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Astronomers may have discovered the answer to a mysterious stellar event

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Researchers have made a record-breaking astrophysical discovery while simultaneously uncovering a possible explanation for the rare and extreme astrophysical event known as long-period radio transients.

Research

Explaining dramatic planet-wide changes after world's last 'Snowball Earth' event

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Some of the most dramatic climatic events in our planet's history are 'Snowball Earth' events that happened hundreds of millions of years ago, when almost the entire planet was encased in ice up to 0.6 miles thick.

Research

Researchers rely on Earth's magnetic field to verify an event mentioned in the Old Testament

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

JANUARY 4, 2024

A new study scientifically corroborates an event described in the Second Book of Kings -- the conquest of the Philistine city of Gath by Hazael King of Aram. The method is based on measuring the magnetic field recorded in burnt bricks.

Research

Paradox of extreme cold events in a warming world

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

APRIL 17, 2024

However, the progression of WACC events remains unclear amidst global warming. Scientists have now predicted a sharp decline in the WACC phenomenon post-2030s, affecting extreme weather events.

How Machine Learning Drives Clinical Trial Efficiency

We investigate using adverse event (AE) data to monitor safety and discuss a clinical analytics platform that supports collaboration and data review workflows. Quickly accessing and analyzing study data is vital for assessing trial progress and patient safety.

Clinical Trials

Oceanographers record the largest predation event ever observed in the ocean

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

OCTOBER 29, 2024

In the largest predation event ever recorded, researchers observed capelin shoaling off the coast of Norway, where a swarm of cod overtook them, consuming over 10 million fish in a few hours. The team hopes to deploy their technique to monitor the large-scale dynamics among other species of fish and track vulnerable keystone species.

Research

Artificial intelligence can predict events in people's lives

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Artificial intelligence can analyze registry data on people's residence, education, income, health and working conditions and, with high accuracy, predict life events.

The Event-Driven Data Layer: Unifying Analytics and Development Teams

Perficient: Drug Development

MARCH 12, 2024

This can be extended further into using an Event-Driven Data Layer (EDDL), which serves to load Custom Events within JavaScript that are passed to the data layer upon an action being completed on the website, and can be loaded on any element of the DOM.

One in two El Niño events could be extreme by mid-century

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Climate change from greenhouse gas emissions could make extreme El Nino events more frequent, according to new research.

Research

CDD Co-Sponsoring Buzzed For Biotech Morning Event- Vester Cambridge

Collaborative Drug

JANUARY 17, 2024

The Buzzed for Biotech morning networking event, organized by Dovetail Biopartners , is just around the corner! Date: Jan 25th, 9:00 AM - 12:00 pm EST Location: VESTER Cambridge, Ames Street, Cambridge, MA, USA Free RSVP (Walk-ins Welcome as well!)

Achieving a Systolic Blood Pressure Below 130 mmHg Reduces the Incidence of Cardiovascular Events in Hypertensive Patients with Echocardiographic Left Ventricular Hypertrophy [Cardiovascular]

ASPET

DECEMBER 22, 2023

However, to the best of our knowledge, the actual effects of BP reduction to the {less than or equal to}130/80mmHg target on the incidence of cardiovascular events in hypertensive patients with a diagnosis of LVH based on echocardiographic-criteria (Echo-LVH) have never been determined.

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Hospitals Treatment

Was 'Snowball Earth' a global event? Study delivers best proof yet

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

A series of rocks hiding around Colorado's Rocky Mountains may hold clues to a frigid period in Earth's past when glaciers several miles thick covered the entire planet.

Long-lasting Control of LDL-Cholesterol Induces a Forty Percent Reduction in the Incidence of Cardiovascular Events: New Insights from a 7-year Study [Cardiovascular]

ASPET

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Recent studies have yielded controversial results on the long-term effects of statin treatment on the risk of cardiovascular (CV) events. The incidence of first CV events was 6.0% Taken together, our data demonstrate that a 7-year stable control of LDL-C induces a forty percent reduction in the incidence of CV events.

