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Zebrafish protein unlocks dormant genes for heart repair

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Researchers have successfully repaired damaged mouse hearts using a protein from zebrafish. They discovered that the protein Hmga1 plays a key role in heart regeneration in zebrafish. In mice, this protein was able to restore the heart by activating dormant repair genes without causing side effects, such as heart enlargement. This study marks an important step toward regenerative therapies to prevent heart failure.

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CDC study highlights growing tularemia threat in central U.S.

News Medical Health Sciences

Tularemia cases in the U.S. rose by 56% from 2011 to 2022, with central states and American Indian communities most affected, highlighting diagnostic advancements and health disparities.

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New method turns e-waste to gold

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

A research team has developed a method for extracting gold from electronics waste, then using the recovered precious metal as a catalyst for converting carbon dioxide (CO2), a greenhouse gas, to organic materials.

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Scientists uncover how aging rewires the brain's molecular landscape

News Medical Health Sciences

Scientists mapped how aging alters gene expression across brain cell types in mice, revealing immune activation, neuronal decline, and hypothalamus-specific changes that may impact aging and neurodegeneration.

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Herpes virus might drive Alzheimer's pathology

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Viral infections may play a role in Alzheimer's disease.

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An umbrella review of health outcomes following traumatic brain injury

Nature Mental Health

Nature Mental Health, Published online: 03 January 2025; doi:10.1038/s44220-024-00356-5 This umbrella review synthesizes a large body of evidence on adverse outcomes in over 31 million people with traumatic brain injury and identifies links with dementia, perpetration of violence, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

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Mild avian flu cases in US spark safety warnings for poultry and dairy sectors

News Medical Health Sciences

Researchers identify 46 mild cases of avian influenza A(H5N1) in U.S. poultry and dairy workers, highlighting low PPE adherence and potential outbreak risks.

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Study finds physical activity reduces chronic disease risk

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

A study underscores the value of physical activity. Researchers found patients who responded in a survey that they are physically active have a statistically significant lower risk of having 19 chronic conditions.

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New AI techniques improve tumor detection in PET and CT scans

News Medical Health Sciences

Artificial intelligence has the potential to improve the analysis of medical image data. For example, algorithms based on deep learning can determine the location and size of tumors.

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Gene expression in the human brain: cell types become more specialized, not just more numerous

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Our brain is arguably the organ that most distinguishes humans from other primates. Its exceptional size, complexity and capabilities far exceed those of any other species on Earth. Yet humans share upwards of 95% of our genome with chimpanzees, our closest living relatives.

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Breakthrough in immunology: AbMAP’s novel approach to antibody modeling

News Medical Health Sciences

Researchers developed AbMAP, a cutting-edge framework leveraging transfer learning to model antibody hypervariable regions, significantly improving design and immune repertoire analysis.

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Newborn brain circuit stabilizes gaze

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

An ancient brain circuit, which enables the eyes to reflexively rotate up as the body tilts down, tunes itself early in life as an animal develops, a new study finds.

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How good are AI doctors at medical conversations?

Science Daily - Public Health

Researchers design a new way to more reliably evaluate AI models' ability to make clinical decisions in realistic scenarios that closely mimic real-life interactions. The analysis finds that large-language models excel at making diagnoses from exam-style questions but struggle to do so from conversational notes. The researchers propose set of guidelines to optimize AI tools' performance and align them with real-world practice before integrating them into the clinic.

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Increased wildfire activity may be a feature of past periods of abrupt climate change

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

A new study investigating ancient methane trapped in Antarctic ice suggests that global increases in wildfire activity likely occurred during periods of abrupt climate change throughout the last Ice Age.

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Expanding the agenda for more just genomics

Science Daily - Public Health

A special report outlines opportunities to enhance justice in genomics, toward a world in which genomic medicine promotes health equity, protects privacy, and respects the rights and values of individuals and communities.

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How does a hula hoop master gravity? Mathematicians prove that shape matters

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Hula hooping is so commonplace that we may overlook some interesting questions it raises: 'What keeps a hula hoop up against gravity?' and 'Are some body types better for hula hooping than others?' A team of mathematicians explored and answered these questions with findings that also point to new ways to better harness energy and improve robotic positioners.

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Tracing cardiology’s mechanisation: the move from pills to one-time solutions for heart ailments

The Hindu

Most people do not want to take pills for the rest of their lives.

