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October 7, 2024 4:29 PM

Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun win 2024 Nobel medicine prize

U.S. scientists Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Medicine for the discovery of microRNA and its crucial role in how multicellular organisms grow and live, the award-giving body said on Monday. The Nobel assembly said in a st...

October 6, 2024 12:04 PM

Researchers shed more light on breast cancer treatment

Researchers at LMU have successfully tested a novel medication that can significantly prolong the lives of patients with breast cancer. Brain metastases are frequently observed in patients with advanced HER2-positive breast cancer, and those who expe...

October 5, 2024 2:37 PM

Deaths linked to hurricanes still occur years after storm hits

Hurricanes and tropical storms in the United States cause a surge of deaths for nearly 15 years after the initial weather event strikes, new research suggests. Governments only record the number of people killed during these tropical cyclones, usual...

October 4, 2024 9:39 PM

Thermo Fisher’s plant making infant RSV drug breached FDA rules, documents show

One of the largest contract drug manufacturing plants in the U.S. owned by Thermo Fisher Scientific over the past 10 years has repeatedly breached rules meant to ensure drugs are free of contamination, FDA documents show, including twice this year. ...

October 4, 2024 4:52 PM

UK to consider bill to legalise assisted dying for terminally ill

British lawmakers will soon consider whether to give terminally ill adults a choice to end their own lives with medical assistance, after what proponents sayis a shift in public opinion since a similar measure was rejected a decade ago. Kim Leadbeat...

October 4, 2024 11:10 AM

What is Marburg virus, and how worrying is it?

Rwanda is battling its first-ever outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus, with 36 cases reported so far and 11 deaths. The World Health Organization said this week the risk of the outbreak is very high in Rwanda, high across the African region, and lo...

October 3, 2024 6:15 PM

Plant-Based Meats Highlight Future Food Forum, Promising Sustainable Food Revolution

The sixth annual Future Food Forum entered its second and final day today, continuing to draw key industry stakeholders, government officials, and academia to Dubai. The event, which opened on October 2nd under the theme "Future Consumer, Future Gov...

October 3, 2024 1:14 PM

Fewer radiation sessions safe before breast reconstruction

The commonly used number of radiation sessions can be cut by half in mastectomy patients who need the treatment before breast reconstruction, according to a study reported at a large meeting of cancer radiologists. Today many breast cancer patients ...

October 2, 2024 4:27 PM

Researchers find strategies to address low blood glucose in type 1 diabetes

A novel approach to treating type 1 diabetes may involve blocking the hormone somatostatin to prevent harmful dips in blood glucose levels. A study conducted at the University of Gothenburg, among other institutions, has demonstrated this potential s...

October 1, 2024 11:49 AM

WB junior doctors resume total cease work over safety and security concerns following Kolkata doctor’s rape-murder

Junior doctors in West Bengal on Tuesday resumed total 'cease work' as they continue to protest over the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. The doctors have taken the decision to press the Mamata Ba...

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