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Why brain cancer is often resistant to immunotherapy

Broad Institute

Why brain cancer is often resistant to immunotherapy By Allessandra DiCorato February 26, 2025 Breadcrumb Home Why brain cancer is often resistant to immunotherapy Researchers find four coordinated gene expression programs in immune cells from glioma tumors, including two that could lead to immunotherapy resistance. By Allessandra DiCorato February 26, 2025 Credit: Case courtesy of Dr.

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How parenthood may help keep your brain young

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Researchers find that parents show patterns of brain connectivity that oppose age-related changes.

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MS Patients May Benefit From Eating More Fish

Drugs.com

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 26, 2025 -- A diet rich in fish might slow the progression of multiple sclerosis in some patients, a new study says.The nutrients found in fish can quell inflammation and protect brain cells, and this might be of particular benefit.

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Morphing robot turns challenging terrain to its advantage

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

A bioinspired robot can change shape to alter its own physical properties in response to its environment, resulting in a robust and efficient autonomous vehicle as well as a fresh approach to robotic locomotion.

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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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New Coronavirus Found in Bats, Experts Say It’s No Threat

Drugs.com

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 26, 2025 -- Scientists in China have discovered a new type of coronavirus in bats that can infect human cells, but experts say its not a threat to public health -- right now.They reported recently in the journal Cell that they f.

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A Buyer’s Guide for Scientific Data Management Platforms

Collaborative Drug

Analysis of Total Cost of Ownership across leading biotech R&D software lab data management platforms including CDD Vault, Benchling and Dotmatics.

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Earliest evidence for humans in rainforests

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Researchers discovered evidence for human habitation of rainforests 150,000 years ago. This pushes back the oldest known evidence of humans in rainforests by more than double the previously known estimate.

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Study Reveals How the Brain Lets Go of Fear

Drugs.com

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 26, 2025 -- Feeling scared? Your fear is a survival tool, but sometimes, it overreacts -- making us afraid of things that arent true threats. A new study shows how the brain learns to let go of unnecessary fears, offering potential.

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Multiplexing entanglement in a quantum network

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Researchers use rare-earth ions to achieve the first-ever demonstration of entanglement multiplexing between individual memory qubits in a quantum network.

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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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Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices February Meeting Postponed

Drugs.com

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 26, 2025 -- The latest meeting of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has been postponed indefinitely to allow time for public comments to be collected, according to.

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AI generates playful, human-like games

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

A team of scientists has now created a computer model that can represent and generate human-like goals by learning from how people create games. The work could lead to AI systems that better understand human intentions and more faithfully model and align with our goals. It may also lead to AI systems that can help us design more human-like games.

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Eikon raises $351M in one of the year’s largest biotech venture rounds

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

The funding comes as Eikon, run by former Merck research chief Roger Perlmutter, has started a Phase 3 trial testing one of its cancer drugs against Keytruda.

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Some fuel lodges in the inner walls of fusion vessels: Researchers now have a better idea of how much

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

New research offers insights that could help reduce the amount of radioactive tritium embedded in the walls of fusion vessels to a minimum.

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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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Utah Moves to Ban Fluoride in Public Water

Drugs.com

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 26, 2025 -- Utah may become the first state in the U.S. to ban fluoride in public water statewide, a move that would override local decisions on whether to add the cavity-fighting mineral to drinking water.The bill now awaits the.

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New low-cost challenger to quantum computer: Ising machine

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

A low-energy challenger to the quantum computer also works at room temperature. The researchers have shown that information can be transmitted using magnetic wave motion in complex networks.

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A Suicide Death Occurs Every 43 Seconds Worldwide

Drugs.com

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 26, 2025 -- A person dies by suicide once every 43 seconds, and its more than likely a man, according to a new global assessment of suicide risk.Men die from suicide at twice the rate of women, and their attempts result in death t.

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Infant mortality tied to concentration of lead in air

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

In a new study, researchers used data on lead emissions in the air to estimate the effects of air lead concentration on infant mortality. The study found a statistically significant relation between air lead concentration and infant mortality.