Treatment

Treatment Therapies

Pioneer Group’s life sciences campuses host biggest Ada Lovelace Day event to date

Drug Discovery Today

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Pioneer Group, the specialist life science infrastructure and venture-building company, welcomed 425 school children from 29 schools to eight of its sites across the UK last week to mark Ada Lovelace Day, an international celebration of the achievements of women in STEM.

Science

Science International

Did the world's best-preserved dinosaurs really die in 'Pompeii-type' events?

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Extraordinarily well preserved fossils of feathered dinosaurs and other creatures got that way after being frozen in time by by volcanic eruptions, researchers have long suggested. Not so fast, says a new study.

Research

Interview with the Jones!Lab on development of novel genome editing tools

Drug Discovery Today

OCTOBER 27, 2022

27, Vilnius will host the EFIB’2022 event which will bring the European life science sector together. On October 26?27, In the field of life sciences, Lithuania is best known for the discovery of gene scissors by Prof. Virginijus Šikšnys.

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Science International Research

The Current issue of “The view from here” is concerned with Artificial Intelligence

Drug Discovery Today

APRIL 20, 2021

Please join us at the Zoom launch event for Elsevier’s new journal: “Artificial Intelligence in the Life Sciences” Wednesday May 5th 2021 at 3:00pm UK time.

Science

Prehistoric rock in Japan reveals clues to major ocean anoxic event

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Decay of uranium to lead within tiny crystals enabled scientists to precisely pinpoint dates for certain events. They determined this event occurred 119.5 Researchers analyzed radioisotopes in layers of fossilized volcanic ash. million years ago -- coincident with evidence for massive volcanic eruptions -- and lasted for 1.1

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New study definitively confirms Gulf Stream weakening, understanding the changes could help predict future trends in extreme events

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The Gulf Stream transport of water through the Florida Strait has slowed by 4% over the past four decades, with a 99% certainty that this weakening is more than expected from random chance, according to a new study.

Evolution's recipe book: How 'copy paste' errors cooked up the animal kingdom

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

APRIL 15, 2024

A series of whole genome and gene duplication events that go back hundreds of millions of years have laid the foundations for tissue-specific gene expression, according to a new study.

Tiny, daily bursts of vigorous incidental physical activity could almost halve cardiovascular risk in middle-aged women

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

DECEMBER 3, 2024

An average of four minutes of incidental vigorous physical activity a day could almost halve the risk of major cardiovascular events, such as heart attacks, for middle-aged women who do not engage in structured exercise, according to new research.

Research

Countdown to an ice-free Arctic: New research warns of accelerated timelines

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Scientists demonstrate how a series of extreme weather events could lead to the Arctic's first ice-free day within just a few years.

Research

Surviving in biotech’s new normal: 5 tips from industry VCs and CEOs

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

At an event hosted by BioPharma Dive, drugmaker executives and investors discussed the importance of focus, smart spending and maintaining lines of sight to the clinic.

The 2022 European drought: What was the role of climate change?

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Public discussions about the causes repeatedly broached the question of the extent to which climate change intensified this extreme weather event. This extreme event was exacerbated by the fact that climate change had already caused soil moisture levels to drop continuously over the previous years.

Research

Evaluating the potential for psilocybin as a treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder [Minireview]

ASPET

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a debilitating psychiatric condition that develops following exposure to a traumatic event.

Treatment

Treatment Research

Massive volcanic eruptions did not cause the extinction of dinosaurs

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

DECEMBER 18, 2024

While volcanism caused a temporary cold period, the effects had already worn off thousands of years before the meteorite, the ultimate cause of the dinosaur extinction event, impacted.

How El Nino and mega ocean warming caused the greatest-ever mass extinction

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Mega ocean warming El Nino events were key in driving the largest extinction of life on planet Earth some 252 million years ago, according to new research. The study has shed new light on why the effects of rapid climate change in the Permian-Triassic warming were so devastating for all forms of life in the sea and on land.

Research

Clinical trial finds finerenone reduces worsening heart failure and cardiovascular death

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Finerenone reduced the composite of total first and recurrent heart failure (HF) events (hospitalizations for HF or urgent HF visits) and cardiovascular death in patients with HF and mildly reduced or preserved ejection fraction, according to an international clinical trial.

