A high-fat diet in pregnant monkeys impairs fetal blood stem cells
Maternal consumption of a Western-style diet alters the transcriptional landscape of fetal blood stem cells…
Year: 2022
An animal model of West syndrome exhibits a progressive increase in epileptic spasms and learning and memory deficits
Researchers have provided the first demonstration of a progressive increase in epileptic spasms along with…
New view on the brain: It’s all in the connections
It’s not the individual brain regions but rather their connections that matter: neuroscientists propose a…
Polarized X-rays reveal shape, orientation of extremely hot matter around black hole
The first observations of a mass-accreting black hole from the Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE)…
STAT+: FDA approval decision for Apellis Pharma’s eye disease drug delayed to review more clinical data
Apellis Pharmaceuticals said Thursday that submission of additional clinical data to the Food and Drug…
IceCube neutrinos give us first glimpse into the inner depths of an active galaxy
Scientists have found evidence of high-energy neutrino emission from NGC 1068, also known as Messier…
Listen: How the biotech revolution could come apart at the seams
What’s the atom bomb of biology? Why don’t we run better clinical trials? And how…
Breast cancer survivorship doubles
A study shows there are 2.5 times as many breast cancer survivors in Canada today…
New CDC opioid guidelines emphasize flexibility in treating pain
Federal health officials on Thursday updated their recommendations for using opioids to treat pain, removing…
Opinion: How the world can end Covid-19 as a public health threat
The journal Nature published today global consensus recommendations to end Covid-19 as a public health…
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STAT+: A leaked version of a U.K.-India free trade deal sparks alarm over access to medicines
A leaked draft version of a trade agreement being negotiated between the United Kingdom and…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Moderna must face patent claims over its Covid-19 vaccine; Pfizer and BioNTech testing combo Covid and flu shot
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Covid-19: Pandemic disruption linked to 30 000 excess heart disease deaths, charity reports
Record long waiting lists, ambulance delays, and inaccessible care have driven a surge in excess…
Flu: Public urged to get vaccinated in face of possible surge of infections this winter
Experts are urging the UK public to get their winter vaccines, as early signs indicate…
Regulatory judgments for toxicity signals of medicinal products: in search of accountability
Mintzes and Fuller’s call for “radical transparency” about available evidence of regulatory judgments based on…
Opinion: Respiratory infection surge sounds a wake-up call for pediatric emergency care
“Mommy. Daddy. I can’t breathe.” Waking up to those words is terrifying for any parent….
The dynamics of monkeypox transmission
An error occurred in this editorial by Freeman and colleagues (BMJ 2022;379:o2504, doi:10.1136/bmj.o2504, published 2…
Reputation, review, . . . and other stories
Biases of peer reviewAuthors’ reputations have a strong influence on peer reviewers’ recommendations, according to…
Surviving the new normal
This week in The BMJ there is much reflection on the “new normal” of NHS…
Oral antibiotics before colorectal surgery?
Most patients undergoing elective colorectal surgery will have an uncomplicated postoperative course. For some, however,…
Effect of oral antimicrobial prophylaxis on surgical site infection after elective colorectal surgery: multicentre, randomised, double blind, placebo controlled trial
AbstractObjectiveTo investigate whether oral antimicrobial prophylaxis as an adjunct to intravenous antibiotic prophylaxis reduces surgical…
Tom Nolan’s research reviews—3 November 2022
Taking the pressure off after a strokeIt seems that aggressive—sorry “intensive”—blood pressure targets in the…
North Carolina Reports Its First Pediatric Flu Death Since 2020
There have also been five flu-associated deaths among adults in North Carolina during the current…
STAT+: A live chat about ‘biology’s century’
CRISPR, gene therapy, CAR-T, and Covid vaccines. Science is advancing at a blistering pace. But…
Opinion: STAT+: HHS’s proposed rule prohibiting discrimination via algorithm needs strengthening
The Department of Health and Human Services has proposed a rule to prohibit clinical algorithms…
When it comes to caring for underserved patients, health tech is still figuring out what success looks like
For startups and investors aiming to bring health technology to underserved populations, evidence of impact…
Providers of methadone treatment say a big increase in access could backfire
BALTIMORE — Providers of methadone for addiction treatment have a message for advocates seeking a…
Telehealth startups prescribing ketamine at home are stirring concern
Since the late ’90s, Kathy Wallace has been battling major depression with a series of…
Here’s why we’re not prepared for the next wave of biotech innovation
The first time I remember hearing the words “biology’s century,” it was a sales pitch….
Pregnancy Centers In LA Could Face 10k Fine For Misleading Patients – LAist
Pregnancy Centers In LA Could Face 10k Fine For Misleading Patients LAist Read Original Article: Pregnancy…
The Internet Still Thinks I’m Pregnant – The New York Times
The Internet Still Thinks I’m Pregnant The New York Times Read Original Article: The Internet Still…
News in Brief 2 November 2022
Rising temperatures in Europe more than twice global average: WMO Human rights must be at…
Intimidated, jailed, abused: Threats against journalists harm us all, warns UN chief
Governments and the international community must take action to protect the people who bring us…
England’s free school meals scheme should be expanded to help more children living in poverty
The cost of living crisis is deepening as inflation in the UK has hit double…
New study suggests monkeypox outbreak may be fueled in part by pre-symptomatic transmission
A new British study suggests people who are infected with monkeypox may be able to…
Invasive plant species are increasing exponentially, but no one knows how many invasive plant species there are
Invasive plants can have devastating effects on local ecologies, comparable to the effects wrought by…
‘Intriguing and sobering’: Enthusiasm over psilocybin’s effect on depression tempered by questions about durability
The hype around psychedelic therapy has been put to the test, with the publication Wednesday…
Insight into immune mechanisms of inflammatory disease
Innate lymphoid cells are a recently discovered family of white blood cells that reside in…
A common dietary fiber promotes allergy-like immune responses in preclinical studies
A type of dietary fiber called inulin, commonly used in health supplements and known to…
Machine learning facilitates ‘turbulence tracking’ in fusion reactors
Researchers demonstrated the use of computer-vision models to monitor turbulent structures that appear in plasma…
STAT+: Weight-loss drug had dramatic effect in adolescents with obesity, study finds
A blockbuster weight-loss medicine led to dramatic effects for adolescents diagnosed with obesity, a result…
STAT+: Medicare punts on quality rules for new type of rural hospital
Hospitals that decide to convert to a new type of rural provider won’t have to…
STAT+: Physicians rally to avert Medicare payment cuts
The federal government is officially reducing Medicare payments to physicians next year by 4.5%, but…
This simple material could scrub carbon dioxide from power plant smokestacks
A simple material can separate carbon dioxide from other gases that fly out of the…
Global analysis shows where fishing vessels turn off their identification devices
Data from the shipboard Automatic Identification System (AIS) can provide information about global fishing activity,…
STAT+: Novel solution to biotech’s market valuation woes: Just give the cash back
It’s tough times to be a public biotech, especially a small one. As the market…
Central functions of innate immune cells discovered
Inflammation and increased mucus production are typical symptoms of worm infections and allergies. This immune…
Developing therapies for treatment-resistant prostate cancer
In a recent trial, nine patients whose tumors were resistant to androgen-blocking therapy continued that…
Scientists develop new mathematical model of Alzheimer’s disease
Scientists have used a mathematical model to reveal how toxic proteins cluster together inside the…
Researchers studying new way to heal diabetic wounds by activating ‘hidden’ mechanism in the body
Researchers at Indiana University School of Medicine are looking for ways to heal wounds by…