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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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Lilly CEO wields manufacturing plans to push pharma-friendly policies

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

While announcing billions of dollars in new U.S. investments, company chief David Ricks called for an extension of 2017 tax cuts and changes to Medicare's drug negotiation program.

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Adsorptive regolith on Mars soaks up water, researchers reveal

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Researchers are looking underfoot to uncover the mysterious past of Mars: Martian regoliths in the soil. Their water storage capabilities may help us understand the change in water on Mars over time.

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Available for Preorder: The 2025 Economic Report on U.S. Pharmacies and Pharmacy Benefit Managers

Drug Channels

On March 18, 2025, Drug Channels Institute will release The 2025 Economic Report on U.S. Pharmacies and Pharmacy Benefit Managers. This reportour sixteenth editionremains the most comprehensive, fact-based tool for understanding the entire U.S. drug pricing, reimbursement, and dispensing system. This unique, encyclopedic resource is your ultimate guide to the complex web of interactions within U.S. prescription drug channels. 12 chapters, 500+ pages, 267 exhibits, nearly 1,200 endnotes: There is

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Researchers create the world's smallest shooting video game using nanoscale technology

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

A research team demonstrated the 'world's smallest shooting game,' a unique nanoscale game inspired by classic arcade games. This achievement was made possible by real-time control of the force fields between nanoparticles using focused electron beams. This research has practical applications, as the manipulation of nanoscale objects could revolutionize biomedical engineering and nanotechnology.

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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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In Uncertain Times, Good Compliance and Quality Communication Habits Can Offer a Port in the Storm

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

By John W.M. Claud The ongoing DOGE-led reductions to the federal workforce and recent sweeping policy changes have spawned many questions for compliance officers and quality managers in FDA-regulated companies. How will the cuts at FDA impact inspections and enforcement? Will there be a heightened appetite for mergers and acquisitions in the space?

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Beyond the burn: Harvesting dead wood to reduce wildfires and store carbon

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

A century of fire suppression, climate change, and drought has worsened wildfires in the Western U.S. While prescribed burns help reduce fuel, a 'fire deficit' increases wildfire risks, with significant health and environmental impacts. Deforestation and pests further limit carbon storage. Emulating Indigenous practices, a new study shows that combining physical harvesting of dead wood with thinning reduces wildfire risks, lowers carbon emissions, and boosts carbon storage through products like

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AstraZeneca’s next breast cancer drug; Madrigal’s accelerating MASH launch

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

The British drugmaker claimed study success in a first-line setting in breast cancer. Elsewhere, Rezdiffra sales continued to grow and a cancer biotech cut staff.

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Fish teeth show how ease of innovation enables rapid evolution

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

It's not what you do, it's how readily you do it. Rapid evolutionary change might have more to do with how easily a key innovation can be gained or lost rather than with the innovation itself, according to new work.

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Rapid Gene Test Aids Brain Cancer Surgery

Drugs.com

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 26, 2025 -- A rapid experimental genetic test can help guide the hands of surgeons as they delicately remove tumors from patients with brain cancer, new research suggests.The test can measure the level of cancer cells in a tissue.

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Drafting Drug Patent Applications for Biologic Drugs

Drug Patent Watch

The Complex World of Biologic Drugs: Navigating Patent Applications As a biotech professional, you're likely no stranger to the intricacies of developing life-changing treatments. But have you ever stopped to think about the patent landscape surrounding biologic drugs? It's a complex world, to say the least. Biologic drugs, also known as biologics, are a type of medication made from living organisms or their components.

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Childhood Long COVID Might Be Caused By Lower Blood Flow In Lungs

Drugs.com

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 26, Blood flow problems within the lungs could be driving long COVID in some children, according to scans using an advanced form of MRI.Children and teens with long COVID appear to have significantly reduced blood flow through their.

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From Cloud to Local: Effortlessly Import Azure SQL Databases

Perficient: Drug Development

With most systems transitioning to cloud-based environments, databases are often hosted across various cloud platforms. However, during the development cycle, there are occasions when having access to a local database environment becomes crucial, particularly for analyzing and troubleshooting issues originating in the production environment. Sometimes, it is necessary to restore the production database to a local environment to diagnose and resolve production-related issues effectively.