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Ant insights lead to robot navigation breakthrough

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Have you ever wondered how insects are able to go so far beyond their home and still find their way? The answer to this question is not only relevant to biology but also to making the AI for tiny, autonomous robots. Drone-researchers felt inspired by biological findings on how ants visually recognize their environment and combine it with counting their steps in order to get safely back home.

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Irregular Sleep Could Raise Your Odds for Diabetes

Drugs.com

WEDNESDAY, July 17, 2024 (HeathDay News) -- Sleeping long hours one night but only a few hours the next can be unhealthy, with a new study finding "irregular" sleep patterns could be a risk factor for type 2 diabetes.The results "underscore the.

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Psilocybin generates psychedelic experience by disrupting brain network

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Researchers report that psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, destabilizes a critical network of brain areas involved in introspective thinking. The findings provide a neurobiological explanation for the drug's mind-bending effects.

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Obesity pill from Roche shows promising weight loss in small study

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

Treatment led to "clinically meaningful" weight loss over four weeks, but longer studies will be needed to compare it to Wegovy and Zepbound.

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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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Microbes found to destroy certain 'forever chemicals'

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

An environmental engineering team has discovered that specific bacterial species can cleave the strong fluorine-to-carbon bond certain kinds of 'forever chemical' water pollutants, offering promise for low-cost treatments of contaminated drinking water.

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At Long Last, FDA Unveils Plan for Rare Disease Innovation Hub

FDA Law Blog: Drug Discovery

By Sarah Wicks & James E. Valentine & Frank J. Sasinowski — On July 17, 2024, FDA announced the establishment of a Rare Disease Innovation Hub (the “Hub”) to enhance and improve outcomes for patients with rare diseases and conditions by focusing on rare disease drug and biological product development across the Agency’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (“CDER”) and Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (“CBER”).

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Two Years Later, 988 Crisis Line Has Answered 10 Million Requests

Drugs.com

WEDNESDAY, July 17, 2024 -- Just two years after the launch of the nation's three-digit crisis hotline, more than 10 million calls, texts and chat messages have been fielded by counselors, U.S. health officials announced Tuesday. Introduced in July.

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Paving the way to extremely fast, compact computer memory

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Researchers have demonstrated that the layered multiferroic material nickel iodide (NiI2) may be the best candidate yet for devices such as magnetic computer memory that are extremely fast and compact. Specifically, they found that NiI2 has greater magnetoelectric coupling than any known material of its kind.

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In strengthening Spravato sales, a positive sign for psychedelic drugs

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

Jefferies analyst Andrew Tsai views growing sales for J&J’s depression treatment as evidence that psychedelics like it can be commercially viable.

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Evidence for butchery of giant armadillo-like mammals in Argentina 21,000 years ago

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Cut marks on fossils could be evidence of humans exploiting large mammals in Argentina more than 20,000 years ago, according to a new study.

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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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Feds Issue Warnings on 'Copycat' Delta-8 Products That Mimic Popular Foods

Drugs.com

WEDNESDAY, July 17, 29024 -- In a joint effort to curb the illegal sales of food products containing delta-8 THC, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Federal Trade Commission said Tuesday they have warned five companies to stop marketing.

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Scientists define new type of memory loss in older adults

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Researchers have established new criteria for a memory-loss syndrome in older adults that specifically impacts the brain's limbic system. It can often be mistaken for Alzheimer's disease.

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Could Contact Sports Raise Risks for a Parkinson's-like Disorder?

Drugs.com

WEDNESDAY, July 17, 2024 -- Autopsies of deceased boxers and pro football players have long confirmed that repeat head injuries can lead to a devastating brain condition known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).Now, research supports the.

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Llama nanobodies: A breakthrough in building HIV immunity

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Biology researchers have developed a new antibody therapy that can neutralize a wide variety of HIV-1 strains. They found success in an unlikely source -- llamas.

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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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Brain Changes Seen in Kids With Conduct Disorder

Drugs.com

WEDNESDAY, July 17, 2024 -- Defiance, tantrums, aggression: All signs of a condition called conduct disorder, which Mental Health America says affects up to 16% of boys and 9% of girls.Now, research is revealing real differences in the brain.

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Want to spot a deepfake? Look for the stars in their eyes

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

In an era when the creation of artificial intelligence (AI) images is at the fingertips of the masses, the ability to detect fake pictures -- particularly deepfakes of people -- is becoming increasingly important. So what if you could tell just by looking into someone's eyes? That's the compelling finding of new research which suggests that AI-generated fakes can be spotted by analyzing human eyes in the same way that astronomers study pictures of galaxies.

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Targeted Steps Could Slash Salmonella Danger in Poultry

Drugs.com

WEDNESDAY, July 17, 2024 -- Most salmonella outbreaks linked to poultry are caused by just a few strains of the diarrhea-causing bacteria, a new study finds.There are more than 2,600 different types of salmonella bacteria, but only three strains.

