Climate crisis: Wellcome has failed to set a clear red line for the fossil fuel industry
The Wellcome Trust has taken the decision to stop investing in a number of fossil…
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Climate crisis: Wellcome sells some fossil fuel investments as climate leaders call for full divestment
The Wellcome Trust, one of the world’s top scientific research funders, has sold its stakes…
Opinion: The next generation of illicit drugs? Think ‘synthetic’
The illicit drug market continues to become more treacherous. Illicit drugs killed more than 107,000…
From the Navy to a neuroscience lab: how a daughter’s diagnosis spurred her mother’s career shift
Carina Block was working an overnight shift in the U.S. Navy base in Japan, guiding…
Nursing home chain’s tangled corporate structure and bankruptcy threats stymied litigation
After a hospital stay in 2016 for a brain tumor, Regina Romero was transferred to…
STAT+: From buzzy biomarkers to learning from failure: 3 takeaways from the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference
SAN DIEGO — From exploring new ways to spot the disease to rethinking what Alzheimer’s…
Shiver Yourself Thin: Cold Exposure A Possible Solution To Lose Weight Without Dieting
“We discovered that cold exposure reduced inflammation and improved metabolism in obesity, mediated at least…
Long Covid Symptoms Affect One In Eight, Study Suggests
With more than half a billion coronavirus cases recorded worldwide since the start of the…
US President Joe Biden Declares Monkeypox A Public Health Emergency
Following a significant rise in cases, the U.S. has declared monkeypox a public health emergency….
UNFPA global innovation awards: 10 projects that will change lives of women and girls
The UN’s sexual and reproductive health agency, UNFPA, has announced the ten winners of its…
Healthy Moms, Babies: Reasons for Keeping Prenatal Appointments – Devil’s Lake Daily Journal
Healthy Moms, Babies: Reasons for Keeping Prenatal Appointments Devil’s Lake Daily Journal Read Original Article: Healthy…
News in Brief 4 August 2022
UN chief slams ‘immoral’ profiteering amid global energy crisis Healthy life expectancy in Africa grows…
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Polioviruses found in wastewater samples in 2 N.Y. counties, suggesting continued spread
New York State health authorities revealed Thursday that they had detected additional polioviruses in wastewater…
Study: Up to Two-Thirds of Children with ADHD Have Used Alternative Therapies – ADDitude
Study: Up to Two-Thirds of Children with ADHD Have Used Alternative Therapies ADDitude Read Original Article:…
Alternative medicine for your pet’s ailments – liherald.com
Alternative medicine for your pet’s ailments liherald.com Read Original Article: Alternative medicine for your pet’s ailments…
These baboons borrowed a third of their genes from their cousins
Genetic analyses of baboons in Kenya reveals that most of them carry traces of hybridization…
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Water can’t touch this sanded, powdered surface
Scientists and engineers have developed a one-step method involving sandpaper and powder to make robust…
Smart microrobots learn how to swim and navigate with artificial intelligence
Researchers have been able to successfully teach microrobots how to swim via deep reinforcement learning,…
Sterile mice produce rat sperm
Researchers generated rat sperm cells inside sterile mice using a technique called blastocyst complementation. Read…
Speeding up evolution at genome-level by alternative chromosome configuration
A research team has uncovered the profound effects of an atypical mode of chromosome arrangement…
A new therapeutic drug for Alzheimer’s disease without inflammatory side effects
Although Aduhelm, a monoclonal antibody targeting amyloid beta (A?), recently became the first US FDA…
Listen: The last-minute push for drug pricing reform, Alnylam’s success, and Sarepta’s gamble
Is drug pricing reform really happening this time? Are things finally turning around for biotech?…
Potential target for treatment among patients with type 2 diabetes
In a potential game changer for patients with type 2 diabetes, a team of researchers…
U.S. declares monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency
The Biden administration declared the ongoing monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency on Thursday, a…
Downplaying the catastrophic health impact of heatwaves costs lives
The UK recently well and truly surpassed its daytime and night time highest temperature records….
New research digs into the genetic drivers of heart failure, with an eye to precision treatments
When coronary arteries are blocked, starving the heart of blood, there are good medications and…
New chip-based beam steering device lays groundwork for smaller, cheaper lidar
Researchers have developed a new chip-based beam steering technology that provides a promising route to…
Monoclonal antibody prevents malaria in US adults: Study
One injection of a candidate monoclonal antibody (mAb) known as L9LS was found to be…
Vegans who lift weights may have stronger bones than other people on a plant-based diet
People on a plant-based diet who do strength training as opposed to other forms of…
Scientists engineer probiotic to prevent infection of large intestine
Scientists have created a probiotic to restore bile salt metabolism found in the gastrointestinal tract,…
All roads lead to big cities
When the evolution of towns and of roads are modeled together, the natural landscape alone…
How the visual system develops in mice
A new study in mice has revealed never-before-seen details about how the complicated visual network…
Building molecular bridges: New crystal engineering strategy to design ultrabright fluorescent solid dyes
When it comes to designing ultrabright solid-state fluorescent materials, bridged crystal designs might be the…
Healthy life expectancy in Africa grows by nearly 10 years
Healthy life expectancy among Africans living in mainly high and upper middle-income countries on the…
Bacteria busting proteins offer potential for smarter drugs
A specific group of bacteria-killing proteins inside the immune system could hold the key to…
Our brain is a prediction machine that is always active
Our brain works a bit like the autocomplete function on your phone — it is…
Low addiction risk with medical use of ketamine: Animal study
Commonly used in medicine as an anaesthetic, ketamine is also increasingly prescribed to relieve depressive…
Pairing imaging, AI may improve colon cancer screening, diagnosis
Researchers have combined optical coherence tomography (OCT) and machine learning to develop a colorectal cancer…
New magnesium superionic conductor towards lithium-free solid-state batteries
Scientists demonstrate a metal — organic framework-based magnesium ion conductor showing superionic conductivity even at…
New method enables efficient sample preparation for single-cell proteomics
Single-cell proteomics provides information about a cell at its protein level, which can prove useful…
Prostate cancer cases risk being detected too late due to misleading focus on urinary problems
Men with early, curable stages of prostate cancer are missing opportunities to have their cancer…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: U.S. government blunder contributed to monkeypox vax shortage; Amgen to pay $4 billion for ChemoCentryx
Top of the morning to you. Another steamy day is unfolding here at the Pharmalot…
Education and training could reduce mistakes in medical records
Salisbury is correct to predict that mistakes will arise from shared medical records.1 Training for…
STAT+: Amgen to acquire ChemoCentryx for $4 billion, adding newly approved drug for autoimmune disorder
Amgen said Thursday that it will acquire the small drugmaker ChemoCentryx for $4 billion to…
Ann Robinson’s research reviews—4 August 2022
Nothing new under the sunThis US study of 200 people with poorly controlled type 2…
Smells Experienced In Nature Help Us Feel Relaxed, Positive
According to a new study, smelling things in nature could help improve our physical and…
Smoking, Older Age Are Biggest Risk Factors For Any Cancer: Study
A new study dubbed older age and smoking as two of the biggest risk factors…
UK needs specific plan to become “science superpower,” peers claim
The UK must do better to improve its “inconsistent and unclear” science policy, say members…
Don’t ignore the splinter haemorrhage . . . and other stories
Diagnostic value of splinter haemorrhagesOnce considered a classic sign of infective endocarditis, splinter haemorrhages no…
Are we lioness enough to question the Brexit elephant?
What is the effect of Brexit? It’s a question few people in England seem willing…