Tue.Aug 13, 2024

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Scientists achieve more than 98% efficiency removing nanoplastics from water

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Linked to cardiovascular and respiratory diseases in people, nanoplastics continue to build up, largely unnoticed, in the world's bodies of water. The challenge remains to develop a cost-effective solution to get rid of nanoplastics while leaving clean water behind. That's where Mizzou comes in. Recently, researchers created a new liquid-based solution that eliminates more than 98% of these microscopic plastic particles from water.

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Galderma wins FDA approval for skin condition treatment

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

Nemluvio is now cleared for adults with the chronic itching condition prurigo nodularis, making it a competitor to Sanofi and Regeneron’s Dupixent.

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Say 'aah' and get a diagnosis on the spot: is this the future of health?

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

A computer algorithm has achieved a 98% accuracy in predicting different diseases by analyzing the color of the human tongue. The proposed imaging system can diagnose diabetes, stroke, anemia, asthma, liver and gallbladder conditions, COVID-19, and a range of vascular and gastrointestinal issues, according to new research.

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Women Get Worse Pain Management, From Both Male and Female Health Workers

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TUESDAY, Aug. 13, 2024 -- Female patients are consistently less likely to receive painkillers than men with similar complaints, a new study finds.An analysis of more than 21,000 patient records revealed that women across every age group are less.

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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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Significant link found between heme iron, found in red meat and other animal products, and type 2 diabetes risk

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Higher intake of heme iron, the type found in red meat and other animal products -- as opposed to non-heme iron, found mostly in plant-based foods -- was associated with a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes (T2D) in a new study. While the link between heme iron and T2D has been reported previously, the study's findings more clearly establish and explain the link.

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New interpretation of runic inscription reveals pricing in Viking age

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

A new interpretation of the runic inscription on the Forsa Ring (Forsaringen in Swedish), provides fresh insights into the Viking Age monetary system and represents the oldest documented value record in Scandinavia. The inscription describes how the Vikings handled fines in a flexible and practical manner.

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As Heat Waves Hit U.S., Poll Finds Most Can't Locate Local Cooling Station

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TUESDAY, Aug. 13, 2024 -- It's been a sweltering summer for much of the United States, and a new poll finds many people can recognize the signs of heat sickness if it strikes them or someone else.However, many more don’t know crucial information t.

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Reduce, reuse, 're-fly-cle'

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Black soldier flies are now commercially used to consume organic waste -- but genetic modifications proposed by bioscientists could see the insects digesting a wider variety of refuse, while also creating raw ingredients for industry.

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There's No Good Lab Test to Spot Long COVID

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TUESDAY, Aug. 13, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- No lab test can reliably indicate whether or not someone is suffering from Long COVID, a major new study finds. None of 25 standard lab blood and urine tests proved useful in diagnosing Long COVID.

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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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Rewriting the evolutionary history of critical components of the nervous system

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

A new study has rewritten the conventionally understood evolutionary history of certain ion channels -- proteins critical for electrical signaling in the nervous system. The study shows that the Shaker family of ion channels were present in microscopic single cell organisms well before the common ancestor of all animals and thus before the origin of the nervous system.

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Even Light Drinking Harms Health of Older Adults: Study

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TUESDAY, Aug. 13, 2024 -- New research confirms that alcohol is not your friend as you age: Even light drinking was linked to an increase in cancer deaths among older adults, with the raised risk most pronounced in those who had other health.

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Climate change raised the odds of unprecedented wildfires in 2023-24

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Unprecedented wildfires in Canada and parts of Amazonia last year were at least three times more likely due to climate change and contributed to high levels of CO2 emissions from burning globally, according to the a new systematic review. The State of Wildfires report takes stock of extreme wildfires of the 2023-2024 fire season (March 2023-February 2024), explains their causes, and assesses whether events could have been predicted.

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Smoking, Vaping Tied to Similar Unhealthy Changes in DNA

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TUESDAY, Aug. 13, 2024 -- New research suggests that switching from smoking to vaping won't prevent some dangerous changes to a person's genome.A new study conducted in young adults shows similar cancer-linked gene changes in both vapers and.

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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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SwRI-led team finds evidence of hydration on Asteroid Psyche

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Using data from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have confirmed hydroxyl molecules on the surface of the metallic asteroid Psyche. The presence of hydrated minerals suggests a complex history for Psyche, important context for the NASA spacecraft en route to this interesting asteroid orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter.

