplantation.Two.

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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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All in the eyes: High resolution retinal maps aid disease diagnoses

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Researchers have conducted one of the largest eye studies in the world to reveal new insights into retinal thickness, highlighting its potential in the early detection of diseases like type 2 diabetes, dementia and multiple sclerosis.

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Research discovery halts childhood brain tumor before it forms

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A research team has identified a critical event driving tumor growth in a type of medulloblastoma -- and a way to block it.

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Parents Call for Water Bead Ban After Child’s Brain Injury

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TUESDAY, Feb. 4, 2025 -- They're small, colorful and marketed as safe sensory toys but water beads have sent thousands of kids to the emergency room -- and now, experts and parents want their sale to be banned. Water beads can expand up to 100.

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What's the best way to organize people to generate ideas? New research offers insight

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Is it better to work in large groups? Smaller ones? With other people who are similar or different? New research offers insight into these questions -- and some of the results are not what you'd expect.

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Flagship-backed Omega signals it’s headed toward bankruptcy

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

Flagship’s Pioneering Medicines initiative could acquire Omega’s assets via a stalking horse bid, according to a regulatory filing.

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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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Wobbling stars reveal hidden companions in Gaia data

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Using data from the European Space Agency's Gaia mission, scientists have found a huge exoplanet and a brown dwarf. This is the first time a planet has been uniquely discovered by Gaia's ability to sense the gravitational tug or 'wobble' the planet induces on a star. Both the planet and brown dwarf are orbiting low-mass stars, a scenario thought to be extremely rare.

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Heart Patients Aren't Taking Lifesaving Meds

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TUESDAY, Feb. 4, 2025 -- Drugs like blood thinners, cholesterol-lowering statins and blood pressure meds can protect the health and extend the lives of people with heart disease.But only if patients take the drugs -- and many around the world.

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New device uses electrically assisted wind to fight fires

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Researchers have developed a new portable tool that could improve how firefighters douse fires, making the process more efficient and far less risky.

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Merck shares tumble as company pauses Gardasil shipments to China

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

Executives pulled back on a 2030 sales target of $11 billion as demand for the HPV shot shrinks amid China market turmoil.

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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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Climate change is overhauling marine nutrient cycles

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Computer models reveal how human-driven climate change will dramatically overhaul critical nutrient cycles in the ocean. Researchers report evidence that marine nutrient cycles -- essential for sustaining ocean ecosystems -- are changing in unexpected ways as the planet continues to warm.

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Ultra-Processed Foods Make Up Nearly Half of Calories for Canadian Kids

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TUESDAY, Feb. 4, 2025 -- Canadian youngsters are munching loads of ultra-processed foods, increasing their lifelong risk of obesity, a new study says.We saw that ultra-processed foods contributed to almost half of a childs total daily energy int.

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Spinning neutron star gains enormous magnetic fields

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An international team of scientists have modelled formation and evolution of strongest magnetic fields in the Universe.

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Firearms Injuries Shot Up Following Pandemic, Study Says

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TUESDAY, Feb. 4, 2025 -- Hospitalizations for firearm injuries sharply increased in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic after years of steady decline, a new study says.Overall, 34% more people landed in the hospital for a gunshot injury in 2020 and.

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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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Why do plants transport energy so efficiently and quickly?

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Photosynthesis -- mainly carried out by plants -- is based on a remarkably efficient energy conversion process. To generate chemical energy, sunlight must first be captured and transported further. This happens practically loss-free and extremely quickly. A new study shows that quantum mechanical effects play a key role in this process.

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At-Home Urine Test Can Detect Aggressive Prostate Cancer

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TUESDAY, Feb. 4, 2025 -- Its tough for a man to know what to do following a diagnosis of prostate cancer.The treatment is often worse than the risk posed by the cancer itself, causing some men to suffer incontinence and impotence even though their.

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Quantum machine offers peek into 'dance' of cosmic bubbles

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Physicists have performed a groundbreaking simulation they say sheds new light on an elusive phenomenon that could determine the ultimate fate of the Universe.

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Heart Health At Risk For New Moms Of Twins

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TUESDAY, Feb. 4, 2025 -- New moms whove just had twins run a high risk of heart disease in the coming weeks and months, a new study suggests.Women have a doubled risk of hospitalization for heart problems within a year of delivering twins, r.

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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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Ways to Streamline Informed Consent Process in Clinical Trial Startup

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At a busy research site, a clinical trial is ready to launch but its stuck in limbo over a single paragraph in the informed consent form (ICF). The issue? Language relating to the potential cost of participation. One sites language on what they will pay for differs from anothers, and the contradictory wording needs to be reviewed and agreed to by the sponsor before the IRB can proceed.

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RFK Jr. secured support of key Republican with vaccine pledges

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

Sen. Bill Cassidy, whose “yes” vote advanced Kennedy’s nomination as health secretary, said Kennedy promised to maintain a key CDC vaccine panel without change.

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Straight shot: Hubble investigates galaxy with nine rings

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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured a cosmic bullseye! The gargantuan galaxy LEDA 1313424 is rippling with nine star-filled rings after an 'arrow' -- a far smaller blue dwarf galaxy -- shot through its heart. Astronomers using Hubble identified eight visible rings, more than previously detected by any telescope in any galaxy, and confirmed a ninth using data from the W.

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RFK Jr. clears key hurdle on path to become HHS secretary

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy joined his Republican colleagues in voting to advance Kennedy's nomination to a vote by the full Senate.

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Nanomaterials are emerging as a powerful tool for coastal oil spill cleanup

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Advances in nanotechnology may provide solutions to oil spill cleanups in coastal regions that are more effective, safer and work much faster than current methods, according to a new paper. The paper synthesizes, reviews and analyzes between 40 and 50 studies on the subject to provide a big-picture look of the status of nanotechnologies in coastal oil spill response.

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