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New gene therapy for muscular dystrophy offers hope

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

A new gene therapy treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) shows promise of not only arresting the decline of the muscles of those affected by this inherited genetic disease, but perhaps, in the future, repairing those muscles. The research focuses on delivering a series of protein packets inside shuttle vectors to replace the defective DMD gene within the muscles.The gene for dystrophin is one of the largest in the human genome, and is difficult to fit inside a delivery shuttle.

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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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Does Exercise Near Bedtime Really Disrupt Sleep? Maybe Not

Drugs.com

WEDNESDAY, July 17, 2024 -- Exercise near bedtime won’t necessarily wreck a person’s sleep, a new study says.Intense exercise is typically discouraged as bedtime approaches, since such activity can disturb sleep by increasing body temperature and he.

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Research tracks 66 million years of mammalian diversity

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

New research has examined the fossil record going back 66 million years and tracked changes to mammalian ecosystems and species diversity on the North American continent.

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What Is 'Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome' and Can It Be Treated?

Drugs.com

WEDNESDAY, July 17, 2024 -- It's a little known health condition that can become a nightmare: Regular and sudden episodes of intense nausea and vomiting.Now, new clinical guidance urges people to take notes and speak up if they think they have the.

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Soft, stretchy 'jelly batteries' inspired by electric eels

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Researchers have developed soft, stretchable 'jelly batteries' that could be used for wearable devices or soft robotics, or even implanted in the brain to deliver drugs or treat conditions such as epilepsy.

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Are You & Your Partner in a 'Sleep Divorce?' You're Not Alone

Drugs.com

WEDNESDAY, July 17, 2024 -- Many couples may be painfully familiar with the scenario: One partner snores loudly all night long, so the other partner seeks better sleep in another bed.Now, a new survey from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.

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Switching off inflammatory protein leads to longer, healthier lifespans in mice

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Scientists have discovered that 'switching off' a protein called IL-11 can significantly increase the healthy lifespan of mice by almost 25 percent.

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De-risking drug discovery with predictive AI

Broad Institute

De-risking drug discovery with predictive AI By Tom Ulrich July 17, 2024 Breadcrumb Home De-risking drug discovery with predictive AI A suite of new machine learning models can estimate the safety of potential new drugs By Claire Hendershot July 17, 2024 Related programs Imaging Platform Developing a new drug can take years of research and cost millions of dollars.

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New antidote for cobra bites discovered

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Cobras kill thousands of people a year worldwide and current antivenom treatment is expensive and does not effectively treat the necrosis of the flesh where the bite occurs. Using CRISPR technology, scientists have discovered a commonly available drug can stop the necrosis, potentially saving thousands of lives a year.

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Biking, Walking to Work a Game-Changer for Health

Drugs.com

WEDNESDAY, July 17, 2024 -- Bicycling to work can vastly improve your health and reduce your risk of death, a new study shows.People who bike commute have a 47% lower overall risk of an early death, researchers found.They also are less likely to.

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Cuttlefish can form false memories, too

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

During an event, details like what you saw, smelled, and felt aren't stored as a single memory. Rather, they are encoded and stored in your brain separately. To retrieve that memory, those pieces must get put back together. When that doesn't happen in the right way or details are distorted, it can lead to the creation of false memories. Now researchers have evidence that the common cuttlefish may create false memories, too.

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Winning Drug Patent Disputes: Proven Strategies for Pharmaceutical Companies

Drug Patent Watch

The High Stakes of Pharmaceutical Patent Litigation In the fiercely competitive pharmaceutical industry, patent disputes can make or break a […] Source

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Forests endure as carbon sink despite regional pressures

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Despite facing regional threats like deforestation and wildfires, the world's forests continue to be a powerful weapon in the fight against climate change. A new study reveals these vital ecosystems have consistently absorbed carbon dioxide for the past three decades, even as disruptions chip away at their capacity. The study, based on long-term ground measurements combined with remote sensing data, found that forests take up an average of 3.5 0.4 billion metric tons of carbon per year, which is

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Meet the Flower Designer Who Built a Laboratory In His Home

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In a quiet New York town, an amateur scientist has constructed a fully equipped research laboratory in which to advance plant biology research. Sebastian Cocioba wears the word “amateur” as a badge of honor. He’s an educator, molecular florist, and founder at Binomica Labs , a small biology research group focusing on providing an alternative to “exposure-driven and marketing-centric research.” Earlier this year, we sent a photographer to Sebastian’s home labor

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Astronomers spot a 'highly eccentric' planet on its way to becoming a hot Jupiter

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

The newly discovered planet TIC 241249530 b has the most highly elliptical, or eccentric, orbit of any known planet. It appears to be a juvenile planet that is in the midst of becoming a hot Jupiter, and its orbit is providing some answers to how such large, scorching planets evolve.

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Gilead’s CMO to depart next year

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

Merdad Parsey joined Gilead as its chief medical officer in 2019 and has helped lead the company’s expansion into oncology, with mixed success.

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