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Anti-Inflammatory Diet Could Lower Your Odds for Dementia

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TUESDAY, Aug. 13, 2024 -- Eating a healthy diet that dampens inflammation in the body could lower your odds for dementia, especially if you already have heart risk factors, a new Swedish study shows.So-called anti-inflammatory diets focus on foods.

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Measuring Martian winds with sound

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Martian landers have been able capture measurements of wind speeds -- some gauging the cooling rate of heated materials when winds blow over them, others using cameras to image 'tell-tales' that blow in the wind -- but there's still room for improvement. Researchers now demonstrate a novel sonic anemometric system featuring a pair of narrow-band piezoelectric transducers to measure the travel time of sound pulses through Martian air.

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Why Red Meat May Be Especially Linked to Diabetes Risk

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TUESDAY, Aug. 13, 2024 -- Red meat contains a type of iron that could increase a person’s risk of type 2 diabetes, a new study warns.People who ate the most foods high in heme iron -- red meat and other animal products, mainly -- had a 26% higher r.

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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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Multi-tiered chemical proteomic maps of tryptoline acrylamide–protein interactions in cancer cells [@EvertNjomen]

Covalent Modifiers

Njomen, E., Hayward, R.E., DeMeester, K.E. et al. Multi-tiered chemical proteomic maps of tryptoline acrylamide–protein interactions in cancer cells. Nat. Chem. 2024 DOI [link] Covalent chemistry is a versatile approach for expanding the ligandability of the human proteome. Activity-based protein profiling (ABPP) can infer the specific residues modified by electrophilic compounds through competition with broadly reactive probes.

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Chinese Botanical Medicine Eases a Cancer Treatment Side Effect

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TUESDAY, Aug. 12, 2024 -- An experimental drug based on ancient Chinese herbal medicine can help ease the toxic side effects of chemotherapy and radiation therapy in cancer patients, the results of a small new trial results suggest.A small group of.

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Acelyrin shifts from main drug, lays off staff

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

The company will no longer develop its medicine izokibep in two immune conditions, prioritizing instead another treatment it’s developing for thyroid eye disease.

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Exploring 2-Sulfonylpyrimidine Warheads as Acrylamide Surrogates for Targeted Covalent Inhibition: A BTK Story

Covalent Modifiers

Ruxandra Moraru, Beatriz Valle-Argos, Annabel Minton, Lara Buermann, Suyin Pan, Thomas E. Wales, Raji E. Joseph, Amy H. Andreotti, Jonathan C. Strefford, Graham Packham, and Matthias G. J. Baud Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 2024 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.3c01927 Targeted covalent inhibitors (TCIs) directing cysteine have historically relied on a narrow set of electrophilic “warheads”.

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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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Pfizer appoints AI chief, expanding digital leadership team

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

Berta Rodriguez-Hervas has joined the pharmaceutical company after stints at Stellantis, Nvidia and Tesla.

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Men Face Much Higher Risk for Hernias Than Women, and Age Matters

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TUESDAY, Aug. 12, 2024 -- At least 20 million hernia surgeries are performed globally each year, making it one of the most common medical procedures in the world. But does gender matter when it comes to hernia risk?New Australian research says yes.

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Lilly opens R&D hub; Ovid and Lexicon lay off staff

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

Lilly’s new center in Boston will focus on genetic medicine research and provide lab space for startups. Elsewhere, two biotechs cut jobs and two others advanced psychedelic medicines.

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Tougher State Insurance Laws Get Kids Needed Mental Health Care

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TUESDAY, Aug. 13, 2024 -- Kids more often get the psychiatric care they need if they live in states that mandate insurance coverage for child mental health care, a new study confirms.Parents and caregivers were 20% less likely to say they'd had.

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Can Rite Aid Recover?

Drug Channels

Last fall, poor ol’ Rite Aid finally succumbed to bankruptcy. It was pretty much the definition of an expected surprise. To get a comprehensive look at the company’s ever-declining fortunes, DCI rummaged around the compnay's numerous bankruptcy filings. Below, you’ll find our review of Rite Aid’s current financial situation, shrinking store footprint, changing relationship with key wholesaler McKesson, surprisingly optimistic projections, and more.