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Efficacy of Fluoxetine and (R,S) Ketamine in Attenuating Conditioned Fear Behaviors in Male Mice [Behavioral Pharmacology]

ASPET

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is caused by exposure to a traumatic or stressful event. Symptoms related to this disorder include persistent re-experiencing of memories and fear generalization. Current pharmacological treatments for PTSD are insufficient, with fewer than 30% of patients reporting symptom remission.

Treatment

Treatment Research

Record low Antarctic sea ice 'extremely unlikely' without climate change

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

MAY 20, 2024

This low was a one-in-a-2000-year event without climate change and four times more likely under its effects. Scientists have found that the record-low levels of sea ice around Antarctica in 2023 were extremely unlikely to happen without the influence of climate change.

Ozempic Lowers Odds for Death, Illness in People With Kidney Disease and Type 2 Diabetes

Drugs.com

MAY 24, 2024

The drug significantly reduces the risk of severe kidney events, heart problems and. FRIDAY, May 24, 2024 -- Ozempic provides a wide variety of health benefits for people with kidney disease and type 2 diabetes, a major clinical trial has found.

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Marine plankton behavior could predict future marine extinctions

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

APRIL 17, 2024

Marine communities migrated to Antarctica during the Earth's warmest period in 66 million years long before a mass-extinction event.

Recap of CDD User Group Meeting – Boston 2023

Collaborative Drug

OCTOBER 12, 2023

CDD Vault User Group Meeting - Cambridge Innovation Center (CIC) This year's event was marked by insightful presentations, sharing of best practices.

#ScienceSaturday: April 13, 2024

KIF1A

APRIL 13, 2024

In cases of hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), the developing child’s brain is damaged by an event of restricted bloodflow and loss of oxygen. Because the brain region injured may vary, HIE can cause a wide variety of symptoms, and patients with other underlying disorders may be diagnosed with HIE despite the lack of a clear event.

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New AI tool generates realistic satellite images of future flooding

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

With help from AI, scientists developed a method that generates satellite imagery from the future to depict how a region would look after a potential flooding event.

Massive merger: Study reveals evidence for origin of supermassive black hole at galaxy's center

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

The study builds on recent observations from the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), which captured the first direct image of Sgr A* in 2022.

Research

Beautiful nebula, violent history: Clash of stars solves stellar mystery

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

APRIL 11, 2024

This violent event created the surrounding cloud and forever altered the system's fate. Star pairs are typically very similar, like twins, but in HD 148937, one star appears younger and, unlike the other, is magnetic. New data suggest there were originally three stars in the system, until two of them clashed and merged.

Dinosaurs thrived after ice, not fire, says a new study of ancient volcanism

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

OCTOBER 28, 2024

million years ago, has been considered by some to have been a fairly slow-burn event, driven by rising temperatures and ocean acidification. The Triassic-Jurassic Extinction, 201.6 A new study says it was kicked off for the most part by volcanic winter.

Rocky planets orbiting small stars could have stable atmospheres needed to support life

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

OCTOBER 23, 2024

A sequence of events during the evolution of certain rocky planets orbiting M-dwarfs, the most common stars in the universe, creates an atmosphere that would be stable over time. This is true for more temperate planets, orbiting a bit farther from the central star.

Physicists shine new light on ultra-fast atomic processes

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

AUGUST 22, 2024

To measure these tiny high-speed events, known as attoseconds, researchers used a laser to generate intense X-ray flashes that allowed them to map the inner workings of an atom. Scientists report incredibly small time delays in a molecule's electron activity when the particles are exposed to X-rays.

Research

This rocky planet around a white dwarf resembles Earth -- 8 billion years from now

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

A 2020 microlensing event was caused by a planetary system with an Earth-like planet and brown dwarf. The star type was uncertain. The team has determined that the star is a white dwarf, a system resembling what our sun-Earth system will look like in 8 billion years.