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Detecting disease with only a single molecule

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Scientists have developed a nanopore-based tool that could help diagnose illnesses much faster and with greater precision than current tests allow, by capturing signals from individual molecules.

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At the soft core of a non communicable diseases epidemic, is obesity

The Hindu

Obesity is a chronic, complex disease defined by excessive fat deposits that can impair the health of an individual. Obesity increases the risk of diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, bone health, and even reproduction. It also increases the risk of certain cancers and greatly influences quality of living, such as sleeping and moving.

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AI models struggle in real-world medical conversations

News Medical Health Sciences

Artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT have been touted for their promise to alleviate clinician workload by triaging patients, taking medical histories and even providing preliminary diagnoses.

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Dr. Justin B. Moore Named Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

JPHMP Direct

Dr. Justin B. Moore Named Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice The post Dr. Justin B. Moore Named Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice first appeared on JPHMP Direct.

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New research affirms clozapine safety with minimal blood cancer risk

News Medical Health Sciences

An inter-departmental research team at the LKS Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) has conducted the world's first analytic real-world cohort study on the association of clozapine, a highly efficacious antipsychotic drug, with the incidence of blood cancer.

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Acute Encephalopathy Associated with Human Adenovirus Type 14 Infection in 7-Year-Old Girl, Japan

Preventing Chronic Disease

Acute Encephalopathy Associated with Human Adenovirus Type 14 Infection in 7-Year-Old Girl, Japan

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AI-based models can outperform human experts at identifying ovarian cancer

News Medical Health Sciences

A new international study led by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden shows that AI-based models can outperform human experts at identifying ovarian cancer in ultrasound images.

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Advances in bone marrow transplantation in India: a testament to progress and hope

The Hindu

Every success story in BMT is a testament to human resilience and scientific progress.

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Study identifies novel IgAN loci through pleiotropy

News Medical Health Sciences

IgA nephropathy (IgAN) is a prevalent form of primary glomerulonephritis characterized by the deposition of IgA in the glomerular mesangium, leading to a spectrum of histopathological lesions and a variable clinical course that can progress to end-stage renal disease in a significant proportion of patients.

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Two Human Infections with Diverse Europe-1 Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus Strains, North Macedonia, 2024

Preventing Chronic Disease

Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever, North Macedonia

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Blood cells linked to long-lasting vaccine immunity

News Medical Health Sciences

When children receive their second measles-mumps-rubella vaccine, around the time they start kindergarten, they gain protection against all three viruses for all or most of their lives.

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The Middle East's Next Aftershocks

RAND

In December 2023, a former Israeli intelligence official described the October 7 Hamas attack as an earthquake, leading to significant shifts in the Middle East. As Hamas and Hezbollah weakened, the Houthis and Iran emerged as new threats, complicating U.S. efforts to disengage from the region.

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New nasal swab test for diagnosing asthma subtypes in children

News Medical Health Sciences

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have developed a nasal swab test for kids that diagnoses specific asthma subtype, or endotype.

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Pharma giant seeks to join lawsuit against FDA over weight loss drugs 

The Hill

Eli Lilly is seeking to end a lawsuit filed by a pharmacy trade group against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) by joining as a defendant, stating it wants to end the "entitlement" some pharmacies have practiced in mass-marketing copies of its highly popular GLP-1 medications. The lawsuit in question concerns the FDA's decision to officially declare the shortages of Mounjaro and Zepbound, both forms of the GLP-1 drug tirzepatide, to be over in October.

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Psilocybin shows potential for treating mental health disorders in people with cancer and addiction

News Medical Health Sciences

One or two doses of psilocybin, a compound found in psychedelic mushrooms, may improve the mental health of cancer patients when accompanied by psychotherapy, a new report suggests.

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Cruise ship stomach bug illnesses hit 12-year high: CDC

The Hill

More people experienced gastrointestinal illnesses while aboard a cruise ship in 2024 than any other year since 2012, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The CDC reported that there were 16 outbreaks of stomach illnesses aboard cruise ships last year, which affected 1,894 passengers and 245 crew members. The data shows that there were also 16 outbreaks of stomach bugs in 2012 but indicated that illnesses on board had plunged during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Scientists launch public resource to classify cancer subtypes for better diagnosis

News Medical Health Sciences

A multi-institutional team of scientists has developed a free, publicly accessible resource to aid in classification of patient tumor samples based on distinct molecular features identified by The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) Network.

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