Life-changing cream to treat skin cancer moves closer to reality Posted Today A topical cream to help prevent and treat skin cancers in organ transplant patients is a step closer to development. Skin – illustrative photo. Image credit: Pixabay (Free Pixabay license) The world-first treatment, currently being developed by University of Queensland researchers, has received $344,000 in funding...
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How exosomes could become more than just an “anti-aging” fad – exosomes
They might not make you beautiful, but research suggests exosomes might help us diagnose and treat diseases. By November 1, 2024 GETTY IMAGES This article first appeared in The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly biotech newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Thursday, Over the past month or so, I’ve been working on a story about exosomes....
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clinical practice – An AI system has reached human level on a test for ‘general intelligence’. Here’s what that means – AI
A new artificial intelligence (AI) model has just achieved human-level results on a test designed to measure “general intelligence”. On December 20, OpenAI’s o3 system scored 85% on the ARC-AGI benchmark, well above the previous AI best score of 55% and on par with the average human score. It also scored well on a very difficult mathematics test....
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Immunocompromised may not produce enough protective antibodies against RSV after vaccination, says new study
by Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Scanning electron micrograph of human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) virions (colorized blue) and tagged with antibodies (colorized yellow) against the virus’ fusion protein — the target of RSV vaccines. Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers have shown that people...
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How a duty to spend wisely on worker benefits could loosen PBMs’ grip on drug prices
by Arthur Allen Credit: Pietro Jeng from Pexels Ann Lewandowski knows all about pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs, the companies that shape the U.S. drug market. Her job, as a policy advocate at drugmaker Johnson & Johnson, was to tell patient and physician groups about the PBMs’ role in high drug prices. Armed with that...
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New technology ‘sees’ how cholesterol causes heart attacks
by Michael Scaturro Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The U.S. government’s premier research body has made an important discovery that could help create new drugs to lower “bad” cholesterol, and hopefully prevent heart attacks and stroke. But the interesting part of that story isn’t just the discovery itself, but the technology responsible for it: a relatively...
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Can New Target Boost Bone Health in Older Women With T2D?
Edited by Manasi Talwadekar November 25, 2024 031 TOPLINE: In older postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes (T2D), pyridoxamine treatment has potential to prevent fractures and protect bone tissue by targeting advanced glycation end products and also lowers levels of A1c, an early glycation product. METHODOLOGY: TAKEAWAY: IN PRACTICE: “[The study] findings suggest that AGE...
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Iron Overload: The Silent Bone Breaker
Edited by Javed Choudhury December 04, 2024 91088 TOPLINE: Patients with serum ferritin levels higher than 1000 μg/L show a 91% increased risk for any fracture, with a doubled risk for vertebral and humerus fractures compared with those without iron overload. METHODOLOGY: TAKEAWAY: IN PRACTICE: “The main clinical message from our findings is that clinicians...