Weather-changing El Nino oscillation is at least 250 million years old

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

OCTOBER 21, 2024

A new modeling study shows that the El Nino event, a huge blob of warm ocean water in the tropical Pacific Ocean that can change rainfall patterns around the globe, was present at least 250 million years in the past, and was often of greater magnitude than the oscillations we see today.

FDA puts Novavax flu vaccine trials on hold

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

OCTOBER 16, 2024

The hold, which was made in response to a serious adverse event report, could impact the company’s plans to start a Phase 3 trial of a combination shot for COVID-19 and influenza.

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Astronomers unveil strong magnetic fields spiraling at the edge of Milky Way's central black hole

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

MARCH 27, 2024

A new image from the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration has uncovered strong and organized magnetic fields spiraling from the edge of the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*).

Astronomers may have discovered the answer to a mysterious stellar event

Explaining dramatic planet-wide changes after world's last 'Snowball Earth' event

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Researchers rely on Earth's magnetic field to verify an event mentioned in the Old Testament

Paradox of extreme cold events in a warming world

How Machine Learning Drives Clinical Trial Efficiency

Oceanographers record the largest predation event ever observed in the ocean

Artificial intelligence can predict events in people's lives

The Event-Driven Data Layer: Unifying Analytics and Development Teams

One in two El Niño events could be extreme by mid-century

CDD Co-Sponsoring Buzzed For Biotech Morning Event- Vester Cambridge

Achieving a Systolic Blood Pressure Below 130 mmHg Reduces the Incidence of Cardiovascular Events in Hypertensive Patients with Echocardiographic Left Ventricular Hypertrophy [Cardiovascular]

Was 'Snowball Earth' a global event? Study delivers best proof yet

Long-lasting Control of LDL-Cholesterol Induces a Forty Percent Reduction in the Incidence of Cardiovascular Events: New Insights from a 7-year Study [Cardiovascular]

Pioneer Group’s life sciences campuses host biggest Ada Lovelace Day event to date

Did the world's best-preserved dinosaurs really die in 'Pompeii-type' events?

Interview with the Jones!Lab on development of novel genome editing tools

The Current issue of “The view from here” is concerned with Artificial Intelligence

Prehistoric rock in Japan reveals clues to major ocean anoxic event

New study definitively confirms Gulf Stream weakening, understanding the changes could help predict future trends in extreme events

Evolution's recipe book: How 'copy paste' errors cooked up the animal kingdom

Tiny, daily bursts of vigorous incidental physical activity could almost halve cardiovascular risk in middle-aged women

Countdown to an ice-free Arctic: New research warns of accelerated timelines

Surviving in biotech’s new normal: 5 tips from industry VCs and CEOs

The 2022 European drought: What was the role of climate change?

Evaluating the potential for psilocybin as a treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder [Minireview]

Massive volcanic eruptions did not cause the extinction of dinosaurs

How El Nino and mega ocean warming caused the greatest-ever mass extinction

Clinical trial finds finerenone reduces worsening heart failure and cardiovascular death

Efficacy of Fluoxetine and (R,S) Ketamine in Attenuating Conditioned Fear Behaviors in Male Mice [Behavioral Pharmacology]

Record low Antarctic sea ice 'extremely unlikely' without climate change

Ozempic Lowers Odds for Death, Illness in People With Kidney Disease and Type 2 Diabetes

Marine plankton behavior could predict future marine extinctions

Recap of CDD User Group Meeting – Boston 2023

#ScienceSaturday: April 13, 2024

New AI tool generates realistic satellite images of future flooding

Massive merger: Study reveals evidence for origin of supermassive black hole at galaxy's center

Beautiful nebula, violent history: Clash of stars solves stellar mystery

Dinosaurs thrived after ice, not fire, says a new study of ancient volcanism

Rocky planets orbiting small stars could have stable atmospheres needed to support life

Physicists shine new light on ultra-fast atomic processes

This rocky planet around a white dwarf resembles Earth -- 8 billion years from now

Weather-changing El Nino oscillation is at least 250 million years old

FDA puts Novavax flu vaccine trials on hold

Astronomers unveil strong magnetic fields spiraling at the edge of Milky Way's central black hole

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