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Awkward. Humans are still better than AI at reading the room

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Humans are better than current AI models at interpreting social interactions and understanding social dynamics in moving scenes. Researchers believe this is because AI neural networks were inspired by the infrastructure of the part of the brain that processes static images, which is different from the area of the brain that processes dynamic social scenes.

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Opioids Tough To Prescribe For Legitimate Patients, Doctors Say

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THURSDAY, April 24, 2025 Patients who legitimately need opioid painkillers are finding it more difficult to get the meds they need, due to guardrails established in response to the U.S. opioid crisis, a new study says.Doctors who treat patients i.

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What happens in the brain when your mind blanks

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Mind blanking is a common experience with a wide variety of definitions ranging from feeling 'drowsy' to 'a complete absence of conscious awareness.' Neuroscientists and philosophers compile what we know about mind blanking, including insights from their own work observing people's brain activity.

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Merck takes $200M tariff hit, trimming its gross profits

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

The drugmaker absorbed additional tariff-related costs in the first quarter, but has taken steps to lower the financial impact it’ll have for the rest of the year and beyond.

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Bridging Innovation & Patient Care: The Growing Role of AI

Speaker: Simran Kaur, Co-founder & CEO at Tattva.Health

AI is transforming clinical trials—accelerating drug discovery, optimizing patient recruitment, and improving data analysis. But its impact goes far beyond research. As AI-driven innovation reshapes the clinical trial process, it’s also influencing broader healthcare trends, from personalized medicine to patient outcomes. Join this new webinar featuring Simran Kaur for an insightful discussion on what all of this means for the future of healthcare!

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Blocking a surprising master regulator of immunity eradicates liver tumors in mice

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

'Cold' tumors are resistant to common immunotherapies. Researchers have uncovered a master regulator that can be manipulated to prevent tumor growth in mice.

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Even light exercise could help slow cognitive decline in people at risk of Alzheimer's

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In a landmark clinical trial people at risk for Alzheimer's who exercised at low or moderate-high intensity showed less cognitive decline when compared to those receiving usual care.

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Virtual Singing Programs Boost Mood, Well-Being Of Isolated Seniors

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THURSDAY, April 24, 2025 -- Singing can be a balm for the soul, but does it still soothe if a person is singing alone in a virtual crowd?Yes, says a pandemic-era study that tested whether seniors received any emotional or mental benefit from.

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The oldest ant ever discovered found fossilized in Brazil

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A 113-million-year-old hell ant that once lived in northeastern Brazil is now the oldest ant specimen known to science, finds a new report. The hell ant, which was preserved in limestone, is a member of Haidomyrmecinae -- an extinct subfamily that only lived during the Cretaceous period. These ants had highly specialized, scythe-like jaws that they likely used to pin or impale prey.

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HHS, FDA Offer Timeline for Phasing Out Petroleum-Based Food Dyes

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THURSDAY, April 24, 2025 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration have released further details of their plans to remove all petroleum-based synthetic dyes from the nation's food supply."Today.

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From Diagnosis to Delivery: How AI is Revolutionizing the Patient Experience

Speaker: Simran Kaur, Founder & CEO at Tattva Health Inc.

The healthcare landscape is being revolutionized by AI and cutting-edge digital technologies, reshaping how patients receive care and interact with providers. In this webinar led by Simran Kaur, we will explore how AI-driven solutions are enhancing patient communication, improving care quality, and empowering preventive and predictive medicine. You'll also learn how AI is streamlining healthcare processes, helping providers offer more efficient, personalized care and enabling faster, data-driven

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Flying robots unlock new horizons in construction

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An international team has explored how in future aerial robots could process construction materials precisely in the air -- an approach with great potential for difficult-to-access locations or work at great heights. The flying robots are not intended to replace existing systems on the ground, but rather to complement them in a targeted manner for repairs or in disaster areas, for instance.

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Urinary Incontinence Linked To Heart Disease Risk In Women

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THURSDAY, April 24, 2025 -- Women suffering from urinary incontinence might have a greater risk of heart disease, a new study says.Women who struggle with bladder control are more likely to have risk factors associated with heart health problems.

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Can technology revolutionize health science? The promise of exposomics

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Researchers in the field of exposomics explain how cutting-edge technologies are unlocking this biological archive, ushering in a new era of disease prevention and personalized medicine.

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U.S. Faces Largest Measles Outbreak Since 2000

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THURSDAY, April 24, 2025 The United States is now experiencing its largest measles outbreak since the disease was declared eliminated in 2000, federal scientists confirmed this week.At least 800 measles cases have been reported nationwide this y.

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How Machine Learning Drives Clinical Trial Efficiency

Clinical trial data management is increasingly challenging as studies grow in complexity. Quickly accessing and analyzing study data is vital for assessing trial progress and patient safety. In this paper, we explore real-time data access and analysis for proactive study management. We investigate using adverse event (AE) data to monitor safety and discuss a clinical analytics platform that supports collaboration and data review workflows.

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Scientists use James Webb Space Telescope to better understand solar system's origins

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Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), scientists analyzed far-away bodies -- known as Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs) -- and found varying traces of methanol. The discoveries are helping them better classify different TNOs and understand the complex chemical reactions in space that may relate to the formation of our solar system and the origin of life.

