Science Daily: Pharmacology News
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
Scientists introduce what they call 'simultaneous and heterogeneous multithreading' or SHMT. This system doubles computer processing speeds with existing hardware by simultaneously using graphics processing units (GPUs), hardware accelerators for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), or digital signal processing units to process information.
Broad Institute
FEBRUARY 19, 2024
Largest and most diverse genome-wide association study of type 2 diabetes reveals new genetic factors By Claire Hendershot February 19, 2024 Breadcrumb Home Largest and most diverse genome-wide association study of type 2 diabetes reveals new genetic factors By studying a diversity of participants, scientists find nearly 150 new locations in the genome linked to type 2 diabetes risk.
BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
The full results spotlight cell therapy’s potential to treat lupus and other inflammatory conditions, but also the problems drug developers must solve first.
Drugs.com
FEBRUARY 19, 2024
MONDAY, Feb. 19, 2024 -- When settling into your senior years, you need to be especially careful when taking medicines, herbal remedies and supplements, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration says.That’s because older adults are likely to use.
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Science Daily: Pharmacology News
FEBRUARY 23, 2024
Undersea anchors of ice that help prevent Antarctica's land ice from slipping into the ocean are shrinking at more than twice the rate compared with 50 years ago, research shows. More than a third of these frozen moorings, known as pinning points, have decreased in size since the turn of the century, experts say. Further deterioration of pinning points, which hold in place the floating ice sheets that fortify Antarctica's land ice, would accelerate the continent's contribution to rising sea leve
Broad Institute
FEBRUARY 19, 2024
Genetic risk prediction for 10 chronic diseases moves closer to the clinic By Corie Lok February 19, 2024 Breadcrumb Home Genetic risk prediction for 10 chronic diseases moves closer to the clinic As part of a nationwide collaboration, Broad Clinical Labs researchers have optimized 10 polygenic scores for use in clinical research as part of a study on how to implement genetic risk prediction for patients.
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Antidote
FEBRUARY 23, 2024
Individuals living with an illness are likely well-versed in the art of discussing difficult topics with their family and friends. However, for those who are considering taking part in a clinical trial, there may be extra questions to consider when sharing their intent to enroll.
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
FEBRUARY 19, 2024
A new study shows there is a gender gap between women and men when it comes to exercise. The findings show that women can exercise less often than men, yet receive greater cardiovascular gains.
Drugs.com
FEBRUARY 23, 2024
FRIDAY, Feb. 23, 2024 -- Amid an outbreak of measles at a Florida elementary school, the state's surgeon general has defied federal health guidance and told parents it's up to them whether they want to keep their unvaccinated child home to avoid.
BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
The startup’s Series C round will support a clinical-stage drug the company thinks could address some of the weaknesses of other KRAS-targeting medicines.
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Perficient: Drug Development
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
I get a lot of enjoyment from the creative and innovative side of the work I do. Helping clients or my teams break out of the day-to-day and explore the unexpected. I’ve discussed innovation myths before and how to use lateral thinking to expand your pool of ideas in unexpected ways. One of my favorite aspects is seeing how random great ideas can be!
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
FEBRUARY 20, 2024
The drug finasteride, also known as Propecia or Proscar, treats male pattern baldness and enlarged prostate in millions of men worldwide. But a new study suggests the drug may also provide a surprising and life-saving benefit: lowering cholesterol and cutting the overall risk of cardiovascular disease.
Drugs.com
FEBRUARY 23, 2024
FRIDAY, Feb. 23, 2024 -- A third of trans masculine people who have undergone testosterone therapy and have stopped menstruating are still ovulating, a new study suggests.That means they remain at risk for an unwanted pregnancy, despite the absence.
Broad Institute
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
#WhyIScience Q&A: A software engineer develops computational tools for psychiatric and brain research By Claire Hendershot February 21, 2024 Breadcrumb Home #WhyIScience Q&A: A software engineer develops computational tools for psychiatric and brain research Khalid Shakir talks about his work analyzing large single-cell datasets, his excitement around AI, and the importance of mentorship and community in science.
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Perficient: Drug Development
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
We’re in Our #GrowthEra It’s a new year, and with that, there is always change. One of those changes is that I’m now leading Perficient’s Salesforce business unit as the Managing Director. I’ve had the opportunity to work in the Salesforce ecosystem for 8+ years with top-notch talent. Our team continues to do amazing work for our clients, maximizing the value they’ve invested in the Salesforce platform, bringing innovation to life, and driving business outcomes.
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
FEBRUARY 20, 2024
Using a single photograph, researchers created an algorithm that computes highly accurate, full-color three-dimensional reconstructions of areas behind obstacles -- a concept that can not only help prevent car crashes, but help law enforcement experts in hostage situations, search-and-rescue and strategic military efforts.
Drugs.com
FEBRUARY 20, 2024
TUESDAY, Feb. 20, 2024 -- Niacin is an essential B vitamin, but new research reveals that too much of it may harm your heart.Found in many foods that millions of Americans eat, excessive amounts of niacin can trigger inflammation and damage blood.
BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing
FEBRUARY 23, 2024
The company earned only $3.5 million last year from its Roctavian treatment, far below the $50 million to $150 million range it had forecast eight months ago.
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Drug Target Review
FEBRUARY 19, 2024
Can you tell us about your journey in the field of STEM and the challenges you encountered along the way? I always found science fascinating, but I really fell in love with it in high school when I was introduced to biochemistry and molecular biology. It was then that I knew I wanted to dedicate my career to science. I studied and conducted research in Germany, France, Switzerland and the US.
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
Nearly 30 years ago, scientists discovered a unique class of anticancer molecules in a family of bryozoans, a phylum of marine invertebrates found in tropical waters. The chemical structures of these molecules, which consist of a dense, highly complex knot of oxidized rings and nitrogen atoms, has attracted the interest of organic chemists worldwide, who aimed to recreate these structures from scratch in the laboratory.
Drugs.com
FEBRUARY 23, 2024
FRIDAY, Feb. 23, 2024 -- Black voters support a ban on menthol cigarettes by a wide margin, refuting claims that such a ban would be strongly opposed by Black Americans, a new survey shows.Black voters support by a 37-point margin the menthol ban.
Perficient: Drug Development
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
To access previous blog, click this link: – Tutorial 02 – Spring Cloud – Netflix Eureka Server Publish Microservice to Eureka Server Every Microservice must be published/ registered with Eureka Server (R&D Server) by becoming Eureka Client We must create a microservice using Spring Rest Controller to offer support. The @EnableEurekaClient annotation is not required anymore from spring 3.x onwards.
BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
One expert views Amtagvi’s approval as a catalyst for further investment in TIL therapies, akin to how Kymriah’s 2017 clearance buoyed CAR-T treatment.
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
FEBRUARY 20, 2024
Researchers have discovered more than 275 million previously unreported genetic variants, identified from data shared by nearly 250,000 participants of the National Institutes of Health's All of Us Research Program. Half of the genomic data are from participants of non-European genetic ancestry. The unexplored cache of variants provides researchers new pathways to better understand the genetic influences on health and disease, especially in communities who have been left out of research in the p
Drugs.com
FEBRUARY 20, 2024
TUESDAY, Feb. 20, 2024 -- Researchers hope a new study will end the debate over the best age to start breast cancer screening and how often to do it. "The biggest takeaway point of our study is that annual screening beginning at 40 and continuing.
Perficient: Drug Development
FEBRUARY 19, 2024
You may learn microservices in-depth from beginner to expert in this set of tutorials. click here for previous blog: – Tutorial 01 – Microservices Architectural Design by using Spring Boot Introduction: – Netflix Eureka Server – To enable discovery and communication between microservices, it is necessary to register or publish the microservice with the R&D (Registrar and Discovery) server.
Drug Channels
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
Like many of you, I have believed that the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) will encourage Medicare Part D plans to adopt low-list-price products over their high-list/high-rebate counterparts, thereby popping the gross-to-net bubble. Actually, maybe not. Below, I explain why the IRA will encourage Part D plans to prefer high-list, high-rebate specialty drugs , even as the government and manufacturers will prefer a low-list-price version.
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
FEBRUARY 19, 2024
Researchers have identified a new pathway that contributes to cardiovascular disease associated with high levels of niacin, a common B vitamin previously recommended to lower cholesterol. The team discovered a link between 4PY, a breakdown product from excess niacin, and heart disease. Higher circulating levels of 4PY were strongly associated with development of heart attack, stroke and other adverse cardiac events in large-scale clinical studies.
Drugs.com
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 21, 2024 -- A popular asthma inhaler was discontinued on Jan. 1, and the business move has left families scrambling to find a replacement for their kids.Flovent was one of the most commonly prescribed drugs for childhood asthma, but.
Perficient: Drug Development
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
We have already seen the experience editor part in the Extending General Link for Experience Editor article in detail. Hence, in this article, we will explore how we can extend the general link for experience editor mode with an alternate code approach in Sitecore 10.2.0 to resolve the higher environment and performance issues that occurred after implementing the additional security certificates.
Codon
FEBRUARY 20, 2024
This is the first piece in our new Editor’s Column, a series of essays written by the Asimov Press team. Imagine the Minute Man In the 1860s, a German polymath named Karl Ernst von Baer conducted a thought experiment. He imagined two people – the Minute Man and the Millenium Man – who each experienced time in a different way. The Minute Man experienced the world at such high speed that an entire lifetime passed by in just a few moments.
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
The supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way is spinning so quickly it is warping the spacetime surrounding it into a shape that can look like a football, according to a new study. That football shape suggests the black hole is spinning at a substantial speed, which researchers estimated to be about 60% of its potential limit.
Drugs.com
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
THURSDAY, Feb. 22, 2024 -- Former talk show host Wendy Williams has been diagnosed with primary progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia, her representatives announced in a statement on Thursday.The conditions are the same diagnoses actor.
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