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Scoring System Can Avoid Unnecessary Surgery For Clogged Arteries

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THURSDAY, April 24, 2025 (HeathDay News) -- Doctors might be able to use a new scoring system to avoid unnecessary surgery to prevent strokes, a new study shows.Patients with clogged arteries often undergo surgery to reopen blood vessels choked by.

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Nanophotonic platform boosts efficiency of nonlinear-optical quantum teleportation

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Researchers have long recognized that quantum communication systems would transmit quantum information more faithfully and be impervious to certain forms of error if nonlinear optical processes were used. However, past efforts at incorporating such processes could not operate with the extremely low light levels required for quantum communication.

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Etiome, a new Flagship startup, looks to catch disease before it strikes

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

The biotech is using AI and a trove of health data to better understand why certain conditions progress and intervene beforehand with a targeted medication.

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Deliver Fast, Flexible Clinical Trial Insights with Spotfire

Clinical research has entered a new era, one that requires real-time analytics and visualization to allow trial leaders to work collaboratively and to develop, at the click of a mouse, deep insights that enable proactive study management. Learn how Revvity Signals helps drug developers deliver clinical trial data insights in real-time using a fast and flexible data and analytics platform to empower data-driven decision-making.

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Combining signals could make for better control of prosthetics

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Combining two different kinds of signals could help engineers build prosthetic limbs that better reproduce natural movements, according to a new study. A combination of electromyography and force myography is more accurate at predicting hand movements than either method by itself.

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Bristol Myers says schizophrenia drug launch ‘off to a solid start’

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

Net sales of Cobenfy, whose success is imperative for Bristol Myers, totaled $27 million in the first quarter, handily beating Wall Street expectations.

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Making AI-generated code more accurate in any language

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Researchers developed a more efficient way to control the outputs of a large language model, guiding it to generate text that adheres to a certain structure, like a programming language, and remains error free.

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Sanofi stays course amid tariff turmoil

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

The company reiterated its financial outlook for the year but is struggling to predict the likely impact of pharmaceutical tariffs given their “speculative” nature, its CFO told analysts.

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Clinical Data Like You´ve Never Seen It Before: Why Spotfire Is the Leading Tool for Clinical Analytics

Clinical development organizations face a wide array of challenges when it comes to data, many of which can impact the operational effectiveness of their clinical trials. In this whitepaper, experts from Revvity Signals explore how solutions like TIBCO® Spotfire® enable better, more streamlined studies. The whitepaper also features a success story from Ambrx, a leading biopharmaceutical company, detailing how it has leveraged Spotfire to tackle data quality and collaboration challenges in clinic

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U.S. Births Barely Rise in 2024

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THURSDAY, April 24, 2025 (Health Day News) Fewer babies are being born in the U.S., and experts are worried what that portends for the future.The number of babies born in the U.S. rose slightly in 2024, the fertility rate remains below levels n.

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Versant startup Granite debuts with $100M and two immune drugs

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

The young biotech, sprung out of a Versant incubator in Switzerland, has a pair of antibody drugs it claims to have the potential to treat multiple autoimmune conditions.

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Cancer Prevention Not Yet Recovered From Pandemic-Era Declines, Report Says

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THURSDAY, April 24, 2025 -- The effects of COVID-19 continue to reverberate in the cancer risk factors of Americans, a new American Cancer Society (ACS) study says.Screening for breast and colon cancers has rebounded after decreasing or stalling.

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Mechanisms, Challenges, and Future Use Cases of Epigenetic Drugs

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Epigenetics , the study of changes in gene activity that occur without altering the DNA sequence, has revolutionized our understanding of gene expression regulation. This dynamic regulatory network determines whether genes are turned on or off, ultimately influencing cellular identity and disease progression. Epigenetic changes are governed by chemical modifications such as DNA methylation, histone modifications, RNA-mediated processes, and all-controlling chromatin structure and gene accessibil

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Anemia In Pregnancy Increases Risk Of Heart Defects

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THURSDAY, April 24, 2025 -- Treating anemia during pregnancy might lower the risk of heart defects in newborns, a new study says.Women with anemia in early pregnancy have a 47% increased risk of giving birth to a child with a heart defect.

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Overcoming Patient Recruitment Challenges: Why Traditional Strategies No Longer Work

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Clinical trials are the heartbeat of medical innovationbut too often, recruitment becomes the bottleneck that stalls progress. While sponsors continue to invest millions into recruitment, 80% of clinical trials still fail to meet enrollment timelines. Why? Because the traditional strategies many rely on simply werent built for todays complex landscape.

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Case Study: How Altasciences Overcame Pharmacological Challenges in a GLP-1 IND-Enabling Study

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Case Study: How Altasciences Overcame Pharmacological Challenges in a GLP-1 IND-Enabling Study pmjackson Thu, 04/24/2025 - 21:43 For emerging therapies with pronounced pharmacological effects, thoughtful study design is critical to ensuring reliable and interpretable data. In preclinical studies , the same effects that make GLP-1 receptor agonists (RA) effective treatments for appetite suppression and weight loss, can often become obstaclescomplicating the evaluation of toxicological outcomes du

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Female bonobos keep males in check -- not with strength, but with solidarity

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Female bonobos team up to suppress male aggression against them -- the first evidence of animals deploying this strategy. In 85% of observed coalitions, females collectively targeted males, forcing them into submission and shaping the group's dominance hierarchy. This is the first study to test drivers of female dominance in wild bonobos. The study examined 30 years of demographic and behavioral data across six wild bonobo communities.

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